We've been really busy with baseball every weekend so I thought I'd post some pictures of Ryan playing with his team. He's #09 and playing for the Cardinals this season. It's the first year of the pitching machine.
We took some time out to play put put also. I'm taking the pictures because the boys were too busy loosing to me :)
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Port Townsend
Here are some pictures of our visit to Port Townsend. We went on the hottest day in April so we didn't get sunburned like all the people who stayed in town. It was a beautiful day and we had a ton of fun.
We were at Fort Worden playing around the Kinzie fortress. It was built between 1908 and 1910 on that spot because it was in the perfect position to see and protect the Sound.
There are all kinds of ladders to climb, dark halls to explore, and abandoned rooms to roam around in. It could get a little scary because it would go from full light to pitch black. Bruce got me and Ryan really good a few times.
We also spent some time on the beach where there were little teepees and huts and abandoned boats to play around in. We climbed rocks around the light house and walked along the water.
Bruce and I saw a migrating whale - well, we heard it first. I thought it was a sea lion moaning but it was the whale. He spit a few times before he went out of sight and he was followed by 3 sea otters. They are so cute. We also saw a bunny rabbit, just so you know. So much fun before they close the Hood Canal Bridge for awhile:)
We were at Fort Worden playing around the Kinzie fortress. It was built between 1908 and 1910 on that spot because it was in the perfect position to see and protect the Sound.
There are all kinds of ladders to climb, dark halls to explore, and abandoned rooms to roam around in. It could get a little scary because it would go from full light to pitch black. Bruce got me and Ryan really good a few times.
We also spent some time on the beach where there were little teepees and huts and abandoned boats to play around in. We climbed rocks around the light house and walked along the water.
Bruce and I saw a migrating whale - well, we heard it first. I thought it was a sea lion moaning but it was the whale. He spit a few times before he went out of sight and he was followed by 3 sea otters. They are so cute. We also saw a bunny rabbit, just so you know. So much fun before they close the Hood Canal Bridge for awhile:)
Sunday, March 22, 2009
The State Capital
While we were in Olympia we had some time to kill. It was a beautiful afternoon so we decided to walk around the capital grounds. It was chilly so we went inside and poked around. Here's some pictures:
~Running up the front steps Rocky style~
~Ryan picking George Washington's nose~
~Family photo~
~Running up the front steps Rocky style~
~Ryan picking George Washington's nose~
~Family photo~
Ryan's 7th Birthday
I can't believe Ryan is 7, but as of March 20th it was official. Ryan is a lucky kid. He had a family party with his mom, a family party with his dad, and a kid-centric party, too! Here are some pictures of a family party at our house and some at Hands On Children's Museum in Olympia.
Ryan posing with his dino birthday cake~
Blowing out the candles took awhile because his wish appeared to be really long ~
Ryan playing with his GI Joe jet. Did I mention how many GI Joes has has? He got some bakugon (sp?) and "Bolt" the movie (which was hilarious - I love Rhino). He made out.
Ryan's party at the Hands On Children's Museum in Olympia. Quite the turn out.
I had to throw in a picture of Ryan sitting next to his first girlfriend, Allison. Too cute! She got preferential seating even though she came in later than the other kids. She's the one on the right. The other cutie is his cousin, Sophia.
Ryan posing with his dino birthday cake~
Blowing out the candles took awhile because his wish appeared to be really long ~
Ryan playing with his GI Joe jet. Did I mention how many GI Joes has has? He got some bakugon (sp?) and "Bolt" the movie (which was hilarious - I love Rhino). He made out.
Ryan's party at the Hands On Children's Museum in Olympia. Quite the turn out.
