Camping!

Seth is now on the black belt team at karate. This was the first time he had all the protective gear on. He's getting more used to it. I think he has the hardest time with the mouthpiece.

We went camping with friends in Rhode Island last weekend. We arrived on Thursday. The boys and I actually got there a few hours before Ryan because he and the other dads had to work. I set up our camp before he got there.

Here is Seth and some of the other kids climbing and then sliding down the rock.

Most of our group. We had lovely meals. Each family was in charge of one. I had never made foil dinner pizzas before.

Ryan, Zac, and I went kayaking. Seth had a turn with Ryan earlier, but I was on a hike with the moms so I didn't get pictures : ( Zac was happy to be in the middle on the way out.

He fell asleep in the middle, so I had the pull him onto my lap.

While we were out Seth climbed the rock some more in his life jacket. He also went swimming afterwards too.

Here is Zac napping on the beach. On Friday night the remnants of Tropical Storm Danny blew in. It rained all night. Saturday we ate breakfast in the lodge there on the campground. It was nice of the ranger to let us in there. The kids stayed and played while the adults packed up camp. Ryan and I were soaked! But it was lots of fun.

Blueberries!

We went to the Maple Lane Farm today with some friends to pick blueberries. Here are the kids getting ready to find a spot to start picking.
Zac is not quite sure what we are doing yet, but he loved wearing the bucket around his neck.

Seth picking. At first we were not finding very many ripe ones, and a lot of dead berries. The amounts of rain this summer have really hurt a lot of the crops this year.

Here's One!

Zac looking gor berries! He would pick a berry and shove it right into his mouth. I think he ate at least 30.

A blue flower in the middle of the pussy willows.

We headed up the hill where the berries were ripe and in good number. Zac decided he needed a break. He was very mad when I made him move.

Look at all our blueberries! Seth was trying to make a grumpy face in the picture. You can tell he's being silly.

Another Week of Summer!

It was actually sunny part of this week. So we got to go play outside a lot.
Zac wanted to go to the park really bad. But when we got there all he did was sit. It was somewhat frustrating because I actually remembered the camera, and he wouldn't even go down a slide for me.

Seth played on the swings a lot this time.

At church last Sunday Seth got to plant seeds of faith. The lesson was about how faith is like a seed, it needs lots of nurturing to grow larger and strong. We were very careful to not over water it. When the sun was out (usually lunchtime) we'd set it outside it the sun. And then bring it back in when the clouds came.

This is how it looked on Friday! Seth was so excited to see it growing. I am too!

We also found out that Seth has some asthma. He's had a cough for a couple weeks. We got a referral to an allergist to see if it is allergy related asthma or not. And of course he has an inhaler. Zac is growing another tooth this week. He has been the clingiest cranky baby. We did turn his crib into a toddler bed last weekend. He goes right to sleep, and loves that he can get out of bed on his own. I'm not sure if Ryan likes it because he comes into our room and crawls over Daddy to get to me instead of walking around.

Happy Birthday Ryan!

Thursday was Ryan's birthday. He worked most the day, but when he got home we went to eat dinner at the Olive Garden. Zachary actually sat in his highchair until we were done eating! After dinner we had cake and ice cream with friends. As you can see it has 8 delicious layers!MMMM Death By Chocolate is what Ryan wanted.

I'm not sure why everyone made it into this picture except Seth and Zac. I think that is Seth's fingers at the very bottom.

Opening presents. The one on the left is Eight below. We actually traded it in because I forgot we already owned it. Ooops : )

And finally, Zac's new thing is climbing on the washer and dryer. The "boing boing" is what he calls the washer because sometimes when I do laundry it goes boing boing. I hope everyone has a good week!