Kid's Quotables (or maybe not so much)

Bee's new best friend is our 5 year-old neighbor "Mikey."  Today he was over and I overheard him say, "My dad is so fast . . . "  I can tell you this:  I can very likely outrun Mikey's dad.  However, I absolutely LOVE that he thinks his dad is so fast.  How cool.  I love the age where your parents are practically super-heroes.  How can we keep them at this age?!

 

  Bug sat at the breakfast table today with her nose scrunched up.  This was the conversation (all with a scrunched up nose):
Bug:  Sister nakey*?  (*translation: naked)
Justin, Bee, and I:  Nooooo!
Bug:  Bayee Hannah Bugs* nakey?  (translation: Bug--herself)
Justin, Bee, and I:  Nooooo!
Bug:  Mommy nakey?
Justin, Bee, and I:  Nooooo!
Bug:  Daddy nakey?
Justin, Bee, and I:  Daddy nakey?
Justin, Bee, and I:  Noooooo!
Bug:  Uncle (bleep*) nakey?  (*name deleted to protect the innocent)
Justin, Bee, and I:  NOOOOO!  EW!  NOOOOO!
Bug (and Justin, Bee, and I):  hahahahahahaha!

 

Vacation: Part 1

Our summer has been fantastic so far.  Well, one BIG hardship, but the Lord is faithful and we are on the other side.  Anyway, we went to Wenatchee, WA camping in the Columbia River with a lot of mid-and high school students.  Justin led worship at "Drenched" which was a total blast.

Then we went to Seattle.  On the way, we went to Leavenworth, a weird but cute little faux-German town.  We ate Sausages.  Oh yeah! (Can't help but think of Vector on Despicable Me, "Oh Yeah!")

Besides puttsing* around the city, we went to the Mariner's/Braves series--as Braves fans.  Thankfully, they won all 3 games and we had a blast!  Oh, and we might have gone wine tasting.  Mmmm.

*Puttsing:  apparently not a real word, but I like it and am going to use it, which means I can choose my own spelling too.  I love making up words.

Glimpses of Summer

 The first day of summer was yesterday, and in the great Northwest, it was gorgeous!  The girls have been begging to get in their swimming pool and it was finally time to indulge them.  (Actually, we pulled out the pool on Friday!)

We had our good friends over for dinner the other night & their boys & our girls all sported some pretty awesome ice cream goatees.  Couldn't resist!  :)

Bee & Bug

I can't even begin to tell you how fun my girls are at this age.  

Here are a couple of fun moments in the last week or so:

 Elmo Slippers:  I can't hardly contain the cuteness of giant slippers on this tiny body.

 Bee:  Modeling the towel I made her after her bath

 Sun bathing.

 Bee comforting Bug after a minor injury (that of course called for the "ice kitty.")

 As cousin Becca would say, "Cuteness overload."

Uhhhh . . . yeah.  Bee loves her kitty & her kitty loves . . . um, . . .

Baby Shower . . . and so much more!

A dear friend of mine, Danielle, is 6 weeks out from meeting her 1st little girl (joining 2 brothers!)  We threw her a shower on Sunday.  Not only did she get some great gifts, we had a lot of fun:  from eating to creating to praying, it was a fantastic afternoon.

After looking up a few shower ideas, we decided to for-go games and instead set up some more "crafty" things to do.  The first was simply a memory book.  Using a pre-made scrapbook, guests were invited to write advice, a note, or a Scripture inside.  Blank pages will be filled in the photos from the shower.

 The second activity was a Baby's First Alphabet Book.  I pre-made the pages by gluing the letters to the scrapbook paper.  Then I brought glue, extra scrap booking paper, scissors, and pens for people to decorate the pages.  Although I loved this idea, everyone got a little too busy with the third project to do much with this one!

 Lastly, I brought piles of fabric scraps, some shapes and designs to trace, and a bucket full of onesies.  Guests were invited to design a onesie for Danielle's little girl.  This was a super fun activity!  We had guest choose a design (or make their own), iron heat & bond on the fabric's back, then cut the design.  After the design was complete, we ironed it on the fabric.  Now my job is to stitch around them!  HA!

 

 And what's a party without food?!

 Our friend Brenda hosted the shower and did a beautiful job setting up the goodies! 

 

 My friend Bethany made the salted caramel & chocolate cupcakes.  You can find her blog here.

 And what really makes a shower?  The people!  We had a fabulous time!  Thank you to all who made this such a special day for Danielle!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daddy: A favorite play toy!

 Daddy:  A favorite play toy!  We love daddy!

LIfe's SO good . . .

 . . . in Mexico.

And you wonder why I haven't been blogging?

 View South from my hotel balcony.

 View North from my hotel balcony.

 This is where I spent my week--reading while sunbathing.

 Restaurant & bar only steps away from my lounge chair, not that it mattered since the pool boys delivered food and drink to me.

 View of lagoon & sea right behind my lounge chair.

 Amazing sunsets every night.  Love watching the sun slip into the sea.

 I actually didn't even eat this, but it was pretty.

 Sunset with pirate ship in view!  :)

Sunset on the Malecon--the "boardwalk"

I got a new bathing suit--a 2 piece that looked pretty fine on me.  The swim suit is still cute as ever, but the body in it . . . well, "morphed" after I enjoyed many sides of frijoles accompanied with cervesa.  After 1 week of living a hedonistic lifestyle, I'm back to eating like a rabbit to undo what's been done. 

I'm thankful for 11 years of marriage, 2 beautiful daughters, and their grandparents who were willing to babysit so we could vacation for an entire week.