A pool? What's that? We're from Washington...

And summertime temperatures to go with it! It was 104 degress yesterday (too hot to swim) but we had a blast today. Matthew and Jake both kick all over the pool (even the deep end) and jump off the side. I am teaching Matthew to float but so far he doesn't trust the whole process... heh.

What's with the shoes? He looks mighty relaxed hovering over 9 feet of water though - I love it!

Up a creek

The kids and I headed out to a place called Forest Falls, but we didn't make it past the rock creek due to the three miles between the creek and the falls. :) Since it was a spontaneous trip, we just played in the creek. Next time, we'll come prepared for a serious waterfall hike.

We apparently found the lady bug factory... I have never seen so many buzzing around.

Boys' new room

It took me two days to clear out the old furniture, paint the walls (that is a dark brown wood paneling underneath the white paint - ugh) and get all their boxes unloaded. But... after working literally from wake up to bedtime, we got it finished. Whew!

I am so bummed I didn't take a before shot... a far cry from Martha Stewart but, they like it. :) Jake has four blankets on his bed that he loves ... an none of them fit. And Matthew's desk... we need to come up with a better system for that too. But for now, this works! hah.