It seems so hard to keep this updated during the summer! We have been spending a lot of time out side during the day. Patrick works 'till 7 and we usually wait to eat dinner 'till he gets home, so our evenings are rather short. The kids and I spent a week in eastern Washington with my mom and Diana. We went over for Auntie Colleen's wedding then stayed at Gramma's for the week. It was so nice to be in the sunshine. The heat took a while to adjust to (112 degrees F). It was nice to visit with family and to be able to just relax. We spent a lot of time at the pool and went to the beach one day and the water slides another. Connor was so brave at the water slides. I had him wear his life jacket and he did all the slides by himself! Even the advanced ones!!! I was a bit worried at first but he was fine and the lifeguards didn't seem to mind.
We have gone strawberry picking twice so far. The berries were delicious. I think we froze at least 35lbs of berries to eat through out the year. Sophie enjoyed sitting in the field, squishing berries and getting covered in dirt!
I have been working on cleaning out the house and the garage. With such a small house, there really isn't room for extra STUFF! It has been a lot of work, going through clothes the kids have outgrown and stuff that we "might use some day" but really don't need! I'm hoping to have a garage sale soon and then take anything that doesn't sell to the Goodwill.
A few days ago, I painted our table and chair set. It had been a hunter green colour and was getting a little chipped and beat up looking. Now it a periwinkle blue. I never really liked the green but I love the blue. I also switched the big table that went with the chairs, for a some what smaller one we had out in the laundry room. All painted the same colour they look like they were supposed to go together and it fits the kitchen much better.
We went to Jetty Island today. The weather was great and we all had a great time playing in the sand and the water. The tide was in while we were there but that made for nice warm water and there was still plenty of sand to play on.