Jul
Look at my sweet little boys. Narcisse bought these cute shirts for them. Soo cute!
Another nice thing…We took the pacifier away from Lionel 3 days ago and now he doesn’t need it anymore! The first night was pretty rough…he cried for almost an hour and he cried the next day when it was time for his nap. After that he was completely fine!! I’m so happy we did it.
Nicci talks about her birthday (August 6th) a lot. Almost every morning she asks me if its her birthday. She also tells me she wants a Barbie, a cake, balloons, and candles. She makes sure that I know that she will blow out the candles and not Lionel….. She tells me she wants us to sing Happy Birthday to her…It’s just so much fun now when she is older and understands more and can tell us what she wants.
Jordan is so close to crawling now…soon he will be crawling all over the house!
Yesterday we had a ward picnic at a beautiful place called Buck Lake. The weather was so nice and it was a lot of fun to watch the kids play in the water. Cedar came along too and Eric let him swim in the water. My sister Narcisse is here visiting for 3 weeks and its so nice to have her here. Here are some pictures…
Narcisse and Jordan
Eric and the kids in the water
Cedar in the water
Nicci playing
Cedar again
We put a life jacket on Nicci and some kids took Eric and Nicci out in the canoe. Nicci didn’t really like it.
Happy to be going back to the shore.
After we left Buck lake we stopped by Point No Point Beach. It was beautiful there. We are definitely coming back some other time.
They have a cute light house there.
Nicci liked the beach
I loved the view.
Jordan and me
Jul
We went to Oregon this past weekend to visit my sister and her family. Two of my younger sisters came from Sweden. Narcisse is staying with us right now and Virginia with my sister. We will make a swap on Nicci’s birthday and then they will go home on August 18th. It’s so nice to have them here and the kids love it. We had a fun weekend. It was fun for the kids to see their cousins. We went to an International rose garden and the kids got to play a lot both at home and at different parks. We also went and saw the Portland temple. It’s beautiful. I love getting together with family. Here are some pics.
Nicci and Cami playing
Me at the rose garden
My sisters Virginia and Narcisse
Sisters
Portland, OR temple
Attempting to take a family pic
Gabriel and Jordan
Nicci and Cami watching a Barbie movie
Gabriel, Cami, Nicci, Lionel and Jordan
Jul
It was 85 degrees outside today!! So hot! This is how the kids spent their afternoon. We bought them a pool with a slide. They love it!
Jul
Eric had work off today. He did some yard work in the morning and in the afternoon we went to Kingston. It’s such a cute little town. The kids got to see the Kingston- Edmonds ferry come and leave and they really liked that.
Jul
Happy Independence day! We went to a big family party yesterday. It was a fun day! We ate ALL day long. I was so full!!! It was so yummy though. We had hamburgers, chicken, salads, jello, chips, smores, ice cream, hot dogs and lots, lots more! I made a jello salad that looked like the American flag because it was decorated with whipped cream, strawberries and blueberries. I forgot to take a picture of it, but it was very cute. The kids ran around and played all day, some people played volley ball and we relaxed and hung out in the sun. We also saw some awesome fireworks. We kept the kids up later than normal and eventually they begged us to put them to bed. We stayed the night and came home earlier today.
Nicci and Jordan
Jordan
Cedar
Dane tried to get Molly to like Cedar
Kids eating food
Kids playing
Lionel on a horse
Playing volley ball
Jordan with grandma
My cute boy
Love this pic
On the trampoline
Family
Fireworks
Jordan and me
I decided to dress Jordan in the same clothes Lionel wore last year and kind of recreate some pictures to compare both of them. Cuties.
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| Lionel July 2009 | Jordan July 2010 |
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| Lionel July 2009 | Jordan July 2010 |
Jul
The Poulsbo Marine Science Center is open to the public for free every Thursday-Sunday. I have been wanting to go for a while and finally decided to take the kid there today. They were so nice there. They let the kids touch star fish, crabs and many other things. Nicci had a lot of fun looking at all the fish and weird looking plants. They also had a room with different activities for the kids. Nicci got so excited when she found a “Nemo” fish in one of the rooms. We are definitly going to come back some other time! Here are some pics.
Nicci liked the starfish
The whole gang
Nemo
Weird looking thing
Playing with plastic animals
Jordan was happy
Jun
Today Jordan had his 6 month check up. He is a healthy little boy. I thought it would be fun to see what all three kids looked like at 6 months.
Nicci:
6 month check up
20 lbs 9 oz
27.5 inches
Lionel:
6 month check up
17 lbs 14 oz
26 3/4
Jordan:
6 month check up
19 lbs
27 inches
Jun
Today we celebrated midsummer. My Swedish neighbor invited us over for a midsummer party. She is so sweet. There were lots of yummy traditional Swedish food and dessert. We made flower wreaths and the kids ran around and played. It was nice to meet some other Swedish people. My neighbor had made a cute little may pole in her backyard. After the party we headed downtown and watched people dance around the may pole. They also had a nice, big bonfire. It was fun to hear and recognize a lot of the songs they played. Nicci really liked it and started to cry when it was time to leave. It was a fun day!
Nicci and me
Cute Nicci
Nicci and Lionel
Lionel wanted to wear the wreath too
Making flower wreaths
Nicci with the Swedish flag
Jordan took a long nap and this is how happy he was when he woke up
Eating food
Cute Jordan
downtown poulsbo
Cedar had fun
Cute little boy
Me!
