Catch Up!

Life is busy! We SURE didn't know how busy we could be! I mean, it's July! Ron and I were just reminiscing this morning, how on any given Saturday, him and I would head to Green Lake for a run, get Starbucks, go to Qdoba, and then a movie, before we had the boys. What a wonderful awakening! That was great! And this is greater!!
Van and PK are so fortunate to spend time with family and so many adoring people all the time. I've never seen my parents and brother act this way! There is mutual exclamations of joy when they see the boys. VPK get to spend time with my Grandpa Ben about once a week(upper right), and my Paca & Bepa(Bepa lower left)about the same.

Mowing with daddy is coveted. The boys got these mowers for their first birthday, and to think I almost returned one of them! Sometimes, I find the boys in the garage just looking @ Rons lawn mower.

Vanny and Paxton have found their wonderland in my parents yard. Sometimes the first words out of their mouth in the morning are "go to grandma's house" or "ride honda with boompa"(what they call my dad).

This is our 3rd Easter together. We went to Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club, where Ron and I were married 10 years ago! It was a rainy day and the boys weren't too sure about the Easter bunny, but boy did they love their eggs and pancakes!

Uncle GoGo cuts the boys hair and does a better job than the barber in town. Both V & P like to do their own hair with this gel I got for them. Van's hair is so thick and voluminous, and goes forward no matter what. PK has finer hair with a little curl, that is so weighted down by products. He's my little surfer boy.

Sitting in Boompa's chair

Chainsaws, yes. Again, WONDERLAND. My dad, brother and Ron all chainsaw and chop the wood with axes in my parents woods. They fill the trailer of my dad's 4-wheeler "honda", and haul it wherever. The boys, of course, have their own chainsaws that sound real. The boys make that ruuummmm ruumm noise along with it too.

About a week ago, Ron suggested I take VPK to the logging show in our neighboring town of Buckley. It was a nice day and the boys loved it. My mom went with us and VPK had roasted corn, scones, and kettle corn. Loggers from all over the Northwest were there competing in logging events. Pure bliss for 2 little boys. These guys were racing climbing trees, running on a tree over water to grab a chainsaw and cut a chunk of the log, and chopping logs that they were standing on, between their legs, to see who could get thru the fastest. It was very entertaining! Next year, all the men want to come too!  Later that night before dinner, VPK were running w/their chainsaws and pretending to race like the loggers-too cute.
PK LOVES the honda! Van can take it or leave it, he "stays w/grandma". Van is my cautious child. Most times when we go to my parents house for dinner, which is often, PK goes to Boompa and asks to ride the honda.

One of our outdoor activities of late, has been racing cars down the driveway. The boys chase them and think it's pretty cool. They have nicknames for all their trucks. One is "jamaica mon"(ron) and there is "cement truck" and "shark truck" etc.

When VPK go to Grandmas, they are outdoors if it's pretty dry. They are really good helpers. They help prune and pick up weeds, whatever you assign them. They just HAVE to get their energy out, and outside there's so much more to explore.

Aunt Lori, my cousin, just had girl twins, Quinn and Addison. They are almost 3 weeks old and so cute! Here are the boys @ a dog park in Mercer Island with Aunt Lori and her dog Indy.

My dad is so fun to watch with VPK. He is a funny guy, but pretty shy unless you know him. Here he is, racing the boys around @ the Supermall, doing brodies and them loving it! I even saw him go down their little slide one day with them, I had to do a double-take!

One of Ron's students, Chanel, generously sent VPK and I BIOLA shirts. She is currently a student there and it's where I graduated from.

My big boys! They often ask to sit @ their big boy table instead of their highchairs. We're almost there.

PK is kind of potty-training himself. One day, I heard him calling me from the toilet room in our master bath. I found the door closed, him standing naked, diaper on the floor, and a big poop in the toilet! I couldn't believe it! They get a chocolate if they use the toilet, and this is a big motivator! I can only dream, of no diapers! Van is kind of onboard, though still reluctant. It's quite a situation when they both have to go @ once!