WA Visit

The last week of July we drove up to WA, for the annual Kanooth family beach trip. These are the views from my parents' house. It is definately beautiful up there, when everything is not gray...which is not real often. I love clean air, a bit humid, but a nice change. I have a ton of pictures to post, but they will come later. I just had to put up these pics of the Columbia River and Mt Hood.

CA State Fair and Some Other Pics

Wes LOVES his firetrucks, reading about firetrucks, looking at and trying to follow firetrucks, so I had to have him get behind this cut out.
The big bug display...he actually looked at the camera for a second. Of course he loves bugs too.

Love these two!!!

Westin was a little scared of this pig at first. He was probably afraid of what might come out of his mouth. I think it was a garbage can in the past. I don't really know what it is, but just thought he could stand next to a giant mouth fake pig...not sure why.

Wes and I take turns driving and I drove the way home. Jade was sleepy and Wes was trying to keep her awake by placing cucumber on her forehead. Initially he was just trying to feed it to her, one thing led to another and it became a tactic at keeping her awake, but didn't work. It was so cute watching though, because at one point she was smiling and drifting off to sleep at the same time, while he was sticking cucumber on her face. She was enjoying Daddy's silliness, but still had to drift off.

Picture with GG, and Whitny, and the boys, before the fair.

A Couple Jade Moments:

Jade kyped Westin's police car and took it for a spin.

Peekabo. It's so funny when she says, "Peekabo," because she pronounces it, "Pee-boo."

Bounce U with GG!

Some of these pictures are blurry, I know, but it's the best I got. While Wes had the week off, his mom was here also! The kids got to spend some good time with GG. Wed. night we went to Bounce U, and Aidan and Westin especially had a great time. It was so fun just to watch them going crazy! I have no idea why my text is getting underlined.

Jade and GG having a little water fun. Mostly Jade flicking GG with a wet straw as she is trying to stir the cup and GG not minding a bit.

You can't tell by the look on her face, but Jade repeatedly whined for this slide.

Boys and guns...yeah, they had fun.

Jade got some good bouncing going on this thing.

Izzy being the socialite that he is, easily found a buddy.

Monterey Bay

Wes took some vacation from his old job this week, so on Tuesday we went to Monterey. The weather was overcast and 60's, but we saw the sun here and there and Westin and Jade had a great time. We walked Cannery Row, went to the beach, and let them play in the Dennis the Menace Play Ground (no pictures of it, but it is HUGE).

Westin and Daddy playing some football on the beach.

Westin loved running around the beach and playing in the water. It was entertainment just watching him.

Jade and Daddy.

Jade had a good time too, but only let the water touch her feet a few times.

Whenever she hears or sees a plane in the sky she points and says, "Pane!" Westin used to do the same thing. It's always a good reminder that they notice just about everything.

Jade's chubby feet in the sand.

We thought Westin would love the pirate, since he often pretends to be one, but he was a little scared.

Starting down Cannery Row (the most popular street in Monterey).

Our 4th of July!

It was a hot one. Kierstin did an awesome job on her 5k
she ran in the morning. It started at 9am and it was already 85
degrees outside. She came in 4th out of all the women!

Crossing the line

Great job Mommy!

Later we went to the pool and splashed around and had
some of our friends over for a BBQ. We then piled into the van
and went to the local park in our little town and watched the
firework show.

Cute necklace Kierstin!

Jade loved the firework, well mostly just walking around saying "Hi"
to anyone and everyone.

Westin was great too. He likes the red and green ones.

All in all, I'd have to say it was one of the better 4th of July's
we've had. What a blessed country we live in with all the freedoms
we have. God bless America!

Brother and Sister-two peas in a pod!

Westin and Jade have been getting along together really
well lately. Although they do still have their moments,
It's definitely clear that they love each other and being
around each other.

Westin rides while Jade pushes.

Jade sitting in her favorite chair.

The other day our neighbor gave Westin a Buzz Lightyear
umbrella, and guess what it did the next day it rained like crazy.
Which is really weird for us in late June in California, but he
got to put his new umbrella to the test. Happiest boy ever!

They love chasing each other around.

Jade's favorite thing to do in the world is swing. We can not
walk by a swing without taking a few moments to swing.
I guess that's what we get for sleeping her in a swing
for the 1st 5 months of her life. Its just natural to her.

Our two peas in a pod.

Happy Father's Day/Birthday Grandpa Mulligan

Great job Aunt Whitny on this awesome
candle for Grandpa Mulligan. We recently
celebrated his birthday and Father's Day.

Look at the height of that flame. The boys were a little scared
at first, but that quickly changed to excitement.

The candle then opens up to be a rotating flower.

Westin and Aidan helped the old man blow out the candle.

We love you Grandpa Mulligan