Happy Birthday Finley

Sunday was Finley's first birthday. I can't believe how fast a year goes by. He is so much fun. Crawling all over the place, trying to walk, trying to keep up with big brother. He loves food. For the most part, he is a pretty happy baby. Loves to push cars around and make the vroom vroom sound, says mom and dad, and claps.

We had his birthday party on Saturday in our backyard. My mom and dad and sister Kristin with her baby Brodie came as well as our neighbors David and Stephnie and their two boys Cory and Blake. It was a really nice day. We set up the pool and Blake and Cole spent most of their time there. Finn just had fun being outside eating his two cupcakes, which later caused him to puke all over his crib when he went to bed. But, I'm sure he'd say it was all worth it. Happy birthday baby.

learning T-ball

So my boss is taking all of his employees to Avista Stadium in Spokane to watch and Indians game this next Wednesday. Family is invited, so I thought Cole should get some practicing in. I bought his this T-ball set today and he's doing pretty good already.

Silverwood

Silverwood was a blast. My good friends Rick and Nicole and their boys Dallon on Todd came to our house Friday afternoon. The boys played outside riding their bikes and swinging most of the evening. Saturday morning we got up bright and early. I had to make the big boys breakfast in order to pursade them to get out of bed and get going so we could get out of the house by 9:00 am to get to Silverwood. First we rode the big train. Then we headed to the rides. Cole was so good. He rode every possible ride he could for his age, which is a huge improvement from last year, since he wouldn't get on one. Then we headed to the waterpark for lunch and swimming. Dallon was pretty much glued to the red slide. Cole did a little expiramenting with his dad. He didn't much care for the yellow slide. I think it was a little too big for him. Rick and Riley stole away as much time as possible to head to the adult waterslides. They had a great time. Then it was back to the rides and back to the waterpark and then back to the rides. We were exhaused by the end of the day, but totally worth it. Cole keeps asking when we are going back. Thanks again Rick and Nicole for sharing Silverwood with us.

Happy 4th of July

We had a great 4th of July with the kids. This was Finley's 1st 4th of July. We went to Riley's family cabin up at Three Rivers. We had so much fun. Cole got to bring his 4-wheeler and what a show-off he is. He was riding with one knee on the seat yelling at his girl cousins "sound good, right on, and heck yah." We played down at the beach and the kids had a blast. Cole got his first experience swimming in the river and Finn had a great time eating sand. Saturday night we went out to Three Rivers and watched the fireworks show over the river. Cole thought the sparklers were pretty amazing.