Telluide Wedding Weekend

Last weekend we went down to Telluride, CO for our good friend's Kirsten and Mike's wedding celebration. We left Oliver at home with Grammy and Grandpa. It was a tough first weekend away from our little man....but as you'll see we managed to have just a little bit of fun!!!

Beautiful Telluride.

Nancy and I went hiking one crisp clear morning on the slopes of Telluride.

Hmmm....Taking the Gondola back up after the hike. I think we were cheating...but we were at altitude!

Kelly, Naomi, Kirsten and Nancy at the Welcome Dinner.

We miss you, Oliver!

All of the DG girls there to celebrate with Miss Kirsten!

Nancy, Lindsay and an elk in the background.

Cute little town of Telluride.

Wedding day! Mike seeing Kirsten for the first time that day.

At the wedding ceremony.....the weather was NOT cooperating!

Getting a little soggy...

Smart Kelly bought an umbrella!

Molly's not so sure how this is going to work out??

Turns out the ceremony was moved inside. Luckily, there was a wonderful setting inside and everything turned out perfectly!

There happen to be a Husky game on right as the wedding was getting under way. Note all of the guys glued to ESPN on TV.

Nancy, Kelly and CB and DG friend Darci enjoying the bar.

The bride with Jeff and Naomi.

Love the fruity drinks and pinky extension boys.

Nancy and Scotty!

Kelly and Nancy

The ladies...

As usual, Mike is tearing up the dance floor!

Dog Park and Waterfront Park

It had been a while, so we took an adventure to the dog park the other day...where did Bogey go Oliver? As you can see, Bogey doesn't have issues fetching a ball for Oliver. We also spent a number of nights on the Kirkland waterfront - here are a couple photos as well from fun in the sun and on the beach.

Kendall's Birthday

A few weeks ago we celebrated Kendall's 1st Birthday! What a fun time we had with all the kiddos - Oliver loved following the big kids around. Here is Kendall enjoying her cake!

After cake - Kendall and Oliver kicked back and relaxed in the big chair together.

Before going to the party - we went to the park with the Johnsons. Here is mom and O by the fountain and the ducks.

Oliver love to climb things...oh by the way - nice shoes!

Wow - it's hot out here running around and climbing stuff...can I have some of that?

Trip to the zoo...

A couple weeks ago - Grandma Joan, Oliver, and I went to the zoo! We had so much fun and the animals came out to play for sure. Below are a couple of great photos of the penguin viewing area.



Hey Grandma - that animal is really tall - is that a giraffe? My parents always read me books with a tall animal in it and they say a funny word giraffe and point to it. I usually respond with "Duh" - they think I say Da.


We stopped for some lunch, but it quickly turned into a giggle session.


The zoo is so much fun!

First Day of School...AKA Toddler Group

Oliver began his first day of the Woodinville Toddler Group today. He had SOOOO much fun playing with new toys, doing new activities and meeting new friends.


Here is Oliver mashing some Play-Do. Mover over Michael Angelo!


Here is Oliver and a few friends playing in the box of quinoa.


Here is Oliver eating snack like a big kid!

Time to play outside!

Oliver and Blaine playing in the fort!

Oregon Weekend trip

This last weekend we went on a little road trip to Oregon. First stop was Portland to visit Grandpa Bryan and Grandma Tami.

While driving - I had great company to help keep me awake...Kelly was copying Oliver too!


Portland is such a neat city to get around in. Here is Oliver checking out the train we just jumped off of. He likes anything that makes a VROOM sound!


We also checked out a cool little park in SE Portland that had a merry-go-round. We didn't spin it too quickly - but Oliver had a ton of fun.


Of coures you can't go to the park without testing out the swings...


On Saturday we made the drive down to Corvallis to see Uncle Steve and Aunt Rachel. It was quite hot down there so Uncle Steve and Oliver played in the fountains.


It was so hot that after a walk around town we found some air conditioned restaurant to cool off in - hey no shirt, no shoes, no service...I guess since he's so cute they let us slide on this rule.


After cooling off a bit - the Beavs jersey was put back on.


How about this for fun? Saturday night the city threw a wine/shopping night where local wineries set up testing in different shops around downtown. It's not often to see a stoller around town carrying wine glasses.

Chopsticks are sooooo cool

Last week adventures...

Last week brought us more cool adventures...

Check out the cool kids, wearing cool Keens, in the cool wagon!


Oliver loves to play in the water, whether the water is in a pool, bathtub, fountain, dog bowl, watering can - you name it. Here is mom and son checking out a water fountain at U Village.

We better kid proof the whole neighborhood - he can get anywhere and everywhere!