Edwards Family: July 2011

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Tour de France and Visit from Steve and Jane

We've had a wonderful week! We all enjoyed watching the Tour de France this year (as always) and Owen is now able to wear the jersey that Colin wore years ago. We also had a wonderful visit from our dear friends, Steve and Jane. We did our best to try and impress them with what Washington has to offer, and also had some fun along the way! Benj took them on a hike up Mt. Ellinor in the southern Cascades. The weather was perfect and you can see some shots from their hike. The snow has been persistent around here with the non-summer we're having - so they weren't able to get to the top because of the snow. People making the summit had crampons and ice axes to make the trip! Even without the summit they still had amazing views.

They also were able to do some kayaking while they were here, right out our back yard. The sound was a bit choppy, but I think they enjoyed seeing things from a different perspective. Jane even said she saw a seal!

To compare, here is a picture of Colin wearing the yellow jersey in summer 2008:

Monday, July 18, 2011

Lakefair 2011

Olympia has an annual festival called Lakefair. It's essentially a carnival with rides, carnival food and games that are set up down along the lake in town. The weather hasn't been great, but we took the kids down for some fun on Sunday. Benjy took the boys down on Saturday while I was running and they played in some bounce houses and did a bunch of free stuff that was set up as part of the parade that was going on. Sunday we tackled the rides. You can see Colin enjoying the dragon roller coaster and the flying planes. (of course he had to ride the ORANGE one!) And he really wanted to go on the ferris wheel, so we did that too. Owen is too little to go on anything so he and daddy waited on the ground while we went up high! Colin says he wasn't scared but he was gripping my leg pretty hard the whole time!

(Owen put on my oven mitts the other day and I thought he looked like a lobster - so cute!)

A Day at the Beach

We've had about a week of dreary, cold, rainy weather. Today the sun FINALLY showed itself! We seized the opportunity and took the boys down to the beach to play in the mud. It was a lovely day and fun was had by all! The boys found crabs, worms and squashed plenty of empty shells. We even saw someone waterskiing!

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Visit from Grandpa!

This week we've had a wonderful visit from Grandpa Edwards. We all enjoyed having him visit and the boys had a lot of fun showing him all the fun stuff around here during the summer time. Here are some photos (all taken by Grandpa's camera) of the happenings during the visit. We visited the farmer's market, went to the beach, caught worms under rocks, gazed at Mt. Rainier from Olympia, hiked in the woods, went to soccer (where the thoughts going through Colin's head during this picture are up for debate) and visited a local farm where we fed the goats and played with the ducks going down a water slide. It was a great visit and we are looking forward to him coming again soon!

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Trail Running Fun for Mommy

Today I did an awesome trail run right at the base of Mt. Rainier. The views were INCREDIBLE! I had to share since it's just so beautiful and the run was so much fun!

I was previewing the White River 50 mile course, which I will be racing in 3 weeks. It's a lead up race for my 100 the end of August. This course is tough and extremely mountainous with rocky, debris covered trails. I even crossed a raging stream today and climbed over 10 foot high snow drifts at the top of the peak. I sure hope that snow is melted in 3 weeks!

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Sunset and Pops!

We continue to have great sunsets from our deck... couldn't help but share. Here are also some shots of them playing pops on the road. Owen really got into "stomping" on them!

Brother Shirts and the Park

The boys had a great time, as always, playing at the park on this day. They just happened to be wearing their matching Big Bro, Lil Bro shirts so I thought I'd share the photos. The first picture of Colin up above is honestly the best picture I've seen of him in a long time! He is such a cutie!

Swimming Pool

It's FINALLY been warm enough here to get out the little kiddie pool for the boys. Here are some shots of them having fun and enjoying the summer!

He said WHAT?

