It's Getting Hot....

Last weekend Calvin and I went to one of the fountains in Portland with some friends. It was a great way to cool down and enjoy the sun! At first Calvin would not let me set him down in the water. That was until he found an empty container and then he didn't want to leave. He played all day filling the container with water and dumping it over the rocks. Here are some of the pictures I snapped with my phone.

Calvin and Avery playing in the water.

The 4th

For the 4th of July this year me, Eric, Calvin and my parents and my sister Amy and her family all went to Bend, OR. We had a blast in the heat! The morning of the 4th the kids were in the cutiest parade. They do a Pet Parade downtown Bend every 4th. Kids decorate bikes and wagons or just walk with their pets along the two main streets in Bend. We saw a lot of stuffed pets (which is the kind of pets our kids had), dogs, and even chickens. The kids loved it!

Here we are in the parade...of course Calvin only walked for a few steps before he wanted to be held.

Here are my parents and the cousins together.

After the parade we walked down to an art fair and found some lunch. It was so hot! All we wanted to do was go jump in the pool!!! So that's exactly what we did.

Me and my hubby!

My boys playing in the shade.

The night of the 4th we went out to grab a pizza. We went to a great NY Pizza place and ordered a 24 inch pie.....it was HUGE!!! But really good.

Say "Cubbies"

Calvin wanted to play outside yesterday in his little baby pool we have but of course he would not take off his Cubs beanie. Here he is totally modeling for me! How cute is he??? : )

Ready Paint Fire

Me and a couple of friends with our kids went to paint pottery for Father's Day. It turned out to be a lot of fun. We picked out colors and the pottery and then the kids did all the painting. I tried to get Calvin's handprint on the plate but he was so upset that I was putting paint on his hand that it didn't turn out as well as I planned. He just hates it when his hands are dirty..... it cracks me up! He is constantly wanting his hands cleaned during meals only to dirty them as soon as he starts eating again. 

Here's the finished project before it was fired.

My little artist at work. Sitting at the table is also Emily and her two daughters, Bridgett and Avery, as well as Traci and her son Mason. 

After the pottery place we all went out to a nice lunch and surprisingly the kids all pretty much behaved themselves! Calvin was stealing Masons grapes but other than that it was a lot of fun! We are going to have to do it again sometime soon.

Cousins

When my sister-in-law, her husband and their kids came into town for the race we all went to Seaside for a couple of days. Calvin had tons of fun playing with his cousins and with all the rocks he could carry. We had to set a limit at one rock per hand so at every rock pile he saw he would drop one and search for the perfect rock to replace the one he dropped. Here are  some cute pictures I got of the cousins together in the tub!

Calvin loved giving Jamis hugs...It was so cute!

2:00:08

Yes, I managed to do another half marathon. Why???.....I seriously questioned that on many occasions. That is until I crossed the finnish line, grabbed my jamba juice and took a long hard breath. Nothing feels better then running until you think you cannot go anymore and then pushing an extra 3 miles. This year was not my fastest time....8 stupid seconds over 2 hours....YUCK! But I have no one to blame but myself. I have run this course before so I knew there would be hills but I didn't train for them. Oh well, there is nothing I can do about it now. And the important thing is that I finished and I finished strong. Emily (who ran this with me last year) was at the finish line with my family. She managed to take the beautiful marching picture of me :) I missed her this year.....it was lonely without her and I'm sure she would have pushed me that extra bit to finish under 2 hours. She promised me that next year she wont be pregnant!!! 

Here we all are at the end of the race....sweat and all. Meagan, Traci (who ran with a fracture and is now in a leg brace), Kim, me, and even my sister-in-law Amber made it in from Denver to run!

My marching finish..... I hate running pictures they always look awful.