Fun Filled Weekend!

Yeah!! 

We spent this weekend enjoying a little down time while camping at Stub Stewart. It was a very warm and relaxing time. 

We now want a motor home more than ever as every site at Stub has full hookup. We looked like the poor kids camping out in a tent! I'm afraid we'd never be home in the summer with a motor home, though. Randy was even thinking of ways that we could take Henry with us so that he wouldn't be home alone while Leo is off having the time of his life...

Randy is back to work this morning and I am cherishing the fact that I'm done with summer school! I slept in (which Leo did as well) and did a little "sale preview" shopping at Nordstrom today, which would make it a  perfect "10" day on my scale!

Leo Swimming

Here is the video of Leo swimming. It is worth the time as it will make you smile. Enjoy!

Swimming

Randy bought Leo a swimming pool this spring and he is breaking it in! He LOVES to splash and swim around in his pool. He is such a goof. He will run around the pool in circles, which then creates splashes that he chases...fun, fun, fun!

Leo was even invited to a pool party at our neighbors. Jake and Lea's dog, Yukon has a doggie pool too (see we're not the only crazy people out there..). They are both spoiled rotten pooches that love their play dates! 

Camping!

We had a wonderful time camping at Silver Creek Falls last weekend. It was hot, hot, hot though! At one point during nap time in the shade, Randy announced that his eyeballs were sweating. We couldn't have that, so the two of us "roughed" it down into the valley (in the wonderful A/C filled SUV) into Silverton to pick up some ice cream! 

It was Leo's first camping trip. (I'm sure you were all wondering where the cat and dog update would be... can't have a blog post without them!) He absolutely LOVED camping, except that the birds taunted him all day long. If his happiness was measured by the amount of dirt and crap stuck to his fur after the weekend then he was in heaven! He was such a dirty mess! 

Kickball!

Here is a picture of my kickball team.  We won again last night and are now 4-1.  Yeah, I am totally into this, feeling (and looking) like I am 10 again!!

Happy Mother's Day!!

Happy Mother's Day to all of our favorite moms!

Leo and Henry brought me a lovely necklace and earrings this morning and Leo even got to snuggle on the couch. (Randy has NEVER allowed this to happen so he documented the occasion- see picture above..) Leo was quite the snuggle buddy and enjoyed every second on the couch!!

Yesterday we took Leo down to Waterfront Park for Doggie Dash. He was very nervous around all of the people and dogs UNTIL he saw my parents and their dogs, at which point he went completely crazy and bolted across the park, out of his leash to see them!!! Praise the Lord that my mom is quick and grabbed him as he was off leash (and collar..). He knows who his family and dog friends are! Above is a soapy picture from his bath Friday. He had to clean up so that he could look his best around all of the other dogs:).

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!!!

I think that teacher appreciation week is near the end of the school year for a very important reason...to remind us of why we love what we do. These last few weeks have been especially rough ones and with the summer countdown on, it has been REALLY hard to stay fresh and energetic. So happy teacher week to all of our friends and family who share the gift of teaching!

The beautiful flowers were from my wonderful assistant this morning. Without her I would have lost my sanity long before now! (Did anyone know that I earned the prestigious Mill Park Elementary "Am I gray yet?" paper plate award last year at our staff luncheon??) 

Last Sunday was beautiful so we took the opportunity to take Leo for a walk down on the Columbia River. Oh, I can't wait until summer! When we got home it was still warm enough to give Leo a bath outside. Here he is running around the living room with his towel on.