Chubbs and Danny's Visit July 2015!

Having Chubbs and Danny come visit us was AWESOME!!! We had such a fun time!
We played a backyard badminton challenge...thanks hunny for buying the sport set and setting it up, it proved to be well worth for years to come!

They played a great game, but ultimately they lost.

Sitting on the step waiting to watch them drive away and wave goodbye! Such cuties eh!

Playdoh time with Danny, Auntie Shelby bought Vienna a princess designing kit and Danny helped her design her dresses. Boy do these kiddos love their playdoh! 

Besides visiting some of the best stores in the US (Ross, TJ MAxx, etc.) we also tried a super yummy food truck called El Fat Cat and it turned out to be a very good recommendation.

The playground of dreams with the Splash pad, a great park and the river close by was a fun morning adventure. We all swam in the river and caught a crayfish, which was lots of fun for the kids.

swing time, Everett took to Danny pretty good.

Snuggle time with Auntie Chubbs

Swimming and playing in the pool is something we did lots of and got some serious sun! It was a bit too much at times. 

We went on a date, it was such a fun date. We tried foot golf (AKA - soccer golf). It is so neat. You still have a tee time and play at the same time as the golfers, we just have our own holes. Besides starting a bit too late to finish all 18 holes, and being a bit sore for a few days afterward it was perfect!

Danny in action!

Mike in Action!

Chubbs in Action!

 

Boys hangin out

My action shot...It included a cartwheel and that was a pretty good shot too.

At the beginning!

Before it begins!

Half way through

Half way through

After we finished our golf game...Danny won, Mike and I were neck and neck and Chubbs lost, we went to Tres Margarita's for Deep Fried Icecream...and other such things :)
It was such a fun night.

Their last night we played Consequence and like last summer, chubbs lost and like last summer the consequence was a naked jump in the pool, poor girl. I think it's becoming a tradition!

Here she is!

Saying goodbye :(
We had such a fun time and the kids loved having them here.

These guys waiting on the step waiting to watch them drive away and wave. Such cuties eh!

Their drive home attire were purchases from down here...star shorts and spider man leggings. great finds right???

Thanks Chubbs and Danny for coming to visit us, we would love to have you any time!

The rest of June and some of July!

So the story of my life...I'm way behind on my blog posts, but at least I'm not over a month.

 Father's Day was low key, just like Mother's Day this year. We were just getting home from our Utah trip and so we just made breakfast in bed and let Daddy take a nap and kind of have the day off. We sure love our amazing, loving, caring, patient Daddy!

 This little baby of mine, isn't really a baby anymore. It's kind of sad.

 Ice block activity. I froze a bunch of small toys inside a big block of ice and they had to get them out

 painting bird houses for Vienna

 these sweet little boys are always going along with Vienna's various things.

 Our play at the park, turned into a swim in the river...of course.

 Ethan's birthday party reunited some of her very missed preschool friends

2nd ANNUAL CANADA DAY PARTY!!

We did it again and it was great! No wind this time around, just really, really hot. We had more people, which was nice and we had people stay and swim, which is what I dreamed would happen. The only sad part is that once our guests arrived I totally forgot to take pictures :( All I have are the decorations and set-up, but at least I have that. It was a blast. Can't wait for next years, although I'm not sure where we'll be.

 

 On actual Canada we all wore our Canadian shirts, but I had to work so it was a pretty lame day.

 Here are my cuties in their shirts from Aarika, who is such a great friend for sending Canadian things!!!

 goofy faces of course!

 Here are some of their other Canadian clothes. I love this picture because this is how it always is trying to get a good photo.

The 4th of July was tough this year. After being at my Nan's funeral last year,  I guess I just thought it would be spent doing fun things with family. That's what the 4th is all about, but it turns out that wasn't the case. I did try, but it was to no avail. So after getting over the sadness and frustration of being close to family yet being far away at the same time, I decided to host a bunch of the Davis family at our home on the 3rd  (lots of them weren't available on the 4th)  since there's nothing more important than family, even if it means work. It was really nice once everyone arrived, but the day of prep alone with 3 little ones pushed me over my already sad/frustrated self's edge. The wonderful adult conversation that night and the memories made it all worth it. On the 4th we managed to find some friends, with no family in town that wanted to go to the parade with us, which the kids loved! Then my awesome co-workers invited our family to their home for a BBQ and to watch their fireworks. They live in West Richland where fireworks are legal and they spent $450 at the reservation, which means lots of HUGE fireworks. It was awesome! Everyone in West Richland does! The boys were getting so tired but they did great and stayed up until 10. We snuck away before it was over to put the boys to bed and then we got to sit on the roof with our sweet little lady and watch the stadium and river fireworks. She couldn't get enough of being up there. It ended up being a perfect 4th as a family and friends. The kids LOVED the fireworks tons.

 parade fun at the top, waiting for fireworks and more parade fun at the bottom

 Vienna and Morgan became buddies right away

This is just a few other things from July!

 These 2 were so cute while running errands and Vienna was a princess camp. Adorable !!!

 Mike and I got a babysitter and since foot golf wasn't a go, we decided on a yummy (but too expensive) dinner at a train car restaurant and some errands...of course.

 A friends birthday at Leslie Grove park was fun because there were so many young kids.

 Here is Vienna's final day of Princess Academy, where she got to tell us her favorite part about the week. She really enjoyed herself.

 Following Jedi camp and Princess academy we had a spur of the moment play at the park, and lunch date with our cousins, which is always a special time. They play so well together.

 These kids LOVE to go on bikerides around the neighborhood and do a great job. We just went on one with Lincoln on his big boy bike and he rocked it!

 On Canada Day my little E-man was sportin his Eh! shirt, wearing a rasta hat all while being an American. He is the cutest American, Canadian, Jamaican I ever saw!

Summer is so much fun and is going surprisingly well. 

The next post is our visit with Chubbs and her friend Danny!