Fishy Fishy

In Tahoe - and every chance we get all the time - we like to swim - Gavin's quite the little fish - sometimes he likes to hitch a ride....

He likes to Fly and SPLASH

He was getting really good and putting his feet up high in the air

And kickin! What a kicker!

And of course jumping and splashing like a whale - SHAMU SHAMU!!!!

The Bachelorette!

My Dear Dear Friend Katelynn.... is getting married on Saturday!!! We had a bachelorette party for her this past Saturday which included brunch, pictures, ceramics, burritos, cake, music, presents, dancing, and cute matching shirts. This is her sister Bekah (the great organizer!), Katelynn, and myself... "Kate's Bachelorette Party in Progress..."

Family Visits

On the Trip down to Tahoe we got to see the great grandparents in Redding. They are wonderful, positive, encouraging individuals. While at Tahoe we got to spend a few days with Grand Aunt Laurie and Great Grandma Frazier- two of our most favorite most fun and enjoyable individuals.

in Tahoe

While at Tahoe we hiked to Algora Lakes. I carried Gavin most of the way in my Aunt's fabulous pack. It was hot. Beautiful - but HOT

Camping in June

When Gavin and I went camping - he learned a little about shadows - he made me laugh so hard I almost fell over! He's chasing my shadow - not me!


Don't you love it? First thing in the morning- pajamas, and ready to play baseball! What an outfit :)

My Baseball Lovin Boy!

Look at that form! :) He loves baseball - loves to Hit the Ball! and we play catch - but he's not super great and holding the glove....

More Pictures - Camping, etc

Pictures from June - camping etc

We're Back

From a Week Long VACATION! To Lake Tahoe. We were able to see some of Gavin's Great Grandparents, canoe around Lake Tahoe, swim in a warm pool, and RELAX! It was really nice to get away for that long. We drove in a van with 5 adults and a toddler - it was a long drive - both directions! But we made it and had a great time. Here's a picture of Gavin helping me carry water while camping. He's very much into "me do" and "help you, mommy". He was glad to go back to daycare with his nice friends - and glad to see all of his toys. I'll post lots of vacation pictures after I get my camera back from grandma's house!

And Then....

Well, Saturday I ran 3 miles, Sunday I ran 2 miles... The longest I've run in the last month in a single run is 5 miles... I have no goal other than to run everyday. Between 1 and 1.5 miles I have a wall - if I push through it, I can run for a long time at the same steady, happy pace. I usually quit when I get tired of being sweaty or thirsty - or my feet go numb. Sometimes I'm just too tired. Gavin didn't eat much for about 6 days last week - and he didn't sleep much either - so I didn't sleep much. 4 more days of work, then off to family vacation at Lake Tahoe. It will be nice to disconnect and not have anything pressing to do.

Well....

We went camping last weekend - 4 days outside of Leavenworth - it was BEAUTIFUL. Gavin is very sick, hasn't eaten much - got sick camping actually. :( EWW - I'm exhausted. Started running again, Maybe I should post how much I run every day to be accountable to the blog world. hmmm. Well, last night I ran 1.3 miles. I was tired and it was late... so I just went to bed instead of continuing past the warm-up.

Mini Golf in Leavenworth

On the Way back from Spokane we stayed in Leavenworth. Jeff had 3 friends come over and meet us and stay with us: Dan, Kyle, and Austin. We did lots of swimming and on Memorial Day played Miniature golf at an amazing course. The putting greens were world class - very cool. Made me sad that Gavin was hitting at the golf ball with a baseball swing and disturbing the grass. Austin tried to help him. It was nap time so Gavin spent about half the time being upset about having to share and tattling on Jeff for making him wait his turn. Oh toddlers.......

Aunt Jessipoo at the Park

For Memorial Day we went to Spokane to visit Grandpa Bill and then stopped in Leavenworth and had a great and fun weekend. On the way back we stopped in Monroe and had dinner with Jessica and played at a park. It was super! Speaking of dying hair :)... Her's is a really pretty red - Mine is in my first 'blonding' phase with few highlights - next time it will be brighter.

And... it's almost the end of may

So these are some pictures from when Uncle Pevey came up to visit. And for the record, I'm going back to blonde. I miss it! (For those of you behind the times... I wanted to try burnette life so I died my hair dark about a month ago) Life is good, all good things. I love the townhouse - I'm starting the spring cleaning purge! Gavin is growing fast and is saying more things... 'happy' 'lap' 'play place' 'enough' 'thanks'.... still not sentences... more like lots of words individually. He cracks me up. Yesterday morning we had one of those great moments. I was getting him dressed at the early hour of 6AM and my right eye was mostly closed. He said 'eye?'. I told him mom only has one eye today. I lost the other one. He laughed and giggled SO hard... he said 'two eye, two eye'. I said nope, see only one eye! For some reason it was the funniest thing in the world to this toddler that mom thought she lost an eye. So he helped me find it! Picture us laughing and rolling on the bed looking for a lost eye... It was a great moment. Especially for 6 AM. We aren't usually that alive in the morning - it's more of a get out the door approach. My June resolution - make the mornings mean something!

Mariners

Gavin at the park... we go to a park in Kirkland with a Train - he likes that one. About half the time after I pick him up from daycare we'll go to a park- weather permitting of course...


Before the Mariners Game - he was SO excited to go see BASEBALL!!!


Well... the game was kinda lame - but we had fun anyways watching the balls- and yelling Hit or Miss He also really liked the boat race on TV. They do a hydroplane around Lake Washington filler spot between innings. He continued to ask for "More Boat!"

What else... Gavin has learned to say "me go first"... that's been fun. He also is one of the smartest kids I know. This weekend we were going somewhere and he started saying 'no jill no jill' because it was Saturday... and he knew that he wasn't supposed to go to Daycare with Jill that day. I had to assure him that we weren't going to Jill's... we were just going down the same road. How does a 2 year old know from a spot on the freeway that we're nearing the daycare exit? Very perceptive. He does the same thing when I take a different exit to go home. He starts getting upset, instructing me to go home go home... as if I was taking him somewhere else. Funny boy.

More Pics....

Goofing with Jessipoo, our friends Adam and Sarah at the Mariner's game, and Gavin Bonding with Sarah and the Mariners....