Aquarium

Since we don't have vacations planned for the summer we are trying to get away for day trips on the weekend. However, we are not the only ones that are doing this I think. The last weekend we went to the Newport Aquarium. Ian and Cole had a great time, along with AJ because he just likes being outside. Unfortunately Kris lets other people and crowds bug him too much to have a good time. I will post pics soon.
We also made a quick stop at the beach in Lincoln City where the boys played in the shortest river in the world, "D" River.

Weight Watchers

Starting in October my health insurance will be providing coverage for joining Weight Watchers, but only for 13-weeks. Until then I am hoping to get started on my own with the program from what I know already and what I can gather from friends. If you have any information that would help please send it my way :-) Overall I am happy with my weight loss (1lb away from pre-preg weight) so far which has happened without even trying too hard....just chasing a few boys around and eating better.

Under Construction

For those of you that know my husband you know that he doesn't like to sit around and do nothing for very long....or ever. Currently, he has about 4 different projects that are going on around the property. Most of them I can help him with or he can do on his own. The one I am not that helpful with is getting the retaining wall started which means concrete work. I hope he can get this started soon because that means we are another step closer to tearing down the shop and building a garage/shop that doesn't LEAK!

Storage Shed

In hopes of finding some more space and organization to our house we purchased a 10 x 10 storage shed this weekend. It was a lot of fun watching Ian work side-by-side with Kris to build the shed. When we didn't finish it on Sunday Ian was very sad and when he got up on Monday he was ready to work on it again. He is definitely Kris' son! Ian was sad again when I told him we had to wait until daddy got home from work, but came up with a great idea "Mommy, you can read the directions to me and when daddy gets home I can tell him what to do next." So cute! And smart! I will post pictures soon.

Garden Update

Here is a picture of AJ at 6-weeks old. He is ready to help us in the garden with his John Deere hat, which may fit him for another week if he doesn't grow too much.

So far the garden has produced ONE red tomato! All of the 17 plants have tomatoes on them but they are very green still. Once they start to turn we are going to need some help picking them and eating them. The boys want to put a vegetable stand at the end of the driveway which we might do because are going to have a good pumpkin patch too. The garden has also produced cucumbers, zucchini(green and yellow), TONS of lettuce, and some yellow string beans.

On a sad note....the deer got to the pepper plants. They preferred the green plants over the red pepper plants so we may still get some. The boys and I went to Wilco yesterday and they still had some pepper plants, we came home with 9 plants since they were 75% off. We planted them today and are crossing our fingers they will thrive and produce.

Detroit Lake

We are very lucky to have such involved grandparents on both sides of the family. Ian and Cole get to vacation even when Kris and I are not able to. The latest adventure took them to Detroit Lake with Grandma Jean and Papa Craig (Thomas). Kris, AJ, and I joined them for a night at the lake where we stayed all together at Ray/Sheila and Jim/Tami's camping area that they have on the lake. The boys had a great time playing with counsin Breanne catching tiny fish and salamanders in nets. AJ jad a great time sleeping on the dock and taking his first boat ride.

We helped move the camping over to the state park on Sunday where they would be staying until Thursday with Jean and Craig. From what the boys have shared they went to several educational programs including one on bears, volcanoes, and osprey birds. Thay had a blast going swimming in the lake and on boat rides. Below is a picture of the bird houses they made.