Gymnastics and ice cream

Aly loves gymnastics until we get there and suddenly she gets shy and doesn't want to do anything. This has been so frustrating to Brian and I. But finally, after a month, she had a break through week and did everything and loved it. She even got "sweaty" as she calls it. So we went to ice cream afterwards as a reward for finally doing gymnastics.

My dad's 56th B-day

Blake and Pappy blowing out the candles, Aly helped too.




Grammy and Aly eating ice cream cake

Dad, Beth and Blake, having a fun party!!

Family Trip to the Zoo

The kids at the aquarium.

This is one nice thing about Brian working swing. We could all get to the zoo as a family. It was a hot day but we had a great time.

NEW JOB

As many of you already know Brian got a new job. He starts June 9th, we couldn't be more ecstatic. He will be working as a field service engineer which means he will travel to different hospitals and fix the machines in the lab. Yes, there will be some travel but not as much as you might think, the area he is assigned is quite small. So this means that we can actually buy a house in the Olympia area because we will be staying here. We are so very excited about this for Brian because he needed something new and different for employment. Thanks for those of you who were praying for us. The last few months have been more difficult than we expected.

Tractor rides

So it was a miracle that Aly rode on her papa's tractor. Apparently it was too noisy for her. So her Aunt Jen was nice enough to put it in neutral and roll it down a hill. That allowed Aly to get a taste of the fun and she actually rode on it while it was on and noisy. Aly is not one for adventure.

Aly is riding with her Aunt Jen and cousin Esmeralda and the bottom tractor picture is Aly's best friend riding with Andrew (Brian's bro)

Mom and Kiddos

So since it was Mother's Day I figure why not put pictures of mom and the kids, ok well Blake is in Rachel's picture too. Rachel I will try to crop him out when I make a copy for you. Notice Rachel's kids mohawks.

Mother's Day Weekend

So B&R and kids came up Saturday so the boys could play paintball. So us girls took the kids to the waterfront. I forgot about all the cool things that Oly has to offer, minus all the eccentric greeners. Here's a few pictures of the beach and our journey to the beach.