Man how the time FLIES!

So I was thinking today, 'it has been a long time since I've added a blog.' When I came and looked, I can't believe the last pictures on here were from August! This have been pretty crazy and any extra time I've had, I've spent with the family or slept. The house has been a disaster, the laundry and sink has been overflowing, and meals have consisted of very processed foods. (aka ramen noodles, mac n cheese, etc.) But finally work has slowed way down and my hours have been cut from 45-50 hours a week to roughly 25-30 hours a week. All the while Rory has been working about 50 hour weeks as well. Poor Ethan has been neglected by his parents, and I plan on making it up to him these next couple months while work is slow. So there hasn't been a whole lot that we've done, but I'll post up some pics from yesterday. We went to Green Bluff, WA which is a group of small farms that have activities for families. We didn't do much there except walk around. It wasn't even close to what we expected..... After wards, we went to Kohls and did some shopping, which was a little more up my alley. Ethan thought he'd try on some hats. I can't believe he's getting so big.

Ocean Shores and Seattle

The last few days of our trip was spent over in Seattle. We took Ethan to the ocean, zoo, and aquarium. He really loved playing at the ocean. It was a pretty nice day until we were about ready to go then it got all clouded up.We bought a kite and was flying it around but Ethan wasn't too excited about it. Ethan was happy to just run around and splash in some of the water. He would run up and down as the waves would come in, then towards the end, totally tripped over his own feet and feel face first into the sand and water. After that, he wanted out of there.








These next couple pics are from the zoo and aquarium. I would say Ethan like the aquarium better than the zoo, but seeing the animals was kind of difficult. They don't really have it set up for smaller kids, and so you can barely see over the railings.


Watching the elephants at the zoo.


Checking out all the cool fish



In this tank, there was an octopus Ethan was watching. I think he wanted it to come out from under the rock, but it wasn't going to. On Monday, we were able to meet up with Raven and her kids before we headed out. Raven had just gotten back from Southern Idaho on Sunday night from her dad's funeral, so I was really excited to see her. It had been almost 4 years! Way to long to go without seeing such a good friend!





These last couple pictures were taken on the way home. I was trying to entertain myself.



I really love this man!

Olympic National Forest 8/15/09

So this last weekend was our 6 year anniversary, and Rory and I decided to head over to western washington to get away and relax a bit. Things were getting stressful at home, and we hadn't really been able to spend much time with each other, so we both took a couple days off work and headed to Seattle on Friday. Most of Friday, our actual anniversary was spent on the road, and we got into Quinault River Inn at about 9:30pm. It's on the tip of the Olympic National Forest, and we were going to go hiking along some of the trails up there. The pictures and information we had gotten said it was like a rainforest, so we were anxious to see it all. So here's just a few pictures from our first day, which we hiked about 5 miles total.

Thumbs up mom!





I love this pic. I think it's my favorite!


What a strong man!






What a good looking couple!



Daddy and Ethan standing next to the worlds largest Sitka Spruce Tree.



Look at me! I'm a tree hugger!

Fourth of July Trip

So on the fourth of July weekend, Rory was wanting to take a trip to southern Idaho to pick up his latest project, a 1971 Chevy. (I think.....) We left late Thursday and got into Declo around 5am. It was a long and exhausting ride. So these first couple pictures were taken the day we got there. This is the picture of Rory's 'new' truck project. I think he was feeling a bit overwhelmed by the work he has to do on it. And of course, a picture of Ethan being a cheese ball. lol



The next couple pictures are just some pics while we were hanging around. Pics with the family, etc.



Grandpa is wondering if he really is related to this nut sitting next to him.


These last pictures was taken the night of the 4th. We had own firework show, and luckily, no one blew any limbs off or anything like that. Rory was doing a little dance with the sparklers, trying to make them more interesting. Ethan really didn't want anything to do with them, and was trying to get them as far away from him as possible.





After all the fun was over, we were having some more fun with the camera. I just love my boys!!!