Memorial Day Fun

On Memorial Day Monday, we went to Memorial State Park (here in Oroville). Gus got some sand and sun time. It was a gorgeous day.

Little Annacora Ike and her parents, Ryan and Brooke, came for a nice visit this weekend. From Edmonds to Oroville, I think it was quite the cultural shift for them. Here is little Cora on a blanket, making cute little smiles at Mom. She is a real charmer- giving us all lots of smiles and open mouthed "hollywood" kisses. Gus was very gentle with her, but a little jealous of the attention she recieved. I told him to hang on- in about 2-3 years they'll be chasing eachother around and both causing equal mischief.

"Yeah, that baby is cute, but this water is so much fun, grown-ups!" says Gus.

Just Like Dad

Here is Gus, laying just like Dad with his legs crossed. Also just like Dad are Gussy's ears. He has to have tubes put in tomorrow morning. We are headed to Wenatchee in a few hours, the ear-nose-throat specialist is down there. The surgery is first thing tomorrow. Matt had the same thing as a child.

Choo-Choo

Here is Gus playing with his favorite things in the whole wide world: Thomas the train and his loyal tanks: Percy, Henry, and Elizabeth. Aunt Molly took this pic while we were camping at Blue Lake two weekends ago.

at Blue Lake

"Airplane!"

I have a handy helper in the vegetable garden. Everything was well watered last night, thanks to Gus.

The first picture shows him looking at one of his favorite things; an airplane was flying above us. We don't get many airplanes above our house, but when we do, Gus points them out.

In the Garden

Gus helped me do some planting last night. It was a beautiful evening.

Fishing Season

Gus tested out his Sponge Bob Square Pants rod with Dad on Sunday. It was a gorgeous day, no fish were actually caught, but lots of fun was had. "fish!" says Gus. He held his rod in the car seat on the ride home. Didn't want to give it up.

I did the tiling in the kitchen on Saturday, and Matt and Gus went to the dump and later to a friends house. With the guys out of my hair I was able to get the project done in about 3 hours. Then I did the grouting last night. I think the grout will dry a slight shade lighter, but I really like how it turned out. Tiling is kinda fun once you get in the groove. Now we need to put up the new range hood.