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the carters august 15 2011 outdoors great friday morning we packed up every inch of our honda civic with gear grabbed our passports and headed for the canadian border we joke around that we went fake camping truth is we pitched our tent in a huge grassy field on the edge of an rv park in surrey bc called hazelmere if you ever want to check it out there are rvs yurts and tent camping there is a swimming pool a playground and miniature golf so not in the middle of the forrest hike in type camping but kid friendly camping they were super excited to just go camping and sleep in a tent once we set up our camp site we took full advantage of pool time and then the playground which was an old school playground with a big looooong metal slide that the kids loved so sort of fake camping but it s oh so real we got the kids each their own sleeping bag for christmas last year and they were excited to sleep in them in the tent we don t have any blow up mattresses or anything like that so in that sense they def got the sleep on the ground camping experience sawyer was especially excited to get bundled up for bedtime i wish i could say aspen was equally excited to sleep in her sleeping bag we should ve known better pretty much we all laid there pretending to go to sleep saying aspen lay down and go to sleep and she literally ran around the tent like a little hooligan from the time we tried to go to bed around 10pm until midnight we were part amused and part frustrated somehow sawyer fell asleep while she kept running across our legs tripping falling down purposefully saying tickle tickle and then trying to jump on our legs while singing no mo momees umpin bed her interpretation of no more monkeys jumping on the bed hilarious at first but at midnight we were glad we had brought the pack n play as backup we set it up and put her in and in 5 min she was asleep sigh and then bright eyed and bushy tailed the next morning half way through the night i was worried aspen would be too cold in the pack n play so i let her share my mummy bag good times amazingly enough our neighbors didn t want to strangle aspen in the morning in fact the two kids and their dad camping literally like 20 feet from us were actually super excited to come over and play the next morning the girl was 6 months older than sawyer and the boy was 6 months older than aspen we played together for a good two hours playing impromptu games of soccer and then sawyer and his girl buddy having balance bike races while the younger tots cheered them on after breakfast was consumed and shared with our cute neighbors and we freshened up a tiny bit we drove about an hour north to lynn canyon and the suspension bridge there were lots of trails luckily the further you went the less the crowd so we ended up hiking around the trails a good 3 or so hours i was proud of our generally cautious boy for wanting to walk across the scary ish suspension bridge it feels like those shaky playground bridges only a bit more pronounced the more people that are on it and way way way higher i felt great to take our time and hike to our hearts content with our two little kidlets good times later we drove back to white rock this cute little beachy town near our campsite we walked out on the promenade and pier and watched fishermen sailboats and got to see them pull in some fresh crab oh yeah and the train goes right by here oh yeah and we went out to pizza for dinner one night it was a joint that had huge screens with sports on there was a football game on and we realized our kids have never seen a football game we don t have tv in our home and even if we did we d never watch football when the players would get tackled or fall down or throw themselves on the ground our kids would shout in unison fall down and then laugh laugh laugh they thought it was sooooo funny aspen was so funny on the board walk she didn t want to step on the cracks and then she kept bending down to look through them and see the water i m not exactly sure what she was thinking but it was pretty funny to watch sawyer on the other hand loved running out to see the fishermen and sailboats it s a beautiful place to watch the sun set overall we had a wonderful 3 day weekend always a lot of work packing up and then unpacking but always worth it too the second night was better with aspen since we used the pack n play but it did make us re think the 5 day trip we had planned in a few weeks half of the time which would be backpacking in no way we would bring a pack n play so maybe we just need to come up with a different plan or a different trip until we do a few more practice camping test runs wouldn t hurt if the kids were older and could carry a few pounds of gear either it is always so refreshing to just get away and be unplugged from everything for a few days hooray for camping ps good thing our swagger wagon account continues to grow we have pretty much outgrown our civic even with just two kiddos posted by capturingtheride at 5 03 pm 2 comments august 1 2011 in the beginning tonight for our weekly family home evening we went to the rose garden up the street jacob rides past it on his bike route home so he got to stop half way up the big killer hill to enjoy a nice little picnic and a bit of relaxing in a gorgeous setting with his favorite peeps no less we ate our picnic and walked well let s be real with two lively little ones there was lots of running going on as well around the garden admiring the flowers and then we talked about the creation i asked sawyer do you know who made this garden he answered looking around was it those guys over there a couple enjoying a stroll through the garden gotta love kids since we have a garden and have worked in it he was probably thinking about who planted and nurtured this particular garden so i guess it wasn t a bad guess his answer was a perfect opening for our conversation about our topic nonetheless we are after all the stewards of god s creations we enjoyed talking a bit as we walked around the gardens and then we decided to walk to one of our favorite nearby parks to let the kids burn off some energy i just looove long summer days and i don t mind that we stayed out until the sun went down that the kids got into the bathtub at 9 15pm and in bed at close to 10pm i loved scrubbing their dirty feet dirty from running around in the glorious dirt that god gave us sweaty little faces from enjoying running in the beautiful garden and playing hard at the park i let aspen wear her new shoes to bed upon her insisting and i smiled when i peeked in at her a few minutes later and she had her little bum in the air with her pink crocs under her i love the smell of roses i love my little family i love that jacob is always game for all of my ideas and for many many many summer picnics i love all of this i am so grateful for the gifts god has given me for all of his creations big and small if you haven t done so lately i encourage you to take just a bit of time to stop and smell the roses as we did this evening it s wonderful for the soul next week s lesson a continuation of talking about the creation by visiting some more of god s creations salmon at the ballard locks if anyone would like to join in please let me know posted by capturingtheride at 11 26 pm 4 comments labels family home evening our family july 28 2011 