Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Summertime Is Fun Time!

Jace
We have been picking strawberries from the garden and picking Blueberries every trip to Roseburg we make. I picked 1.5 pounds all by myself one trip. Mama ended up freezing 75 pounds total! We also picked cherries off of papa and grandma's tree. We signed up for a kids dash and I ran super fast around the track to the finish. We all got metals and then we played in the bounce houses for a while. Daddy had an interview at work for a promotion, and he got the job! We are all so proud of him, now he gets to drive the fire engine when he works. Daddy left on a boys rafting trip on father's day, so we colored him pictures and made him a card and had breakfast with him before he left. Mama tried to get more landscaping done while daddy was gone, because she was planning a promotion party. I got to go to the water park with Maren and even got to spend the night with her. We had so much fun playing and staying up late talking!  It has been pretty hot, so we spend the hottest part of the day playing in the creek. It is so much fun! One of the days that mama worked, papa and grandma took us to the movie theater to see Finding Dory. We ate popcorn and it was a great movie!  Daddy's promotion party was a couple of days after he got back, and there were lots of people that came to our house. I had a great time playing with all of the kids, and we had my favorite tacos. We went to church in the park with the Rogers family and we danced and sang. We had burgers and played on the bounce houses and slides after church:) I was a good big brother and waited in line with Bella and told her how much fun the slide was gonna be!














Bella
I love fruit of any kind!  Jace and I fought over the berries in the garden sometimes, but at the blueberry farm, mama parked my stroller under a bush and I ate Blueberries the entire time. All I could say is mmmmm and yummy! I was excited to get my jogging attire on for our big race, but had never ran in an official race before so I didn't know what to expect. I ran really fast half way to the finish, then stopped and started crying. Mama tried to encourage me with some Blueberries, and I finally went across the finish, but I wasn't happy. I told daddy happy father's day, and helped mama make muffins for him and his friends. (I made a bit of a mess, but helped clean up). I had a cold, so I didn't go to the water park with Jace and Maren. . Instead I stayed home to help mama and went to bed early. My favorite part of the movie theater was the popcorn!  Then I was excited to see daddy when we got home that night. We had a busy couple days before the party, and I wore a dress with a tuttu on it for the actual party. There were lots of kids, but I hung with the adults because I learned that if I smile and say please, they will keep giving me chips and dip :) church in the park was great, and I loved the bounce house!













Friday, June 10, 2016

Adventures and Picnics!

Jace
We have gone on lots of fun adventures lately. We went hiking with my buddy Demian to Rainey Falls. There was lots of poison oak, but we had fun!  We stopped for a picnic on the way home.  The very next day we went to Applegate river after workout and went paddle boarding with Miss Audra and her kiddos. I sat on the front until we got close to shore, then I jumped in the water and swam:) I practiced paddling and even paddled miss Audra around while she sun bathed. We played in the sand and had another picnic before heading home. We went to the home Depot workshop and built daddy a phone holder for father's day. We inflated and filled our kiddy pool on the back patio and played in that a bunch because it has been hot! Daddy got our raft all ready and we floated a short section of the rogue. We stopped for a picnic and practiced shooting our water guns. We are still in swim lessons and loving it. We started landscaping around the patio and I helped with the rock using Bella's wheelbarrow. It was hard work, but I like helping. We went swimming at my friend Ryan's big pool, and I did a flip off of the side and swam like a fish.











Bella
I enjoyed the hike on mama's back, but loved the picnic with our friends. I had a well check at the Dr that afternoon and I weighed 25 pounds. I got a few shots, and they hurt, but I was better by the morning and enjoyed our trip to the river. I was very good at sitting still on the front of the paddle board. Mama helped me at the workshop at home Depot, then we had races down the aisles before heading home. I was very excited to go rafting, but the water was cold and I didn't get in. Throwing rocks in the water during our picnic was great!  I loved splashing and playing in our kiddy pool and I swim much better with daddy at swim lessons. I helped spread out the rocks around the patio with Jace's bulldozer and got really dirty.