Everyday Life

We've sure had a busy summer with a lot of travels and great trips, however everyday life continues, too!  Here are a few shots from our everyday life...

New bunk beds....finally!  We've talked about getting bunk beds for the boys for quite awhile and now they have them!  They are sure excited.  Colson was still sleeping on his crib mattress on the floor! (which didn't bother him!)  

This picture has a lot of things going on: 
1. Legos are always out in the bonus room.  The boys are constantly building and creating.  
2. DC loves to hang out with the boys, especially Colson.  He comes in and cuddles near Colson, sometimes right up next to him. They are best buds!  
3. Colson is putting on Cannon's shin guards.  Colson enjoys sports and attends most of Cannon's practices.  He is learning quite a bit from the sidelines and it won't be long before Colson will be out on the field playing, too!  

Colson started drawing a tiger...or cat, which he was copying from a box.  He drew it all by looking at the picture on the box and free drawing the tiger.  I was so impressed!  I love that he spends hours drawing and coloring.  

My classroom has lots of piles!  Many of them are "to do" piles and there is still a lot to do.  The first day for students is on September 1st!  Bye, summer.  Hello school and work!  

Enjoying every moment.

New Team!

We are back to school and working officially with my new team!  It's been fun getting to know them these past couple of weeks and then spending almost every day together this week!

One of the activities we had to do on our first day back was to show the new staff some great spots around the area.  We stopped at Plateau Espresso, where the school orders coffee from in the mornings.

Wally's Drive In is a must in Buckley and their shakes are so good!

We drove into Sweet Necessities in Enumclaw to buy some of the best hand made carmels around.

We finished our tour with lunch at Hop Jacks in Bonney Lake.  We all had salads!  They were so good and hit the spot!

Noelle is our brand new teacher.  This is her first year with her own classroom after subbing last year. She is organized and on top of things and will keep us on the right track this year.  She also brings great energy, a positive attitude and a lot of fresh ideas.

Jen is new to Mt. Meadow but has been teaching for 12 years.  She is a high energy and has a ton of knowledge to bring to our team.  She is confident, positive and loves to laugh!

Enjoying every moment!

Life Continues On...

What happened to the week?!
Well, I went officially back to work and it was crazy busy!  All of the sudden it is Friday!
However, life does go on and there is a life outside of work (even though sometimes it doesn't feel like that!)

A busy day out means a quick nap in the car for Colson.  He has dropped naps as of last spring but at times, still needs a little cat nap to make it through the day.  He's so darn cute sleeping!

After a day at school with me, I took the boys to Menchies for a treat.  They were very good and deserved it!  And it was soooo very good!

This kid and his reading.  Love how he is enjoying a series and love that I have to almost pull the book out of his hands so he can go to sleep!  He's finished 7 Diary of a Wimpy Kid books this summer and is working on number 8!

Colson has been into drawing lately and has done a great job at many different things.  On this day, he was following some drawing books and Chris was helping him.  It was great to watch them work together!

Chris and I got a nice motor cycle ride in one day this week.  It had been quite awhile since we've been out together and it was great to enjoy the weather, take a ride around our beautiful area and then enjoy a relaxing dinner, just the two of us!

Enjoying every moment!

Pasco...Again

One more time to Pasco for the family.  It was an impromptu trip, leaving right from Lake Roosevelt instead of going home. Chris needed to spend a half a day working on the tables he installed to finalize things.  So the boys got to spend another night in a hotel room, spend another morning swimming in the pool and eat at the hotel restaurant a couple more times.

Taking advantage of the great weather, nice view (which can't be seen 

in the photo) and being together.  

Cannon and Colson spent time in the pool on Tuesday evening and then 

again on Wednesday morning.  Colson jumped in for the first time and

was a little scared when he went under the water, which he didn't expect.  But 

it didn't phase him because he jumped again and again and again!  

Another night in a hotel room, sharing a big, comfy bed.  They stayed up a bit

later than usual and Colson was up early.  Cannon did sleep in a tiny bit.

After breakfast, the boys and I went for a walk.  We checked out the marina, found 

a few trailers to look at and enjoyed the view of the Columbia as well as the artwork 

along the walking path.  

 
Enjoying every moment!

Back to the Lake

Hello Lake Roosevelt!