swimming lessons 101 this week sawyer started swimming lessons every day for two weeks today is thursday and it is the first time the sun was out all week during his 9am lessons good thing they keep the learning pool at 96 degrees hooray the first day they line all the kids up just to kind of see where they are at kids have to be 3 to be in real lessons i noticed a lot of the kids are closer to 4 in this class but that s okay my boy with a summer birthday will probably always be the youngest and smallest in the class so he might as well get used to it unless someone can convince me to wait until 6 to send him to kindergarten which is what everyone is trying to do in this city the trend it to send boys with summer birthdays at 6 instead of 5 but that s another discussion the first two days he was in a class that had a boy teacher the only boy teacher and he thought it was really cool then for no apparent reason that i could see they moved him up a level i was worried he would be upset that he wasn t with teacher tristan anymore but then he got teacher mary and he loves her the hardest part about lessons so far is getting ourselves out the door by 8 30am it s not that early but to pack clothes snacks fresh towels etc and make sure that we down some breakfast before we head out well it s slightly tricky especially when they tend to wake up close to 8am it has opened my eyes a bit to the fact that when preschool starts this fall same time and two blocks from the pool i might even have to get myself up before the kids it will be good for me wait i lied the hardest part about lessons is keeping aspen from running and jumping in the pool with all the other kids i had to wrangle her on one hip while i snapped these photos today the girl just wants to have fun what can i say and honestly i d love to jump in myself the best part about lessons is to see my boy sit and listen and follow instructions and let a teacher gently push him beyond his level of comfort rather than me it really does make a difference it has been so much fun to see him having fun out there and he is so cute we got some special swim shampoo for him and he loves to take a shower after class we wait in line and he just stands in the shower with his shampoo covered buzz cut hair and he has a blast he asked today do we get to come back tomorrow and it makes me happy that he is enjoying his class while learning important skills it is really important to us that our kids learn how to swim properly and also learn how to be safe around the water since we are surrounded by it where we live anyway it s a good thing summer finally came back today we are wading pool bound after naps and lucky for all of us we will hit up the pool twice tomorrow once for lessons and again for our weekly and fave thing ever family swim then aspen will have her chance unlike her brother she throws all caution to the wind she is one who would seriously run and jump in if we weren t looking hooray for swim lessons and here s to lots more pool time this summer ps if any locals want to join us at the mounger pool for family swim on friday night it happens from 5 30 7 30pm and on a nice night you ve got to get in line right away because if they reach capacity they ll turn you away they always have a theme and music and games going along with the event and we always pack a picnic dinner and head over to the park right afterwards we d love company it s such fun and we look forward to it every week for those of you not from seattle let s just say summer has been teasing us and taken her sweet time to arrive and stay quick note to summer my dearest summer please stay this time we love you so we ve been waiting for you since last winter heck even last fall don t tell fall winter or spring but you are my favorite season especially in seattle where you are perfect please stay a while you can even extend your stay since your arrival was delayed more than fine with me you can even stay at our house if you d like we have a couple of fun camping trips coming up and dry warm sunny weather would be greatly appreciated especially when we backpack with two toddlers thanks can t wait to see you at the wading pool park duck pond beach playground and pool oh and in our garden would be nice too posted by capturingtheride at 1 04 pm 7 comments labels sawyer july 24 2011 parks and picnics our weekend friday saturday at least consisted of the following pool park picnic photos as in i took family photos for my sister s family click here to see the sneak peek beach park picnic naps for tired babies and a little cat nap for tired uncle taylor planting seeds in the garden for not as tired toddlers bike riding chatting away for two sisters papusas more park etc we spent the whole day today with my sister kaitlin and her very cute family who came up to visit from tacoma we did pictures and then just relaxed and played the rest of the day it was fabulous here are just a few pics from gasworks park where the kids got some practice in with the frisbee we kicked the soccer ball around too for good measure we ended our fun day with throwing rocks in lake union and then celebrating little alexandra s first birthday with some cold stone creamery goodness i just love days like this hope ya ll had a great weekend too posted by capturingtheride at 1 29 am 4 comments labels family our kids outings july 21 2011 sleepover last week sawyer and aspen went to their first sleepover with friends and i got to tag along to be quite honest it was my first sleepover in a very loooong time and i was super excited too we all had a great time while the boys were off chasing each other around and being dinosaurs or dragons the girls were very proudly sitting on the porch and eating their drippy popsicles for dessert i can t get over their faces such cutie pa tuties it s so fun that they are getting old enough to really play together we know they were friends up in heaven i am so thankful for good friends that my kids have such great people in their life and i love that their friends mom is one of my best friends too we both whipped out the camera both happen to be photographers and we were sitting their shooting away and i was laughing because most people would think we are just silly girls but we were just enjoying every minute it s so nice when you are kindred spirits soul sisters thanks goes out to allegra max and ruby for showing us a great time for playing eating tubby time late late night girl talk sleeping in and a yummy brunch we might just have to do it again sometime soon and extra thanks to my very best friend jacob for letting us steal away for a night good times good friends posted by capturingtheride at 8 53 am 1 comment labels aspen friends our kids older posts home subscribe to posts atom tysha s photography total pageviews posts of the past 2011 30 august 2 outdoors great in the beginning july 5 june 2 may 3 april 2 march 3 february 7 january 6 2010 51 december 4 november 2 october 2 september 3 august 2 july 1 june 5 may 5 april 6 march 2 february 7 january 12 2009 28 december 6 november 2 october 5 september 1 august 1 july 2 june 3 april 1 march 2 february 4 january 1 2008 62 december 10 november 6 october 6 september 4 august 6 july 6 june 7 may 8 april 2 march 3 february 3 january 1 2007 5 december 1 november 1 october 1 august 1 june 1 simple theme powered by blogger free web counter