Portland Trip

Updates on Clifton and McKay -
Its been a pretty good week for these two.  Playing well together and happy.  Being helpful and fun.  I love weeks like this.

They helped stain the fence with me ... yes I let them do this and they were covered in stain.  But hey it was a great experience!

Playing with Stanley and keeping him happy while I cook dinner or shower.

My favorite work out buddies!  Being active with my kids is by far my favorite thing to do with them.

Updates on Stanley -
He had a good week as well.  Happy and cuddly.  Still no interest in crawling or really moving around at all.

His new favorite thing is to shake his head no.  And we think its absolutely adorable, at least for now!

This week for FHE we talked about the Sabbath day and how its different then the rest of the week.  We do different things.  I gave a scoop of ice cream to each kiddo and had different toppings out including maple syrup, ketchup, mustard, etc... We talked about how though some off the toppings are not bad but are not good on ice cream.  Just like Sundays.  Then they had to name a good activity we can do on Sunday to get yummy toppings on their ice cream.  Best FHE ever.  They have never listened and participated so well.  I guess I need to involve ice cream more often.

Tuesday we had play group at Manchester Beach.  They had construction on most of the beach but we were still able to play.  The tide was really low so they kids had fun exploring finding crab shells and jelly fish.

Stanley had a little friend who took good care of him :)

That night was the beginning of one of my favorite time of year.  Soccer time!

Alex and I get to coach again.  Love love my team already!  So excited for the season with them.

Thursday we got to explore.  Not far from our house is a garden that has a cute little hobbit home. 

The kids loved it and begged me to make one for them.  I wish I could!  It was a cute place.  Then we walked the garden and talked about all the different plants we saw.  A simple but super fun outing.

Friday we went to Portland.  

On our way we meet Grandma and Grandpa at the Clark County Fair.  My old stomping grounds, yes I was a carny!  It was a ton of fun.  Alex and Clifton's favorite part was the demolition derby.  McKay and my favorite part was the sea lion show.

That night we spent with my brother Justin and his family.

The have an invention box for Jack and he gets to make things out of all sorts of material in his box.  The cutest idea and Clifton loved it.  Making one of these boxes for Clifton right away!

Saturday I talked most of my family into doing the Bubble Run.

What a fun run to do with the family.  

It was so fun.  It turned more into a Bubble Walk... there were so many kids and strollers.  I was super worried it would be a flop because it was cheap for a run and the kids were free.  But it was wonderful and I would totally do it again with my family!  Maybe another tradition but this time with the Stanley gang?