Random August pictures

Ryan and G playing!

 And a Lego battle! (I did not take these pictures, they were found on the camera.)

 Ryan and Jake playing with Stella, our doctor's therapy dog.

 The ONE time we went raspberry picking this summer. I usually like to go 2-3 times each summer, but things were busy!

 There were plenty of smoothie popsicles in the backyard. So yummy.

Celebrating the first tomatoes of the season!

 On a 90+ degree day, two brothers and two neighbor girls had a blast throwing water at each other.

 And then, after they all got soaking wet with their clothes on, they went to change into swim clothes.

During one of G's many brief visits while popping on and off the Pacific Crest Trail this summer, he read an online voice/ASL book to the boys on the iPad.

 Jake came home from summer day camp at Tryon Creek all painted like a chimp :)

 An afternoon snack of guacamole.

 Playing with G's hat one morning.

A & P's Wedding

On a beautiful, very warm Saturday, we drove up to Toledo, Washington for Mike's cousin's wedding. 

After we arrived, we had time to hang out on the beautiful grounds. The water bottles wrapped in wedding paper was appreciated, due to the heat!

 The bride's cake!

 And the groom cake (I guess this is a new trend!)

 Reception tables.

 Ahh my hearts!

 I love how they decorated this old truck with flowers and pop cans trailing behind...

 And the bench was the place to do the picture photo ops!

 Funny story here... I had been snapping pictures and Mike was chatting with someone. When I turned to look for Ryan, I found him just turning away from this little table where the ceremony was to be held. On the table were 2 tiny cups with a red liquid. It seemed that 1 was full and the other was only half full. There were some people sitting at the tables who were then pointing at Ryan and talking with each other. I think Ryan drank out of one of the cups.
Towards the end of the reception, I asked the bride if she'd noticed anything. "Some marks on 1 of the cups." I told her what I think had happened, and she had a good laugh. I appreciate her acknowledgment that sometimes kids do funny things like that!

 Grandpa Vee arrives and the boys have such fun chattering and playing around him.

 And then the bride arrives in a '63 Corvette!

 The ceremony was just lovely!

After a lovely time of chatting, eating, and dancing, we got back into our car and headed home, both boys falling asleep quickly.

Multnomah Days 2012

Another year gone by, and it was time for the annual Multnomah Days parade again! This year, I gave Jake the option of watching the parade from the sidelines as we have always done, or participating by walking with the Foothills Soccer Club, which he just joined this year. Jake wanted to be in the parade! 

He and I left early and walked to the beginning of the parade to wait with a group of soccer players of all ages. Unfortunately, we didn't know anyone, but the excitement of being able to throw candy to the kids watching the parade was an opportunity Jake did not want to pass up.

 Ryan and Mike had gone ahead and found a place to sit to watch the parade. After we went through, we joined them to watch the end of the parade.

 After the parade, Jake got to play a bit at the Kid's Zone area. I'm sure this was especially fun while wearing a slippery soccer uniform!

While being in the parade was fun in the sense that I got to spot lots of people that I knew and waved at them, I missed getting to see the whole thing. So Mike and I will swap parade duty every year as long as one or both boys wants to be a part of the parade :)