"Sometime we should make Banana Fosters. They are cool because you get to light them on fire."
"He's my assistant." (talking about Owen, of course)
(When talking about exotic animals that were coming to summer camp) "I wonder if they will be alive or dead."
"It would be nice if we could find a short trail that leads to Jackson Hole."
Colin: "Mommy, guess what we found?" Mommy: "What?" Colin: "NOTHING!"
"Life is good when you have Candy."
"The Earth is as strong as a hundred million elephants!"
"Let's go be entertained."
"Is Limbo a big city?" (we were talking about something being stuck "in limbo" and Colin asked this question)
When asked who won the Oxford-Cambridge boat race Colin said "The yellow team won, the one daddy LOVES!" (Oxford)
"Owen, let's go back to the holo-detector!" (referring to the closet)
"Don't see that on Animal Planet."
"Did the sky scrape all of the clouds away?"
"I can easily just take off any baby locks on the cabinets. Owen and I are partners in time." (crime)
"Baby Jason" (known as Baby Jesus to the rest of the world)
"I think it's OK, I don't see the prosecutor."
"How about some surprise chocolate for dinner?"
"Why is she just SO SO nice, Daddy?" (talking about our dear friend Amy)
"Nevermind. Blah Blah Blah Blah."
"Put a Hair Pony on her Mommy." (talking about a pony tail)
"This (Ice Cream Sandwich) should do the trick."
"If you get hurt you need to kiss yourself to make it better."
"See what these tater tots are made from? They are made from ketchup!"
"I need another popsicle because I'm still hot inside."
"Is Owen going to eat today?"
"The bigger you get the bigger your hair gets."
"Are those workers from South Dakota?" (no idea where he got South Dakota!)
"Can't we just forget about it?" (when being told to take a time out for misbehaving)
"I could just brew beer by myself."
"Mommy, am I doing tummy time?" (while lying face first in the snow)
"Toxic Moron" (an Oxymoron)
"When I hold my fingers too long I get dizzy."
"Don't do that. If you do it again you're going for a time out."
"Where was this rocking chair made? Was it made in China?"
"I'd rather be playing football (English football = soccer) but it's so cold outside I have to shovel instead."
"I can't wait until I can swim again. I want to dive right in."
"Can we play these? I think we have time. Let me check the clock."
"Mommy, do you still have the hug that I gave you last night?"
"I'll be back in a jiffy pop, so I don't need a coat."
"I think all three fire engines have to go to the fire because they can't stay home alone."
"But I do have some patience."
"When Daddy goes around the corners in the fast car I laugh!"
"When I sworded Daffy (the cat), she didn't move at all! Not one little bit!"
"When I grow up I want to be just like you (Daddy)"
"Oh I love Thanksgiving! I can't wait to go trick-or-treating!"
"You should have two drills in case we meet a goat."
"We don't need my juice if we have a goat."
"Awww...Could we keep him (Owen) until winter?"
"I've been diving for that at Costco." (when receiving a helicopter from grandparents for his birthday, one he's been dying for at Costco)
"My diggers are not going to work on my birthday because I'm going to be at Chipotle"
"We could just make time to do it then."
"Mommy, why do you say "No" all the time?"
"That's the biggest digger I've seen in my whole life!"
"There were kind of sort of 5 forklifts at Costco."
"I did take a nap. I took a 5 second nap."
"When I was a cat, I used to eat cat food."
"I put chap stick on my nose so it doesn't rust."
"I wish you hadn't moved the house."
"I can't hear you, Mommy. I'm busy."
"Because I said so, Mommy. I'm the boss."
"I want cookies! I'm going to starve soon."
"I like cream cheese. It is tasty and yummy for my belly."
"The baby in MY belly likes to eat malt."
"There's a mustache on my finger."
"This soap smells delicious!"
"I'll bring you some air to cool you down."
"Do we take an airplane to Heaven?"
"Digging in the dirt is hard on little Colins."
"We just passed the house with the pizza. I like to go there!" (After we'd just driven by Donatos)
"When I drink my juice, Mommy, the snacks go away in my mouth!"
"Don't talk back to me, Mommy."
"The tire is low, Mommy. We should put some gas in it."
"Tor-nade-us" (referring to a Praying Mantis)
"There's a baby in my belly."

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