Father's Day Photos

So we took some family photos of ourselves back in June but I didn't get around to posting them until now. Thank you crazy summer! Haha stay tuned for the next blog post for an update on all that! But until then, here are some super cute pictures of my beautiful little family. Gosh I love my boys!!

Hello Summer

So our crazy summer has begun! We celebrated Eric's birthday on Tuesday with a facetime to dear Greta, a new drill (hello diy projects!) and some delicious tritip and then cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory. mmm. Wednesday and Thursday nights saw activities for EQ and RS and I learned how to make French macaroons. Turns out humidity is actually kind of a big deal when making finicky macaroons and you need to have pretty much as many items of equipment as there are ingredients. Weird. But maybe I will give them a shot sometime soon. I mean, there's only like a million ways to screw them up, what could go wrong? Haha. 

Saturday we had a BBQ with some friends of ours and Levi got to sit at the kids table like a big kid. It was so fun to just chill with them and for Levi to get to run around in the backyard and us not have to worry about him! I'm really, really looking forward to having a yard someday. Levi will love it! 

Anyway, this week I head to Boston for the NEXT conference which I am super excited for. I can't wait to see Lori again and get to hang out with her while learning some hopefully super useful things for work. And then the week after that we all get to head down to California for Lauren's wedding and 4th of July! Woohoo! Bring on the good times :)

Levi is learning how to use a spoon and rocking it. He's actually got better since this was taken but sometimes, he just likes to get messy. Pretty sure his chest is dirty because he just picked up yogurt and smeared it there on purpose. No joke. 

Little man always has a blast at the park.

This child! He just LOVES to climb! And he is getting sooo good at it. Too good for his own good sometimes because he is completely fearless. He tries to climb ladders, walls, all the park equipment, etc. 

Swallows his lips when he's concentrating just like his grandpa. 

Eric, Levi and I made a blanket fort the other night! Levi loved it. 

We had dinner with some friends of ours last night and Levi got to sit at a little table with the other kids! He is getting so big! and he did awesome with it! Also, he ate more than any of the other kids even though he's way younger haha. Kid loves food. 

Don't Worry There's Only a Few Stairs

So we got to have my mom come visit us again last weekend. We always love having her here and Levi adores her! Eric and I both took Friday off (instead of Monday) so we all went down and hiked Silver Falls. It was so cool and beautiful! I can't believe how close you get to get to the waterfalls! And Levi actually did really well walking a lot of the way. We had brought the stroller though and that proved to be quite an adventure because not only was the trail rocky and quite narrow in some parts but there also happened to be quite a few stairs leading down to the second fall! Mom had hiked it before but she didn't remember how many stairs there were and thought it wouldn't be a problem for the stroller. In response to my question to how many stairs are there when I saw them on the map she replied, "Not very many! Maybe a couple." Haha false. There was legit several FLIGHTS of stairs! But Eric is a champ and we just collapsed the stroller and Eric carried it all the way down and all the way up again and I wore Levi on my back in the carrier. And really I was glad to have the stroller on the way back because Levi got tired so it was nice for him to be able to ride since he doesn't really like riding in the carrier. 

Eric and Levi by the first fall

Sooo pretty! I love the green.

Anyway, so that was awesome, and as always it was nice just to spend time with my mom, go out to eat and play games together. And I just love seeing how Levi remembers his grandma and gets excited to see her. The day she left when he woke up from his nap he totally went looking for her :(

I'm glad to see them develop such a good relationship.

Mom and Levi at the park

So yeah, Mom's visit was awesome and other than that life around here has been pretty good. My favorite co-worker quit and her last day was Friday. I'm glad for her because she was getting way too stressed out at our job but I'm scared of what will happen without her because she kind of holds things together around there! And as far as I know, they haven't found a replacement for her yet so we will probably just a get a string of float therapists coming through for a while and that's never ideal. But oh well.

Eric's work is going well. He's thinking about asking his boss if he can go to Furniture Market which is like a big convention for furniture makers and dealers in Vegas this July. So if he gets to that will be another trip to add to our summer, well for him anyway! We're going to be very busy in July!

Anyway that's what's going on! Here's a little update of our life in pictures: 

Levi will sometimes climb up into the rocking chair and read himself a book. It never lasts long (this kiddo is always on the move!) but it is so adorable. 

I can't believe how long my hair is getting!

Levi rocking a new outfit from grandma, pretty sure it's stained already because he ate mango while wearing it but oh well, clothes are to be lived in!