Carter's Room!

We finished Carter's room a while ago but I wanted to post some pictures for those of you who have been asking to see it. We went pretty bold with the colors, but all in all I think it turned out pretty well. Both the boys love it which is all that matters I guess, as soon it will be Brandon's room too. (For those of you who haven't heard, we have another one on the way.)

Sorry my options seemed to be extreme glare or utter darkness, maybe I need a better camera, Or maybe I just need to learn how to use it!

Summer Fun

Ryan and I have been able to go to a couple of sporting events "kid free" (thanks Jared and Paige!) with some friends. A Seattle Sounders vs. Barcelona game (our new seattle soccer team) and a Mariners game. We had a great time!

So I have recently decided that I can leave Carter and Brandon alone to play by themselves while I take a quick shower in the mornings, (with great emphasis on the work QUICK.) Most days everything goes fine, except for the other day I came downstairs to find this. Carter had written all over Brandon with a purple sharpie. Brandon apparently had no problem with this and was happy to let him use his stomach as a drawing board. Even after the bath it actually took a couple of days for it to fully come off.

Carter and Brandon love their little pool. They both run and shout cannonball! and then jump in. Brandon is fearless. Don't ask me what Carter is saying in this video, Something about 90 degrees I think. Degrees was a new word he had learned recently and whenever he hears a word he has never heard he repeats it over and over whether it makes sense in the situation or not.

Some Random Pics

My handsome boys all ready for church.

This is an example of what Carter likes to do with his spare time!

Running through the sprinklers, they can't get enough of that.

Our Awesome Garden. Thanks to Ryan who did all the work. These are our peas when they were in their prime. Now we are getting some other things.. cucumbers and may even a tomatoe or two!

Carter and Brandon on one of our many hiking adventures this summer.

This is a game Carter and Brandon love to play, they affectionately call "Blanket Time" and we cannot try to fold a blanket in our house without one of them shouting Blanket Time! and piling on. Ryan is a good sport and does it with them often.

This weekend we finally dusted off our tent and sleeping bags and went camping! It was our first experience camping as a family so we were a bit nervous about it, but every thing went pretty good.

Ryan did a great job managing the fire. The boys were always eager to "help"

Cater wanted to hold Brandon in this picture. He actually said "here mom let me hold him" even though Brandon is so big that people actually ask us if they are twins occasionally.

Ryan and Carter in front of Mt. Ranier.

The mountain was beautiful.

It was crazy hiking where there was still snow in July

Myrtle falls

Carter was getting pretty adventurous climbing the trees near our camp site.

Carter's favorite part was roasting marshmellows

on one of the hikes a deer crossed right in front of our path.

We hiked on a trail to Carter Falls. Carter thought that was pretty cool. It was about a mile uphill but the boys did pretty good. We just kept feeding them vanilla wafers along the way. Nothing like a little sugar to keep them motivated! We kept on telling Carter we were going to Carter Falls and Brandon would say "Im going to see Brandon Falls"

After I took the picture of Carter above Brandon got right in fron of the sign and said "cheese" so of course I had to snap one of him too.

Here's Carter Falls.

The boys stopping for a snack on the way up

Ryan was quite the trooper. He carried the pack plus Brandon on his shoulders most of the way!

The scariest part was crossing over this very narrow bridge. Even though the river below is small, the water was moving really fast.

Brandons favorite part was throwing rocks into the river

4th of July

We didn't get a ton of pictures on the 4th, but here are a few. Every year Snoqualmie has a community 4th of July event with a bunch of bouncy houses, pony rides, face painting, train rides and other fun stuff for the kids that is all free. The kids love it. This is Brandon in one of the bouncy houses.

We decided to be in the parade this year. You can tell how much they loved it. It is just a short little walk around the block but they did have fun waving hello to people.

Brandon was tired right from the start.

This is how he looked by the end of the day. Too much fun!

A visit with Grandma

We got to go to Spokane this past week and spend some time with cousins and stay with my Grandma. The boys thought that Grandma's house was great! She lives on 5 acres of land, has a goat and a lama, swings, and trains pass by all the time! We all had a good time.

The train (hard to see) is in the background

Swinging with cousin Annie

The Lama and the Goat

Catching up with Grandma

Running through the sprinkler!

Chillin' in the Grass