Let the good times roll

A few pictures from mine & Erik's golfing date on the 4th of July:

Chewelah Golf & Country Club

It was sunny & hot & I got a lovely sunburn!

(that already turned into a tan!)

Erik attempting a putt for par...

... he missed... but he beat me in the end anyway! lol

A really cool view of the Chewelah valley from the golf course!

Happy baby on the 4th of July :) :) :)

Tired baby on the 4th of July!  :)

We went on a family walk to the park on the evening on the 4th... and we had the place all to ourselves except for one other family of four!!!  Everyone in town must've been out on the lakes getting ready for the fireworks.

Look at the tiny baby in the stroller... ;)

Bennett & Daddy played in the creek that runs through the park, and they got soaked!  And when the sun went down the temperature dropped fast, so Bennett was shivering by the time we got home but he didn't even seem to notice!  He had so much fun playing in the water, it was his first time getting in the creek :)

Pictures from a while ago:

Bennett loves to take care of his brother already, he is always offering him his beverages...

...and offering his pizza too!

Sawyer's face is saying, "Yep, i'm almost 100% sure i'm not supposed to be eating pizza yet!"

Kind of a cool random picture I took of me & the boys the other day:

Pictures of the boys playing outside, notice Bennett's rad new hat he got with his birthday money!

A little video montage from our adventures on the 4th:

The Bollands stopped by!

Our friends from Hood River, Jake & Brianne, who also have two boys who are 20 months apart (just like our boys!), stopped by to see us today as they were headed home from visiting the area... we miss them so much and it was soooo nice to see them again :)

Baby swap!  Or, Mom swap, depending on your perspective :)

Handsome little Kingston walking with Laurel! 

An attempt to get a picture of all the boys together on the couch... 

this was the best one I got on my camera!  

We didn't have high hopes of it being successful so we were ok with the less than perfect results :)

Bennett was going in for a smooch on Kingston in this pic!

Group shots!

These are funny because in this first picture, both toddlers are looking at the camera and the babies are not...

...and in the second picture, the babies are looking at the camera and the toddlers are not!

Sawyer 4 months, Kingston 10 months, Bennett 2 years, and Barker 2 1/2 years :) :) :)

What amazing little blessings these beautiful boys are!

A few videos of their visit:

Bennett playing with his buddy-since-birth Barker!

Bennett was sad to say good-bye when it came time for them to leave :(

(Mommy was sad too... I contemplated abducting their whole family to keep them with us in Chewelah for a while longer!!!)

We found out that Barker does NOT like Starbursts!!!

THANK YOU for stopping by Bolland family!!!!!!!!!!!  

Next time we need to spend at least a week together I think!!!  :)

100 Degrees and rising...

It sure has been hot here, but our trusty little window a.c. unit is keeping us nice & cool inside the house!

But we can't be cooped up all day of course, gotta brave the heat in order to get some fresh air!

"Ok... what am I supposed to do now Mom?"

Trying his first food! Avocado!!!!  

He didn't seem to mind it, but his tongue-thrust reflex is still too strong so he can't quite eat it, he ends up spitting most of it out.  It was just an experiment anyway, we'll try again in a week or two :)

Sawyer's first text:

"Dad you've got to do something... Mom is making me eat some strange green stuff... please help ASAP!"

He likes this new contraption!  

Well, new for Sawyer... hand-me-down from Big Bro of course :)

Bennett loves playing with the hose, it's a great activity on these hot hot days!!!

No need for clothes when the temp is 105.

Little stinker ;)  Gosh I love my boys!  

That is hubby included!... Who I get to go on a date with on the 4th thanks to Laurel!!!  

Golfing & maybe we might even get crazy and go out for dinner too! lol ;)