Week in a nutshell...

"Auntie Gretchen I love my new hat!"
Washington Park
BBQ


We had a good week last week. The weather wasn't so great but we made the most of it! Friday night we went to Anacortes and walked the 3 mile loop (the boys rode their bikes) at Washington Park and played at the park-it was a beautiful evening. Saturday turned out beautiful so we got a lot done. Drew and my Dad cut tons of wood, I washed all the windows inside and out and spread bark. The boys played from 7 am until 7 pm outside. We had a picnic table custom made for us...and I love it! I picked it up Saturday morning. We had a family bbq Saturday night which was really fun. We had a fire in the firepit too.

Some of the things I loved most about the week was watching the four deer that visit us daily (and eat the dandelions), watching the eagles soar right above our house, taking our daily walks and watching the two oldest boys play outside. Cohen loves to spot the daffodils everywhere "Mommy there is a daffodilla". Lachlan just started piano lessons and that is going well too.

Then there is Mackie (as the boys love to call him). He is growing like a weed or maybe a daffodilla. He will be 4 months this week! Why does it have to go so quickly? I am trying to enjoy every moment!

April 20th...I think not

Excavator
Tulips
Having fun
Lachlan feeding Mack a bottle


The calendar has to be wrong. Last Saturday it was 78 degrees-today we have 4 inches of snow so far. I know it won't last (at least I don't think so) so I had to get some pictures and post them. The boys are loving it, but quite honestly I am ready for spring and the warm weather with it!

3 month pictures

I had these taken of Mack today. I think they turned out pretty cute. I thought I would share them even though I won't have them in my hands for 2 weeks! He is such a happy, sweet baby...I'm enjoying him sooooo much! Which is your favorite? Mine is the closeup and the one on his tummy.

How does your garden grow?

Days like yesterday make living in the Northwest worth it. It was warm and just beautiful...picture perfect. We got our garden started! Earlier in the week my sweet husband went and got some organic compost (manure)...high grade stuff from a farmer who raises organic beef. This is good stuff as far as cow pooh goes. It had been composting for over a year and hardly had any odor, much better than previous years when we smelled it for about a month! So yesterday we started putting in our garden. We have our lettuce, carrots, radishes, potatoes, and peas in so far. We left a big space this year for dahlias so I'm excited to have some flowers in the garden. We also extended the garden for more corn. The boys were so excited to get going on it, and it is very good for them to learn how to grow food...considering this is our veggies for the whole summer. This year I plan to can the beans which I have never done.

Drew did some wood cutting since we are still busy getting the acreage cleaned up. Our neighbor has been over with his excavator helping and it is looking so good.

I mowed our field which I always enjoy. My allergies were really bothering me though. It was so fun to watch the kids while I mowed. The wind wasn't blowing but Lachlan was bound and determined to get his kite in the air so he ran and ran with it and if he ran fast enough it would stay up...he ran about 3 miles and got a bee sting...but he slept very well last night!

I noticed Cohen was singing a lot yesterday. He loves to sing and make up songs. His most recent is so sweet I have to share "I love Jesus. He is my bestest friend. I love him so...." He told me this was a new hymn he loves. Too cute.

And McKenon? He did what he does best...smile, coo, chew his fingers, smile some more, sleep, smile, sleep...you get the picture. What a great day-too bad today was 20 degrees cooler...oh well I think spring is coming?

Here are some pictures:
Potatoe planting
Check out the big rig in the background!
A little help from our kitty
McKenon loved the mower noise when he was in my tummy and loves it still!

Maui 2008

We had a wonderful trip to Maui. We spent almost every day on the beach. The weather was wonderful. We had sun everyday and a little wind. On our favorite beach we were able to get out of the wind which helped with McKenon. I was amazed how well Lachlan did this year in the water. He was body surfing, boogie boarding, trying to catch fish in the ocean. He also enjoyed swimming in the pool. At first Cohen was a little cautious but that did not last long. He was swimming with his water wings on and even getting tossed by waves...loving every minute of it. We found Mack to be very island compatible. He was great. He slept for 1-3 hours every day on the beach, ate, smiled and slept some more. Never fussed all day except around dinner time when he was ready for bed. As you can imagine everyone wanted to hold him. He's such a good baby.

I managed to get out almost every day for a VERY early morning walk/jog. I usually was walking by 6 am because the boys were up early every morning (they never got real used to the 3-hour time change). Drew tried to go walking after I got back. I found the mornings very peaceful and it was nice just to have some time to myself. Unfortunately because we were up so early we were also to bed very early...we were so tired from playing all day long in the water. I got to snorkel with my neice, Madi quite a bit which was really fun. We even got to see turtles. Drew loved body surfing.

The highlight of our trip was seeing Gretchen. She totally surprised us because she was not suppose to be on Maui. She was only going to be there for 24 hours and we got to spend about 3 hours with her. It was so special...thanks again Gretchie!

Make a scrapbook - it's easy!

Three months!

Mack turned three months when we were on vacation. He is the most wonderful, easy, sweet, adorable little baby...think we like him?