Friday, August 20, 2010

A wasp hive in our asian pear tree!!!

In about a week or 3 that we procrastinated... it doubled in size!!! This was when it was small! I wanted to call pest control but Marty insisted on doing it himself. He initially wanted to preserve it by either 1. slipping a garbage bag over it and sealing it for a while or 2. cutting it down and trapping it under the plastic storage container but as you can see he whacked and ran!

Another favorite dress...

I love this dress!!! It's another hand me down from her little friend Monroe.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

The Funny Car takes 1st at the 2010 Soap Box Derby!!!

All the hard work paid off! They took 1st at the 2010 Soap Box Derby at Mt. Tabor.
Oh man - you couldn't pay me enough to be the driver. Just imagine missing one of the turns... This is nothing compared to others that were there - some went head first! CRAZY!
Test run... we didn't see anyone else testing their cars... This team was serious about winning.

Update on Dylan...

We haven't been up to much. Just eating, playing, eating, eating, eating, and taking lots of pictures. As you can see, she is a good eater! She's got the cheeks and Michelin legs to prove it. Here are the latest.

She looks very serious here. I often wonder what she is thinking.
Dylan and I took a trip up to Seattle to see my family. Here she is playing footsies with my niece. My very tall niece who has very large feet.
We have been waiting eons to wear this dress! If it were 100 times bigger, I would buy it for me! I love it so much that I will probably have her wearing this every day until it no longer fits.
Dylan after her bath. She loves baths and I think she will live up to her name... "born from waves" in Welsh. Marty will be so happy if she does since he is like a fish in water.
Uh oh. She likes watching things on the computer/tv. I hope we aren't creating a tv addict. I have a feeling that she is going to take over Marty's iPad just as soon as she's able to.
This is a self portrait I took of us at Mt. Tabor while we were keeping Marty and his team company while test running their car for the soap box derby. Which they won!!! I will look for pictures and post them in the next blog.
Another after bath picture...
Cousins!! I love going up to Seattle because it's like a mini vacation. Courtney is a HUGE help with Dylan. She just loves holding her which frees my arms up for a while.
Here are the legs that go for miles and Dylan enjoying them.
Marty and his little girl. He bought her this sweatshirt and we had to put it on for a picture even though it was about to be a million degrees that day. I think she'll have outgrown it by the time cooler weather comes around.
Monroe (5 months old) and Dylan (3 months old) - good friends! Monroe is the reason Dylan is so well dressed! We get a lot of hand me downs and LOVE it. We are going to be so sad when they catch up in size.