new front door mat - gift from dad and connie. ...so cute (unless they were trying to tell me something)

with two of my favorite little people

went irrigating with dad and forgot to bring my boots

kissing cousins

big fun with my boy. thanks for the beautiful photos, kimberly!

picnic at pioneers park

i just bought this! isn't it lovely? (etsy + brooke = danger to my bank account)

all smiles

at the portland japanese garden....beautiful!

more of little miss willa

my little love

what i look like a couple hours after having my wisdom teeth out...had trouble keeping my eyes open long enough to take a photo

ian listening to tv on al's "nurse call" remote. after visiting al, brad, and willa - amber, mel, ian, and i went out for dinner. my favorite ian quote of the night was, "can we go to the bathroom and i can poop 'cause that might help [me eat more]. brooke, can you keep an eye on my ice cream?"

baby willa!

for an unknown reason, this song has been in my head for the last several weeks. i was very excited to get to sing it "for real" at church, yesterday.

yesterday's farmer's market. we went with jason, ann, and ava. and we saw cindy and al, too. brian made some yummy pico de gallo with our purchases.

before and after - front of house

my first attempt at a bento lunch. i am looking forward to doing more and more of these and making them as fun as possible.

larry entertains 50,000....including us

enjoying the tea party at the state capitol. can you find brian?

ice cream day at nhh

three of the waterfalls from our adventures in the columbia river gorge. we saw six or seven, all together. the top one was my favorite. the second one was brian's favorite. the third one was the most popular waterfall....attracting a lot of visitors.

kayaking on lake washington -- fun and beautiful!