Dear Sam and Jackson,

I just wanted to make a note of these doors. Yes, your closet doors. Because behind these doors is where I found you spending the majority of the day. You giggled, you schemed, you whispered and you were best of friends and brothers. You were twins in your matching basketball shorts and striped shirts. 

You emptied everything mom store in there and replaced it with half of the toy room. But I was okay with it, because in all your goofiness you were enjoying each other's company. Feel free to replicate this non fighting, quietly playing, sharing and laughing day anytime. 

love, mom

Deep Lake

The boys and I joined my family for a little hike around Deep Lake. Jackson was always bringing up the rear as he would stop and examine every rock, stick, plant and track he saw along the way. 

chasing jillian : whoa, what is that?

we found a way to get him to keep up

then a little rock throwing in the lake

max and lola : jackson and lola

Finally, on to the playground to get some more wiggles out. 

 

jillian : jackson listening to grandpa jan

max was so confused yet intrigued by where my voice was coming from

 

We tried doing some jumping photos, but we couldn't get everyone's timing the same. 

jackson loves to copy grandpa jan

Lola asked the boys to pick some strawberries from the garden and gave them some bowls. They ended up collecting them in the wagon with other plans for the bowls.

 

Staycation : Cars 2

Sadly enough these are the only two photos we took on our last day with the Streadbecks. After being so crazy we decided to slow down and relax for a change. The dads took the kids on a bike ride to the park while the moms did a little shopping. Then we all enjoyed going to see Cars 2. Going to the theatre is a treat for our boys and they were so excited. All decked out in any Cars paraphernalia that we owned. 

We had so much fun with the Streadbecks and can't wait until we see them again. Utah or Washington.

Staycation : Greenlake

After riding the ferry to Seattle we drove up to Greenlake and met up with Tom and Emily. Fish and chips, kickball, swings, and sand. What else do you need?

 

jackson gave kickball a try : in the end he would rather play in the sand

sam was a grin from ear to ear : mom and max cheering on the boys

jonah and emily on base

max even gave it a try

max and eli

tom and brandon : who can swing higher?

jonah : scott and eli : jonah and brooke : sam and emily

more dirt for this one

swings and sand : max was in heaven