I had to throw in a picture of Ryan sitting next to his first girlfriend, Allison. Too cute! She got preferential seating even though she came in later than the other kids. She's the one on the right. The other cutie is his cousin, Sophia.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Winter 2009
We haven't been doing a whole lot of activities this Winter, at least not exciting enough to post pictures. When we did fun stuff, we generally forgot our camera. This winter we became members of the Pacific Science Center. We saw some 3D Imax movies - dinosaurs and underwater documentaries. My favorite was the underwater show. Ryan and I went to our first laser show with Bruce on Valentine's evening. It was Laser Tool. We had a lot of fun and it was nice having a different kind of Saturday Night Party Night.
This March I was working at CTU's Sibshop and invited Ryan to join. The theme was MOVIES and the kids got to do a lot of fun activities, such as be an 'action hero' and save a dog or doll while running an obstacle course; play a guessing game in which a movie character was on your back and you had to ask yes/no questions in order to guess who you were; and then some older girls read quotes from movies and the kids had to guess which movie it came from (Ryan was really good at this). The kids also got free time in the sensory motor room, which I don't have pictures of, but it was really fun.
The pictures are of the Action Hero sequence. They had to go through "Rolling Boulders", use a "vine" to get through the "Wild Jungle", use a trapeze swing to cross over the "snake pit", army crawl past the "villians", and crawl under the boat and through the "Tunnel of Fear" to safety.
I also added a picture of the snow we got on March 7th/8th. Incredible. Record cold temperatures. Crazy weather.
This March I was working at CTU's Sibshop and invited Ryan to join. The theme was MOVIES and the kids got to do a lot of fun activities, such as be an 'action hero' and save a dog or doll while running an obstacle course; play a guessing game in which a movie character was on your back and you had to ask yes/no questions in order to guess who you were; and then some older girls read quotes from movies and the kids had to guess which movie it came from (Ryan was really good at this). The kids also got free time in the sensory motor room, which I don't have pictures of, but it was really fun.
The pictures are of the Action Hero sequence. They had to go through "Rolling Boulders", use a "vine" to get through the "Wild Jungle", use a trapeze swing to cross over the "snake pit", army crawl past the "villians", and crawl under the boat and through the "Tunnel of Fear" to safety.
I also added a picture of the snow we got on March 7th/8th. Incredible. Record cold temperatures. Crazy weather.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Christmas Day 2008
Christmas was a busy day. Bruce's parents came to our house in the morning to open presents with Ryan, Bruce and I. (Ryan didn't get out of bed until around 9am! What kids sleeps in on Christmas morning!?!) Later we made the trek out to Port Orchard to my dad's house. The road by his house was closed and the other roads were still really thick with slushy and icy underneath. Everyone who drove there almost ended up in the ditch, but we made it in and out safely.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
The Snow Continues
Bruce made it home safe and sound. He had big chunks of ice stuck to and dripping from his truck. He had a lot of snow in the back of his truck that had not melted on the ride down. Here are a couple of pictures of his truck. The camera just couldn't capture how dirty and icy it was, but I'm sharing anyway.
On Friday, December 19th, Bruce and I spent the morning playing around in the snow. I made a snow angel, Bruce showed me what 'white washing' was 5 or so times, and he taught me how to sled with a garbage bag. That night the forcast showed a 'snowstorm' moving in and bringing more snow to play in. Saturday was a madhouse at stores while everyone prepared for possible power outages and being stuck indoors. It snowed tiny flakes all Saturday afternoon but there wasn't really the wind they were predicting (at least not in Tacoma, Buckley certainly got hit).
Ok, we don't usually get this much snow around here. Especially before Xmas. We measured between 6-8 inches of snow around the house and yard. We needed to take advantage of the opportunity of lots of snow on the weekend. It was around midnight and we decided we couldn't wait until morning because freezing rain was in the forcast, which could spoil everything. We set out to build a snowman, which somehow turned into an older lady snowgal who likes a little Coors to help with the cold and maybe with socializing with us strangers. Then we packed the snow in the back yard, grabbed a trashbag, and we went 'sledding'. It was a lot of fun, but we were really tired when we got inside.
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