Boys only - Girls only

On Saturday, Leif planned on working on the yard and Liam was thrilled to have "boys only" time with his daddy. He frantically looked around for his tools and lawn mower and when Leif came down in his jeans and no shirt, Liam quickly followed suit. Skyler and I, on the other hand, decided that we…


Lake Chelan

My boss, Jennifer, graciously allowed us to use her gorgeous lake house for the week in Lake Chelan. The kids were wide eyed (as were we), walking into the house. They ran around to the rooms and chose which ones were theirs. It immediately became referred to as "our lake house"! Both kids had…


He's all grown up!

Grandpa Ted called this morning saying he was stopping through and wanted to know if he could take Liam out to Herron Island for the rest of the week (4 days away from home). I asked Liam if he wanted to go making it clear that it would be 4 days and mommy and daddy were not going and he said "yes…


Brody and Samadi

Loren, Katie and their dog, Brody (more dear friends from xfit) came to Herron with us this weekend. Another weekend of great weather as we all spent the majority of the time hanging out on the deck and enjoying each other's company. Our kids love Loren and Katie and it was so much fun to show…


Look at my Toe Snails

I painted Skyler's toe nails red the other day and she keeps walked around telling everyone to look at her toe snails. She also thinks that as long as she says "I'm just pretending", then she can do anything she wants. For instance, she hit mommy and then said "I'm just pretending." She pulled…