A Few Miscellaneous Photos

The library is a favorite place of ours.  So many great books at our fingertips!  I've brought home a couple of bags full in the last few weeks.  Many for the boys, (mostly Colson).  Some are for school. A few for me.  Piles of books make me smile!

Cannon is reading the third Harry Potter.  It's great to discuss it with him!

Colson is still on a roll with his reading...working every night on his sounds, words, sentences and stories.  It's been exciting to watch his growth!

The rose bush is full of roses and it's so pretty!  Colson and Grandma Kathy cut some to bring in the house.  There are still so many.  This picture doesn't do the roses justice.

Raspberries are on sale and we've been eating them like candy.  Today is the last day of the sale....I'm going back for more!

The boys must have been hungry.  They pulled down the basket of miscellaneous food and started to eat a little bit of everything!

Enjoying every moment.

Mother's Day

It was a great Mother's Day!  

Friday, I enjoyed a wonderful Mother's Day Tea with Cannon in his classroom.  They had poems to read, and a wonderful song they sang.  We ate muffins and juice and Cannon gave me his gift, a beautiful flower drawing that I must frame!  I also received a nice place mat and note from him, too.  

Colson has a special package for me as well on Friday when we got home.

On Sunday, the boys made me breakfast, with Chris' help.  Colson had everything organized in his mind the night before, asking me what I wanted to eat.  He and Grandma Kathy made the fruit salad Saturday.  Cannon helped with the eggs and made the toast.  It was so sweet and so yummy!  Love them!

It was wonderful to have mom and dad here this year for Mother's Day.  We decided to head down to the Olympia Farmers Market.  We started the day off with hot chocolate and coffee at a local coffee shop next to the market.

I got a few pictures of myself with the boys.

It was great to walk through the market.  We looked at everything and bought some fruit.  I love all of the beautiful displays.  Cannon and Colson liked the free samples of jelly, apples, pears and honey. Of course, they also found the lavender vendor and smelled almost everything she had for sale!  

The boys got a delicious treat from one of the bakery vendors.

Both Cannon and Colson enjoyed the playground at Percival Landing.

We walked south down the docks, looking at boats, enjoying the views of the capital in the distance and the waterway next to us.  There were wooden boats on the city docks so we looked at those and the boys got to board a 60 foot, 1961 boat.  They LOVED it and were still talking about it before bedtime.
Also, there were more vendors to walk through, which we weren't expecting. We stopped and had kettle corn and relaxed while the boys played for the second time on the toys.

There were a couple of street performers during the day and we caught two acts.  The first one was a magician that had a very good show for both the kids and adults.  The second one, below, was a humorous young man who could do a lot of cool things, ending with juggling fire sticks.  Both Cannon and Colson were enthralled.

We stopped at the property after coming back from Olympia.  It was nice to show mom and dad the progress that has been made and walk the property lines.
Then we finally made it home for a bit of relaxation before dinner.  Mom put a pork roast in the oven, and we set out green salad, the left over fruit salad and rice.  It was so very good!  And Colson helped Grandma dip strawberries in chocolate.  Those were great for dessert!  

We had a wonderful day together as a family and that is what it is all about.  While I love and cherish the cards and special gifts, it's about spending time together that means the most.  I enjoyed the day and it was full of great things for everyone.  Lots of memories!

Enjoying every moment.

Working Hard

We have been working hard at the Hood Canal to get it ready to put on the market.  Chris has spent a lot of time there taking down the old mobile and working through the mess that has created.  We have gone up the last two Saturday's to work on clearing those piles.  We made some dump runs, took metal to a recycling place, brought home a load of steel and have burned a lot of the wood that was up there.  I also talked Chris into cutting down some of the trees off the hillside to get the view of canal back.  We are nearly done and the place will go up for sale with the hopes of selling this summer.  Fingers crossed.

Here is a (kind of) before picture.  The piles were actually a lot bigger.  Chris had burnt a lot before this photo was taken and there are also a couple piles that can't be seen.  

A somewhat clean photo of me....

And a picture of all of our dirty faces.  It really doesn't do us justice.  We. Were. Dirty.

Cannon was just hanging out in this picture in the bucket of the excavator.  He has been doing a great job helping out and running the piece of equipment.  It's nice that when Chris had to take the truck to the dump or do something else, Cannon could hop on and finish the work that Chris was doing!

Here is an after picture.  There is just a small pile of ashes that need to be cleaned up.  Then Chris has to level off some areas and clean up some brush.  It's looking good!

Here is a photo of a submarine flanked by two Navy ships.  It's a pretty amazing sight.  

This is also a before picture of before Chris cut down some of the trees.  

And an after picture of when the trees are down.  There are still some that need to be cut down on the right side.  Next time!

It's been a lot of hard work.  Chris has done a lot.  Sebastian helped take down the mobile.  The boys have helped a lot.  My dad came and spent the day yesterday helping.  It's amazing what another set or two of hands does.  Things go twice as fast.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel!

Enjoying every moment.

Cannon's Concert

Last week was Cannon's 2nd grade music concert.  They only have one a year so it's a big deal.  They classes perform in the large auditorium at the high school.  Cannon was excited for the concert and his favorite song was, Spring Spring Spring.  He told us all of the names of the songs they would be singing on the ride there.

You could tell Cannon was nervous, which is totally normal.  He looked very handsome dressed up.  I proud of him for taking things like this seriously.

Cannon with his music teacher, Mrs. Leppenan. She is amazing and Cannon loves her!

Enjoying every moment!