Bunk Beds........Finally!

We finally did it! We went Saturday to IKEA and bought bunk beds for the kids. This has been a dream of mine since Sully moved into a big kid bed 2 years ago. The kids were really excited. Eric and Amara did most of the assembling and worked very well together.


They are having a really great time playing on them and it just makes their room more spacious.

They also got some new matching bedding and a new toy storage shelf. Now all we need to do is paint their walls and we have a completed room, any volunteers?

This Time Last Year

We had no idea what a joy Finnigan Jack would be to have in our home this year! I can't believe he is 1! Happy Birthday little man!

Puddle Jumping in July

It's been one of those weeks in Seattle. Rain everyday............. but it's the middle of July. What the h is going on? The kids decided that it would be fun to puddle jump one day when they were bored out of their minds. So the fabulous mom that I am (no laughing) agreed. They spent about an hour and a half just jumping, running through, and sitting in the puddles. Oh to be a kid again!



The reality of the good time hit when they wanted to come in and get cleaned up. I looked at them and thought what was I thinking. But after a quick shower the second outfit of the day for each and a load of laundry, Amara looked at me and said "This is the funnest day of my life!" It all became worth it! The next time your kids ask to do something crazy ( not harmful) just let them, maybe you'll make it the funnest day of their lives.

Our 4th

Our 4th was a blast this year. Our friends Shauna and A.J. and their girls came from Georgia to visit for 10 days. Their family owns a beautiful place right on the Hood Canal. We headed over on the afternoon of the 4th and met them there. We had a quick lunch, the kids got their suits on, the Dad's headed off to a sweaty game of paintball, the other Mom's went canoeing and I hung out in the sunshine watching the kids. Finn loved the pool! Every time I tried to take him away he'd crawl right back over. After everyone was done with their activities we had a BBQ and prepared for the fireworks show.





After it finally got dark at about 9:30 pm, the fire works started. They were beautiful and big and alot of them. Everyone enjoyed them but Sully. He hates the loud noise they make so he excused himself to the house and promptly went to sleep.
We then camped in the front yard in our new tent which went remarkably well. The kids didn't even get up until 8:30 am the next morning. We had a big breakfast and broke down camp and went home. All in all it was a success.