Thursday, August 16, 2012

Seattle/Portland

Isaac and I had the chance to take a trip to Seattle, WA and Salem, OR back in mid-July. We had a great time! We had a smooth flight into Seattle and had the chance to visit the Culvers for two days. They were wonderful hosts and took us to see the sights of Seattle. The Culver kids are sweet, cute, funny . . . I could go on and on! I somehow took barely any pictures, but these two were too cute not to share :). Carlie and the kids took us to a park and a lakeside beach for a picnic. It started out kinda chilly for our 105 degree conditioned selves, but turned out to be a beautiful day for the beach. Hazel and Colson amazed us with their zip line skills and Jayce with his fearless approach to water. 


Hazel certainly doted on baby Isaac the whole time we were there. He is pretty used to attention from a four year old and he ate it right up.


I totally hadn't noticed Jayce's background diaper change in this picture until I had it up on the blog - too funny!

After our time in Seattle, we drove to Salem, OR to attend the wedding of a dear friend. The kind of friend you fly across the country for! I had a wonderful time at the rehearsal dinner and the wedding and was blessed to find the sweetest babysitter to stay at the hotel with my boy. Our flight back was a little less smooth as we were delayed two hours and Isaac got pretty overtired. He slept a bit, but was pretty active when he was awake. He discovered the joy of jamming his fingers up my nose and pulling my shirt down a little too far. But he was happy throughout and we made it home safely. Praise God for a much needed break from the ordinary and a good time with good friends!

Sunday, August 12, 2012

County fair

We've had quite a break in blogging. Summer has been so busy!  A few weekends ago, we enjoyed an evening at the DuPage County fair. The kids had a great time!

Emie was very excited to ride a camel. We thought she would chicken out for sure, but she did have a determined look.

She made it on! Go Emie!



Then, of course, we had to introduce them to their first funnel cake. Isaac even took a taste too!



We didn't have any money left for the kids to go on rides (fairs are expensive!), but a very nice man came out of nowhere and gave us at least $20 worth of tickets. The kids had so much fun and Emie surprised us again by enjoying a few of them.

Only Nathan was bold enough for "the dragon".



We ended with the petting zoo and taking a look at some of the prize animals.


And of course a ride on the tractor tricycles.


See ya at the fair next year!