Jen's baby shower

I had the privilege of throwing my sister a baby shower to help celebrate the upcoming arrival of her first kiddo in late August (another late Aug baby boy!).  I had a ton of help from her mother-in-law and another good friend of hers so it made it pretty easy to plan and fun to host.  

Aunt Darlene couldn't stay for the festivities but she got to come and helped us out and visited for awhile.

Ahoy it's a Boy!

The spread, thank goodness for Helene and her wonderful cooking skills

The prizes and game table

Wendy and Brenna enjoying the party

Such a hardship to dine out on the deck right on the waterfront

Amazing chocolatey dessert

Opening mounds of gifts

 

The only closeish pic I got of Jen during the festivities.

Heading home there was a bit of a ferry wait so we got some pizza and ate in line, pretty funny but I enjoyed it.

Pretty scenery from the ferry!

M's Game

We headed to an M's game with Cashel and Dave and had a fabulous time.  It was Lucy's first game and Jaydon's second (though the first he can remember).  He has also become quite obsessed with baseball and so it was perfect!

Robert Turbin threw out the first pitch

The moose

Running onto the field

First pitch

Meeting the Moose

Lucy wanted nothing to do with him so dad got to be in the photo too!

Snuggling up during game time.

Russel Wilson was there with Robert Turbin so while this photo was taken from the other end of the side of the field it was kind of fun.  We didn't get a W but we can hope for better results the next time we are at the park.

Hummingbird

I got sick (probably being back around high schoolers all day after having taken a few years off) and of course the night I went to bed at 5:30 we had a hummingbird visit.  J got some fun photos and we soon bought a hummingbird feeder to bring them around even more.

Cashel's First Communion

We headed down to Eugene for a quick weekend visit to celebrate our Goddaughter Cashel's, First Communion.  It was a lot of time in the car but the kids did so well it was great (especially knowing we will have another couple long car trips this summer).

We arrived Sat afternoon and Jaydon got right into playing catch with Peter!  They had a great time.  I love seeing the ball fly through the air in the lower pic.

'Uncle' Jeremy story time

Cashel looked especially lovely

Getting a pic with Cashel after the festivities

It was a great opportunity to hang out with the Akana family and spend some quality time with them before they move to HI, I guess our next visit will be a plane trip instead of a road trip - bummer :-)

Ouch

Jaydon had a bit of an ankle bending fall and needed a bit of rest and ice.  He did enjoy being able to use the bag of corn like our friend Alex had used to ice his arm injury when he stayed at our house the week before.  Fortunately nothing more than a twist and he was just fine the next day.

Last day of preschool!

The last day of preschool for Jaydon was a fun park playdate!  I had to rush over from work and was a bit late but everyone had a great time and we enjoyed getting a low key chance to say good-bye to all our friends and teachers for the summer.

Lucy loves the playground

Jaydon running around.

Both kiddos, I wasn't there early enough to get lots of photos of him with many of his friends which I feel bad about now that I look back at the pics

With his two teachers Mrs. Duim and Mrs. Young, he had such a great year!

Last batch of stuff for the year!

Happy Mother's Day

We had a wonderful Mother's Day celebrating as a family!  We went to a kids theater showing of Snow White and then enjoyed a lovely lunch out with Grandma, Gram and Auntie Jenny.

Lucy walking the wall

Jaydon running the wall

Big jumps for both

Walking into the theater

The stage

Eagerly anticipating the show

The kids both enjoyed it a lot and had fun going to get some autographs on their programs

Posing with Snow White

The ladies and kids!  Thanks to my awesome family for making Mother's Day so special.