Things We Did This Week

Gave some stinky kids a bath. These pictures crack me up!


Hylton looks like he's trying to escape the Loony Bin


Fixed our fridge (I hope) - With help from two little froggies


Stupid circuit board went out making our fridge unable to defrost, thereby making it impossible to get cold airflow into the fridge


Went to the civic center to play in the fountain














Went to the 4th of July parade downtown (Thanks Rowes!)






Sterling had his ears plugged pretty much the whole day- we were worried
that they were going to be permanently bent in half. (You can see him in the front right of the picture). He's super sensitive to noise.





Evie was absolutely delighted with fireworks! She would giggle when the mortars went off.

Timothy Lake

We went on a camping trip two weekends ago to Gone Creek at Timothy Lake. It was just absolutely gorgeous!! Wish we'd gone for two days!

Circus Tent

We were totally bustin' out of our little 5man tent last year without Hylton and the required Pack N' Play necessary to get a baby to sleep in a tent. So this year we knew we had to upgrade! I scoured online reviews for a tent that was cheap but AWESOME! And I found this one. It is newer so I didn't think anyone would be selling it on Craigslist, but Lo! and Behold! this guy had been given two, new in the box, and he sold us this one for extra cheap (k, not extra cheap, but relatively cheap!). Anyway- SCORE!
It's been sitting in the garage for a few weeks without us having set it up yet and so today was the day. (Whenever I have things I need to do and I don't want to do them I find great, odd projects that simply must be done right away!) So the laundry sits unfolded on our floor, Doug's shirts sit unironed in the closet, several projects for preschool, church, and my sister's upcoming wedding are all going undone... but the tent is up! And the important task of seeing how big it really is checked off! Go ME!



The kids have been having a great time playing in it today! They watched their Backyardigans from sleeping bags just inside the door.



You can see it's a good thing we have 10' ceilings, or else it wouldn't have fit! Yes, I can stand up fully in it and still have a foot or two above my head. HOLY COW!



Some adorable hooligans. One of which spread cherry frosting all over my garage door this morning, even with all the excitement of a new tent going on. What the ___?!



While Hylton was napping today, and post- frosting- cleanup-bathing, Evie and I laid down for a nap and this is what we found when we came downstairs. Please note the remote lying next to his pillow. He had paused his movie and everything before falling asleep and refused to wake up. Something about sleeping in a tent agrees with him.

So, tally-ho! We go to set up the grand circus tent next weekend for it's wilderness debut. (And when I say wilderness, I mean a state operated park with bathrooms.) ;)

...We are hoping that our beautiful, glorious expanse of space will fit in our local wilderness...