The boys headed back to Grandma and Grandpa's house while Chris was working and I was at a retreat for work.  They love being at the lake and always have so much fun!  (So do we!)  This was our last big "hoorah" before we get back into the routine of school.

The boys had fun at Kay and Karen's.  They checked out their garden and picked some onions and tomatoes.  We also spent one evening at their house for dinner and enjoyed yummy hamburgers and of course, an ice cream cone for dessert!

So many wildfires have been burning in our state this summer.  This one started Saturday from lightning and spread quickly.  We watched planes, big and small, dump water and fire retardant all day.  Many structures were burned.

A part of every day (except for one day) was spent at the beach.  The water was down so their was plenty of beaches to choose from and lots of running room.  We had a brief sand fight after Colson picked up sand to throw at us during a series melt down.  He ran up and down beach screaming.  No one actually got hit with the sand, but it was fun to throw!

 A nice picture of the family!  Karin came down for the weekend and hung out with us.  It's always nice to see her!

Cannon and Colson with Kay and Karen.  Colson didn't really want to be sitting for a picture. (Wasn't his idea and we know he is stubborn!)

Both boys did quite a bit of drawing.  Cannon spent a lot of time on one big picture for Chris and I. He gave it to use for our anniversary.  LOVE it!

Another beach picture, but this time with the floaties.  We all enjoyed floating around on them and the boys spent many hours hooking up ropes to them, pulling people around, floating, etc.

Here we are on the beach.  This was our last day.  We had a huge amount of beach to ourselves and it was amazing to relax, look out at the water, watch the boys play, walk & explore and just be together. Great day!

Colson became a fish this trip.  He's figured out he can go anywhere and do anything with his life jacket on.  He swam and floated and played and jumped and rode on the tube!  The life of a 4 year old!

Enjoying every moment!

Silverwood

The title of the post tells it all....Silverwood!

The boys were so excited, as were the adults, to spend a day at Silverwood.  Cannon had been before with Karin and I two years ago. We were looking forward to going back, this time with Colson and Grandpa & Grandma Anderson.

We arrived about 30 minutes before the park opened (11:00 am) and didn't pull out of the parking lot until 9:10 pm!  We were all tired, but the day went by fast.

Get ready...there are a ton of pictures!

The three of us are getting ready to ride the roller coaster Tremors.  It's a pretty intense coaster that hits 60+ mph.  Cannon was a trooper, but said he didn't want to do it again!

A Dumbo ride with Colson!  He loved all of the kids rides and enjoyed how the elephant went up and down.

 The Log Ride!  We waited about 45 minutes for this ride.  Booo!  It was fun and the kids LOVED it.

Another fun 'kid' ride that the boys enjoyed.  It was nice they could do many of them together.

Off to the water park.  It was packed!  Cannon immediately went to play in the HUGE kid area.  He climbed and explored and finally went down the water slide!

Another 'hit' at the water park was the wave pool.  Cannon spent most of his time here.  He loved the waves and was in the water forever!  Colson liked being in the water, but was more cautious.  

Back at the park after leaving the water park, we hit the train and had fun on the 30 minute ride.

This is a ride Cannon really wanted to go on.  It was very popular and they waited in line for a LONG time.  Cannon rode with Grandma Kathy and Colson rode with Colson.  They loved squirting water at others and tried to stay dry themselves.  Grandma got the most wet!

Another fun little kid roller coaster ride.  The boys rode this ride a few times.

We hit almost all of the kid rides and it was nice that the lines for them weren't too long.  I love how the boys are excited for all the rides.  They had so much fun!

We watched a magic/illusion show in the evening.  The boys shared a caramel apple and it was funny to watch them try and eat the apple at the same time!  (It was very good!)

We had caramel apple and ice cream for dinner!  This cup of ice cream was a "single scoop" and it was HUGE!  Cannon, Colson and I shared this and we couldn't finish it!  But what we did eat was so yummy!  (Cotton candy on the bottom, chocolate chip mint in the middle and cookie dough on top!)

This was another ride that Cannon was intrigued with and finally got in line for it.  Grandpa did it with him.  It was right up Cannon's alley with the controls and they all got to bump into each other!

$1.00 for 18 shots.  Colson really wanted to try this and he worked hard to shoot the red lights. Cannon also got in on the action.

Our final ride of the night, right as the park was closing.

Lots and lots of fun.  Lots of great memories.
Enjoying every moment.