We have been busy!

Just a little update on the adventures in the land of my boys:
We have been successful on our quest to stay busy including but not limited to a new park each week. Last week the boys both fell asleep from our first destination and Aric and I played at the park while they slept in the car! (really it was a friends birthday party so we played...)
Last Friday we visited my aunt Mary at her wonderful home in battleground, where we visited and swam in their pool. It was fun to see her and to play with some cousins. Those are my fondest memories of summer, those spent with my cousins!(see pics)
Monday a few friends (a new friend and an old friend) and their kids came over to play, a full house was fun! (see pics)

I have been enjoying staying busy. Although it makes the days go by faster, for the good and the bad. The house isn't any cleaner and they don't play any quieter, but we are sure having fun spending time being mother and sons!

Enjoying Sunday-sunshine

My Mom and Step-dad Terry come over every Sunday for dinner and to spend time with the boys. It was a nice afternoon so we made a picnic outside, and played for awhile. Clayton and his Buddy(terry) were shooting nerf guns at buckets, and Grandma!
Dylan and Daddy were having fun with the bubbles... until daddy put them away and Dylan melted into this awful face!
And we saw a grasshopper on the play structure soAric caught it gently and put it in a bug cage so Clayton could watch it for a few minutes and than we let it go.

Cousins

After the Bear Lake part of our vacation, we drove the hour through Logan Canyon to visit Aric's sister Eilene and her family. Eilene is Aric's oldest sibling, her husband is a chiropractor in Logan, UT and they have 5 kids . We stayed with them Wed, and Thursday before driving home to WA. Clayton had a blast with the big boys and the girls who are 5 and 7 enjoyed chasing him and Dylan around being little mommy helpers. It was a very nice visit and truly enjoy the time that we get to spend with Eilene and her wonderful family. When I am around her family it makes me want to have a large family!
Here are some fun pictures of our time with them!

A new park

My newest goal for the short bit of summer and warm bit of fall, is to go to a new park once a week. There are so many great parks here in clark county, and a good excuse to get out and about with the boys. I looked up the parks online... yeah way too many. We could hit 2 parks a week and not even make all of them by christmas! So this week we played at 2 parks so far. The first was Orchards park east with my girlfriends and their little monsters, and the second was today for a picnic and lunchtime play with grandpa and the boys. (Carter park, south vancouver)