Fishing

Kyle took the two older kids fisihing a few Saturdays ago and took pictures of the kids, so I thought I would share them. It ended up being a beautiful day that day and they had a great time, even if they didn't catch anything!

For Father's Day we got Kyle his own tackle box, so he doesn't have to borrow my dad's anymore because Celeste and Eddie have both decided that fishing is something they really enjoy with their dad. With pictures like these, you can't really blame them can you?

The Zoo

On Friday my parents took all the grandkids and moms to the zoo for the day. We had a great time with all of the kids now old enough to know what is going on. The little ones loved watching the big animals and the older kids loved learning new things about the zoo even though they have been a few times before. Since my parents have a yearly pass I'm hoping we get to go a lot this summer and really help the kids learn new and different things about the zoo and the animals.

They have a new African exhibit and when you first walk through there are some drums there for the kids to play. Celeste and Eddie loved trying these out.

In the new African exhibit they also have lions. We couldn't see the lions well while they were sitting on top of the rocks, but the statues of the lions were fun. Celeste enjoyed climbing on them with the other kids and was willing to take a picture for me!

While some of the other kids were in the petting zoo, Gordon got a chance to get out of the stroller and run around. He loved climbing on the benches and chasing the birds.

Starlight Parade

Last Saturday we were able to go to the Starlight Parade again. It was raining all week and we really thought that there was a possibility that we couldn't go, but it ended up being really nice and a perfect day for a parade. These are just a few of the pictures taken of the parade. During the Starlight run that happens before the parade, there was a guy running who was dressed up like an outhouse.

Celeste enjoyed playing with the glow necklaces.

Gordon enjoyed running away from us and eating the bubble wand!

And Eddie LOVED the sidewalk chalk. I have never seen him draw and color the way he did in the street. Since then it has been really rainy, but every chance he gets he wants to draw on the street!

I love being able to take my kids to these kinds of things. We decided not to go to the Rose Parade this year because Kyle wanted to take the kids fishing and I just wasn't really up for it, but we will probably have at least one more parade to go to next month, so my kids will be ready!

Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend was a rainy weekend to kick off the summer, but before the weekend began Kyle had the opportunity to take Eddie to a flag plant up at the veterans cemetary. Kyle had never been before. We think that his pack and troop never participated in flag plants, but he is sure glad that our pack now does, so he could be there to participate. Eddie said his favorite part was the guns shooting and the helicopters flying over head. He also seemed to enjoy saying the names and then telling them thank you while saluting them. I love that Kyle got a picture of Eddie saluting, it's so cute!

Saturday we stayed around town so Kyle could get some homework done and Celeste could attend a birthday party. On Sunday we went up to Lake Merwin to visit with my family who were up there already for the weekend. It rained so much over the weekend though, that we had to have a propane fire pit under the canopy. That's camping for ya!

Even in the rain, Gordon and my nephew, Javen, had a great time playing together. They don't always play together, but they sure had a great time running around, playing in the grass and soaking themselves. .We just let them play until bedtime and then got them nice and warm in their pjs, so they didn't miss a minute.

We went home Sunday night to get a good night rest because we planned to spend the day with Kyle's brother, Brandon, and his family. We went back up to Washington hike the Ape Caves at Mt. Saint Helens. I had been once when I was a kid and Kyle remember going once when he was a kid as well, but neither of us had been in a long time, so it was fun for us to go. With the kids there, we just hiked the lower cave, which was almost more than enough for Gordon and Eddie, but we had a great time. It is definitely somethine we'll have to remember to do again when we are trying to think of an activity to do in the future. We took glow necklaces and braclets for the kids and the kids had their own flashlights, so they could look around and keep themselves from getting scared.

We are definitely ready for summer to be here, now we just have to convince the weather that is is summer!