Great Grandma!

Rowan is so blessed to have his great grandma in his life. We call her “Oldemor” since that’s what you say in Norwegian. Rowan is her very first great grandchild and it’s so cute to see how much she loves him. Here are some photos of her reading to him. He just stares at her in awe.

2nd Anniversary

Russ and I celebrated 2 years of marriage yesterday. On one hand, I feel like we were JUST in the midst of all the wedding festivities, and on the other hand, it feels like it’s been a lot longer. Although we’ve had our ups and downs, and our relationship is far from perfect…I really believe we are perfect for each other. Russ is a really amazing husband, and dad. I’m so honored to be his wife. He has finals this week so we decided that next weekend will be our “ real date” but we still had some fun yesterday. Russ got me a dozen red roses and we exchanged cards. We also had breakfast yesterday at Chase’s Pancake Corral- a great spot on Bellevue Way. Banana Pancakes with coconut syrup?! Yes, Please! Right up my alley. We brought Rowan, which can be a challenge in a restaurant but he did really good. We tried to take a couple of pictures in the morning but it’s not very easy with our big camera! Unfortunately, we didn’t get any on our breakfast date.

We spent the rest of the afternoon just hanging out, and Russ did some studying. We went to the park down the street, and to the pool before finishing the evening by watching a DVD of our wedding- a tradition we want to keep every year on our anniversary.

 

Happy 2 years babe! Here’s to many years ahead of us!

Pool Time!

It's great having a pool at our new place. Rowan really loves the water, and swiming but I wondered how he'd do since it's much colder than the indoor pool he had waterbabies at. He doesn't seem to mind at all! It's been great to cool off as a family, and good practice for him to keep trying out all the stuff we learned in class. He spends the majority of the time splashing like crazy in there!

Annual Ironworker Picnic

Yesterday was the annual Ironworker picnic. I’ve gone with Russ a few times now and it’s actually a lot of fun. The first one we went to, we were dating, the 2nd one we were married, and the third one, we had Rowan. Kind of funny because some of the guys haven’t worked with Russ for awhile and are always surprised at how much has happened in such a short time.

It was a perfect day for it, lots of sunshine. It’s always held at Lake Sammamish State Park. We had some good food, and fun watching all of the competitions for kids and adults. It will be fun for Rowan when he’s old enough to go in the bounce house, and compete in all of the games for prizes.

Rowan’s wearing his “crane” shirt. Pretty sure Russ is hoping that will be his first word.

*Pictures are from my phone..so not the best quality!

Hair Feathers!

I’ve been wanting to get some feathers in my hair for a little while now. It’s a fun way to add a little something without the commitment (or price!) of hair dye. I was planning on some really subdued, “blonde” ones and then I decided to do something a little more out of the ordinary for me- green and black! Russ actually helped me put them in with his pliers, and I think they are really fun! They are often swept up within the layers of my hair and not quite this obvious. It’s pretty cool that you can wash your hair, blow dry, straighten, curl, or whatever with them in. After a few weeks, I think I’ll do some lighter blonde ones but for now, I really like them!

First Time in the Grass

Since we finally have some hot summer weather, Rowan and I went to the park with our friends, the Elsbree’s. They have 4 kids who dote on Rowan, and he loves it! He was so busy checking out the grass that he decided not to fight me on the hat for once. At first he sat still, and didn’t know what to do. Then he decided it was scary, and cried until I picked him up. Once he got through all of that, he decided he would try and EAT the grass. Oh boy..

Here’s a shot of all the kiddos before we left. How sweet are they??!

So Cute When He’s Asleep…

I snap a lot of pictures of this kid when he’s sleeping. He’s just so peaceful and innocent. Makes me wanna kiss those little rosebud lips, and eyelids.