Tylers 4th Birthday

On August 2, Tyler turned 4. We were at the beach that whole day. Tyler got up super early and asked if he could open his presents and we said he had to wait until Grandma and Grandpa got there. So all day he kept asking when they were coming! The kids got to play down in the water, we went to the local arcade and let the boys play and then drove to Astoria to go over the big bridge that goes between Oregon and Washington. We were going to clock the miles but forgot.

Grandma and Grandpa drove over that night and stayed with us. We had pizza for dinner and then cake and ice cream after. Then Tyler finally got to open up his presents! He loved all his presents! He got transformers, a DS game, and a star wars lego, some cars that make noise and money. He didn't want to go to bed and had a hard time sharing his toys with Brock. It was a good birthday and can't believe he is only 4!

Below are the only pictures we have which I took on my i-phone and I'm sad that most of them are really blurry. Usually my phone takes great pictures but these aren't that great!

Washington Vacation

We took our annual Washington vacation the first week of August to visit Sheree's family. Our first stop was Kennewick, WA to visit Sheree's younger brother who has 2 boys and identical twin baby girls (the first girls on Sheree's side of the family!) It took us 9 hours to get there, but the boys did really good with a stop in Boise for lunch and a bathroom break a couple hours later. I will admit I was hesitant about seeing the babies cause I am extremely jealous, but it was fun to see them. (Note: I am not baby hungry and there will not be any more babies unless I can accept the fact that it is okay to have another boy and our basement is completely finished.) Riley played really well with Cole and Brock and Maddox had a "funny" relationship, where they'd follow each other around and want what the other wanted, but didn't really play together. Below are some pictures of our kids with their cousins and the cute baby girls!






We stayed over night and then drove to Seaside Oregon on Sunday to stay at our timeshare for the next 3 nights. This is probably one of our favorite places to stay and we make sure to go every summer. The property is right on the beach, so we could go out on the balcony and see the ocean...we loved it! The boys loved playing in the ocean, playing in the sand, swimming in the swimming pool,going to the arcade etc. But the favorite part was going to the tiny Aquariam and feeding the sea lions. You could pay $1 and get a little tray of fish and the sea lions would beg you for the food. All 3 boys loved it!






While we were there, we decided to get an old time photo family picture. Tyler was adamant about not participating but we think that the pictures turned out cute!



This was the first half of our vacation, but it will update the rest soon...