Saturday, July 31st-A Trip to the Zoo!

Jake, Liv, and I met up with some Junebugs (from the June 2002 birthboard I've been a part of for years-Jake was due in June originally) I was able to meet up with Shay and her 3 children (they are from Massachusetts) and Claire with her 2 children (they are from Florida) at the Portland Zoo. We had a great time. There were 4 adults and 7 children. We were clearly outnumbered lol.

Jake, with the giraffes.

My two cuties

Jake, with Andrew (Claire's son)

I have a pic of Liv standing here when she was 18mths old as well.

Aww, isn't she cute???

All of us attempting to get a group photo.

Wednesday, July 28th-Real Men Wear Sequins

During Jake's soccer camp, they had Wacky Dress Wednesday. Not only did they get points for dressing up for their team (They broke all the players down into countries. Jake just happened to be on Team USA) but they got to bring an article of clothing for their coach to wear. I took Jake down to the ol Lucky Penny here in town. We found a silver sequined skirt (with built in shorts lol) then I took one of his wife beaters and decorated it with my stickers (I hot glued them on so they would stay) The below is the result:

Of course, Liv had to get in on it lol

Here are Jake's coaches. James is wearing the purple shorts suit I brought for him to wear LOL

Week of July 26th-British Soccer Camp for Jakey!

Jake did the British Soccer Camp at the end of July. He had a great time learning new skills and just playing soccer.

Jake's coaches, Chris and James. They were both from the U.K. Chris said Jake was one of his favorites from the whole summer (probably because he's alittle crazy like his Mama ;-) )

Looks like Jake needs to eat more, however, if you saw him eat, you wouldn't be saying that! lol Not sure why he had his shirt off. It was warm but not that warm.

Kick that ball, birdie!

Look at my handsome boy! He's already wearing a size 5 shoe and is 4ft 6!!! He's gonna be a big boy =)

Sunday, July 18th--Hellllllo Hammy!

Meet Ms Hammy!! Jake got Hammy for his birthday from Nana and Papa. He originally named her Dragonoid from a Bakugan cartoon, but the nickname "Draggy" didn't fit her. I finally convinced him it wasn't a very feminine name, so we changed it to Hammy (ok, yeah, I know-NOT so feminine still, but better than Dragonoid lol) Now, Hammy puts up with Jake and me, however, she pees/poops on Josey everytime (I think she senses Josey is weirded out about those kinds of things) and bites Liv. Why does she bite Liv, you ask? That would be because Liv spent the first 2 weeks either A) poking her or B) blowing on her. Hammy knows her scent and bites her almost every time. So, Liv's come to leave Hammy alone. Well, not totally, but she's way better than she was.

Saturday, July 17th-Floating in the Crooked River

So, we took the kids to the upper Crooked River to go swimming for the day. I thought for sure Jake would be the chicken little of the bunch. Liv is usually the one that digs in and goes for it. Well, surprise, surprise! Jake got right in. He did SOOO well with his swimming! Liv stayed on the edge the whole time. She didn't want anything to do with going in the water. There were snakes in the water. I was totally cool and the gang with it, until they started dive bombing my feet later. I got the hell out of dodge then lol. I draw the line at dive bombing water snakes.

Here's one of the tiny snakes. Yes, they were tiny but let me tell you: When they are dive bombing your feet, they seem 7 feet long! lol

Jake, testing the waters.

Josey got right in BUT make me hold her the whole time. She was afraid she'd float down the river and wouldn't be able to get back LOL

And here I am, like I said, holding Josey's tube. Jake, on the other hand, was like Free Willy, floating without a care in the world (which, if you know Jake, is NOT like him lol) I guess I'd feel confident, too, if I had a life jacket AND a tube around my chest lol.

Liv, holding up the shore LOL

Me and Bretters =)

Me and Josey

Brett, in the tube. I had to get a picture because he doesn't normally A) put on shorts or B) go in the water, so this is a major feat.

So, Liv was hiding stuff in her swimsuit. I asked her what she was doing. She said she was gathering her super spy kit.

That would be a shovel, rake, and a stick lol

Jake, the master floater

Josey, spitting water out of her mouth. I just thought the picture was funny lol

Tuesday, July 13th-Mr Creative (Jake)

SO, I sent Jake outside to play. We have a dirt pile on the side of the house (dirt left over from the garden) and Jake was playing in it. I left him alone for maybe 30 minutes. This is what I came out to. He had the pipe up (from the stove in the garage that we got rid of) shoved a bunch of dirt down the hole, and was attempting to fill the rest of the pipe up with water before I stopped him. At least he's creative...

Monday, July 12th-Brotherly/Sisterly Love

Jake and Liv, watching TV together. Aren't they sweet? They can be at times lol