Oregon Coast Vacation, Day ONE

No matter how ugly the weather, the kids are in the water. It was NOT fun outside but within minutes of climbing out of the car after our long drive everyone was covered in sand and the majority of us were soaking wet.. Just as it should be! The kids were fantastic in the car, and it's a long boring twisty turny drive so that's saying something. We were worried about bringing the pups because they tend to antagonize each other and whine in their crates a lot.. but not a peep was heard. It was probably the nicest drive with kids I've taken.  Kari and I were pretty bummed, yet again we got crap weather for our "summer" vacation, but by the end of the day it just didn't matter, we had a blast anyway! WILL be checking the Farmers Almanac next year, we have the worst luck! But it wasn't actively raining the whole time, so I'll take that as a victory.

In No Particular Order

Unexpectedly, kind of, Raegan had three teeth pulled this afternoon . We went in for a regular checkup for her molars, discussed her wonky teeth and the weirdness with their wiggle, and left three teeth short of when we arrived . Raegan on laughing gas is a riot, I'll just say that right now . Also, she didn't really feel anything, but she did notice the momentary wrenching on her head and got a bit scared . As soon as she was able to sit up and was out from under the gas mask, she was fine . She's been weird smiling ever since .

Iceberg

Big giant blog post brewing.. I've got literally eighteen hundred pictures from our annual beach trip, Raegan graduated from Kindergarten, Kael had his last day of preschool, and Raegan just had three teeth pulled. LOTS to talk about. Later. Off to cuddle my babies...

The Big Five

Kael turned FIVE yesterday! It's somewhat surreal, that my littlest man was born five full years ago... It really does seem like just yesterday. He's outgrown a lot of his baby, and left me with a big boy. It'll take some getting used to.. don't make a habit of that, young man!

Mad Daddy Skillz

A day in the rain with a screw driver. The kids are THRILLED, and I'm wearing my happy smile. They've been begging for a swing set for years, and we just now have room to accommodate them. Thanks Matt! We love it!!! Now for the hard part.... what color to paint it?

~shock~

12 weeks, and I haven't killed them yet. It's amazing.

Papaeye

How crazy is this BOY??!!. Requested, received and actually ATE a bowl of cooked spinach greens for dinner tonight. Wants to get big Popeye muscles like Papa.

This is what Raegan and I opted for.... My own version of Swedish Meatballs. OMG worth the calories, but that boy sure is showing me up on restraint at the moment, so I may opt for a bowl of the green stuff myself tomorrow. Tonight.... Seconds please!