Our garden is in bloom

This is our lavender plants which are in full bloom!

Our garden is blooming and the flowers are gorgeous!  We also have a pretty hearty vegetable garden too!

Today we harvested a zucchini, which I made into Zucchini pancakes!  Yum!  Summer in Spokane!

I am back in town after a 2 week travel spree for work. I was in Vancouver BC for 5 days and then Orlando for another 5 days.  I am tired from flying all over, so I am focused on family time now.  We have some short fun things planned like Portland, Riverfront Park and the pool.  At the end of the summer we will be heading to Orcas to relax!

Why sleep in a bed?

Why sleep in a bed when you can sleep on your diego couch?

You may not see my kid in the mess there, but he is sleeping on his little pull out couch.  I am not sure all that goes on after I put him to bed, but each night I discover something funny when I check in on him before I go to bed.  He is a character.

Last night he let me know he wanted to sleep on the top bunk, then the bottom bunk, then the diego couch.  I told him the couch wasn't an option and we had just moved everything off the top bunk, so he could just sleep there.  When I checked on him, he was asleep on the diego couch. 

Can't be mad at my independant kiddo!  Just have to laugh!

Nani visits

We have been having fun with nani! 

Justin's mom was here for a great visit.  We did tons of activities, but some of our favorite things were all the reading and time she got to spend with Caden.  Here is one pic of them reading on the deck while Justin and I worked on our garden.

Awesome snack at school!

In case you were wondering, this is what an awesome snack looks like to a 4 year old - smores!

Happy Friday!

Caden's teachers send us weekly pictures of what his class is up to.  I couldn't resist this one.  Each friday, a kid in the class gets to pick the snack, and supply it for the whole class.  Whomever picked the snack this day... well the kids loved it!

Great day off!

I had a great day off last week on 7/5.  Put a truckload of beauty bark in my flower beds, picnic at the park with Caden & my parents, stopped at the cupcake shop, and read a book on the deck in the sun!  Awesome!