Pictures of the last week or two...

Ash took a self portrait yesterday. I think this is a really good picture of her! :-)

Nick sent me some pictures while at work. I've been to see where he works a bunch of times and it still impresses me--all the machines and coils of metal, etc.

Ash loves the cake pops at Starbucks so I decided to see if I could make them...they are time consuming and I think I have a bit of arthritis plus carpal tunnel in my hands/wrists, cause they hurt SO bad by the time I was done. But they tasted really good and I think that's all that mattered. :-)

When I go to the Mooney's, Finley loves to get in my car and sit with the seat belt on. Ashleigh had her little play computer in the car this day, so Finley started playing with it. She's such a cutie!!

Nick and I went to a little party at one of his co-workers house the other weekend. (Thanks to Emily for keeping the kids overnight!) I just had to take some pictures of us together. :-)

Ashleigh is always painting or coloring, etc so we finally gave her a wall in our house to hang her art up. It always brings a smile to my face when I pass by it.

My pictures are out of order here, but you get the idea....

I made a fort for the kids to play in. They wanted to sleep in it, so I moved the fort upstairs and they slept there the whole night. :-)

Me and P-nut. He didn't want to smile for me, so this is what I got. Funny kid. Can't believe he'll be 5 years old in 1 month!!!

Lets play some baseball!

The Hungry Caterpillar, by Preston Call

Preston reading The Hungry Caterpillar....he memorized it, he's not really reading the words. :-)

The bottom video is FIRST.

Soccer

Nick's Cousin Jessie came to Portland from Spokane to do a soccer camp. She is an amazing goalie and one of the teams there picked her up to play with them in some competition games ( I hope I got that right).

We went down to Milwaukee OR on Saturday last week to watch her play. She did awesome!!! They won their game 5-1 (or was it 6-1) Either way, it's pretty impressive!

We got to hang out with Nick's aunt Ami and uncle Dan while we watched Jessie play. Preston actually warmed up to them pretty quickly and just loved Ami once she said she would download Angry Birds for him on her phone.

Nick and Jessie after the game :-)

Jessie bonding with Ash. :-) SO sweet!!!

Preston all tuckered out on the way home.

Lemon, anyone?

The things I see on the freeway to/from work...hmmm

Trains

On Friday after work I took the kids to the Amtrak train depot to watch trains. If you didn't know already, Preston is obsessed with trains!!! Ashleigh, thankfully, is a good sport and enjoys going on outings even if they don't pertain to her at all. :-)

I let the kids climb on and play around these tracks for a few minutes before seeing the No Trespassing sign. oops.

The kids waiting for the train to arrive.

Had to check out the inside of the train depot. I love the benches.

On our way out waiting for a train...

On Saturday we decided to go back to see the trains and bring daddy this time! Yay! Before we left Preston and I did a little Mario Kart race...he and I both suck equally so it was a fair race. :-)

The kids all ready to see the trains with their conductor hats on.

We saw 2 trains with in 5 min of being there! :-) Preston loves waving to the conductors.

Daddy educating Preston on the mechanics of a train.

Nick with Ashleigh cuddling before the next train arrived.

Preston waiting anxiously for the next train to arrive
Here it comes, yay! :-)

After the trains we headed over to the new Vancouver Library. They closed the one near Clark College and opened a 5 story library on the West side of the freeway off Mill Plain. One entire floor is dedicated to children/children's books. There is a TON of stuff there for kids to play with and see, etc. It was so much fun and air conditioned--which is always nice. The kids want to go back every day. ha ha. We won't be going daily, but we'll definitely try to make it weekly. We ended the day with milk shakes for the kids and pizzas. It was a great day!