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Jaden and his "I stayed dry all day" prize. He's making serious progress....

Each of the boys feeding Kylie her lunch - something they really wanted to do...

And "new" bikes! They've outgrown their trikes and Jaden has been noticing and commenting on other kids riding their bikes around. Saturday we went on the hunt down south a little ways for the kids to try on some bikes for size. There wasn't much available so it was hard to tell. They seem kinda in between 12 inch and 16 inch.
When we got back to Bellingham we noticed some people packing up a girl scout yard sale. There were 2 16 inch bikes. For $10 each and the lady said she's sell them for $5 each. They weren't in the BEST shape but they were $10 total for both and we figured we could fix them up for not too much money and if nothing else, anyone would buy them from us for $5. Then we drove by the last thrift store of the day and there were 2 yellow bikes 16 inches that were quite a bit nicer than the ones we just got for $7 each - only they were having a 50% off sale so we got them both for a total of $7. They were not without their problems either so we used the first 2 bikes to replace some of the parts on the yellow ones. We had one set of training wheels and borrowed one more set from some friends. We can just clean them up a bit and they'll be great! The boys are so excited about them even though they are a tad big. They have some friends their age with the same size so I know they'll get used to them, it will just take some time. And by next summer they'll definitely fit better. Yay for good deals! You can see pictures of Jared and the boys getting them fixed up in the post I made yesterday :) Pardon the SUPER SUPER messy garage. We're in need of cleaning it out for sure! :)

Jacksons frog will have the green bike

And Now I Have To Test It

I'm trying to get my blog posts to automatically post to Facebook.... so this blog entry is for the purpose of testing it :)

Disney Cars Domino Game

Random Jaden

Jaden: "When Baby Kylie gets bigger are we going to call her Kid Kylie?"

This is how Jackson thought he should eat this

Looking for some toys

Playing together

Buddies

Dogs will be dogs

I put this blanket down for Kylie to play on to keep her from picking up lint and things including dog hair. I guess Bob thought it was for him. Sigh.

Eating ice cream and popcorn down at the beach

The Sizzler

after a couple spins you'll see Grandma and Jaden whiz by and Jared and Jackson right after. They're kinda hard to see. It's a little easier to spot Jared.

The Fair Part 2

I can't believe it but we went to the fair again on Friday night. We were there about 5 hours this time and looked at animals as well as rode rides. Jackson never made it to the rollercoaster which is all he could talk about on the way there but both boys did go on the "sizzler" - a ride they hadn't gone on the other day. It was Jared's favorite ride as a kid and so he took each boy on one at a time. We me Jared's parents and sister there too and Jaden rode it with Grandma too. Aunt Angela and Grandma rode a bunch of rides with the boys. We didn't get home till almost midnight but Jackson still felt the need to get up at 6:30 and then take a normal nap today. jaden, however, slept almost 4 hours for his nap today!
here are some pictures!

Roller Coaster

Here are the boys on the roller coaster. They are in the second car. It's kinda hard to see. When the coaster goes right in front of the camera (both times) the screaming you hear is Jaden :)

Snuggles

Cute picture I'm posting for the purpose of testing something :)

Fair

Jared came home from work after breakfast on Wednesday so we could go to the fair. The boys were SO excited. We were there from 10:45am until 10:45pm (we weren't expecting that) and had loads of fun the whole time. The first 6 hours consisted of eating yummy fair food and looking at all the animals. The boys got to pet a cow born the night before which they loved. Jaden was so excited to go pet the horses. The horse ended up biting Jaden in the face! It didn't leave a mark but it scared him pretty badly. A duck quacked at Kylie and she cried. When we went to the "big people" rides Kylie was freaking out again because of the noise I think. We took the boys on the "miracle round" (as they call it) in the area that wasn't for kids (before we realized). Jared said it was really fast and Jackson kept almost flying off so Jared had to hold on to him. We later realized we weren't actually in the kiddie rides. The second 6 hours of the day we got the kids armbands so they could ride unlimited rides and they went crazy for a solid 6 hours (with a break or two to eat something). We were able to meet up with Jared's sister and some of our friends for the ride part as well so that was fun. Jaden was too tall for a couple rides and Jackson was too short for a few rides. Lucky for him though Angela could hop on with him for free and he was still aloud to go. They went on every single ride in the kids section at least once except the sizzler which I'm not sure they were even old enough for. There was a VERY VERY VERY tall slide the boys went up. Jaden came down the slide once but as soon as Jackson got to the top he turned around and came back down the stairs. On the spinning dragon ride Jaden had a blast but, while he was a good sport during the ride, it almost ended all rides for Jackson. He hated it. At the end they rode a rollercoaster and at first it looked like Jackson was scared and that Jaden loved it. Towards the end we weren't sure about either. After they got off Jaden quietly said "mom, that was not fun!" but Jackson was yelling out that it was super fun! Quite a shock to us! It was cute to see how Jaden always wanted it to get crazier and crazier and would comfort Jackson so that he would gain more confidence to enjoy rides he may have otherwise skipped. Kylie did great all day and on the way home the boys were so tired they couldn't even speak clearly. Asleep before we even got out of Lynden! Super fun day and the boys can't wait to go back!
Enjoy the pictures!

Geep's Visit

Geep came to visit this past month and we had a great time. He was only here for a few days but Jared and the boys went to pick him up from the airport which was super fun for them. Here are some pictures...

Still going....

We've been at the fair 9.5 hours and the boys are still having a
ridiculously good time

At the fair

The merry go round owner wasn't exactly friendly but they had fun

Don't Mess With Me

Hillsong Live - Forever Reign

Love this Song



Forever Reign
-Hillsong

You are good, You are good
When there's nothing good in me
You are love, You are love
On display for all to see
You are light, You are light
When the darkness closes in
You are hope, You are hope
You have covered all my sin

You are peace, You are peace
When my fear is crippling
You are true, You are true
Even in my wandering
You are joy, You are joy
You're the reason that I sing
You are life, You are life,
In You death has lost it's sting


Oh, I'm running to Your arms,
I'm running to Your arms
The riches of Your love
Will always be enough
Nothing compares to Your embrace

Light of the world, forever reign

You are more, You are more
Than my words will ever say
You are Lord, You are Lord
All creation will proclaim
You are here, You are here
In your presence I'm made whole
You are God, You are God
Of all else I'm letting go

My heart will sing,
No other name
Jesus Jesus

Jaden at the game

Dad and Kylie at the football game

Aunt Angela and Jackson at the football game

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