Summer 2008

We have been having a fun, busy summer so far. Here are some highlights.......


Saturday On The Water

This is still Journey's spot in the boat. Lounged in the cabin on a pillow. What a life :)

Mark had scheduled a tuna tournament for the weekend after the 4th of July, but unfortunately, due to weather, it was cancelled a couple days before. Mark and his friend Scott decided to spent the night on Government Island. The kids and I met them at the boat launch the next day and we drove down the Columbia River to Sand Island in St. Helens. We had a great day and perfect weather. Journey still takes two naps a day and Aspen one, so you never know how a whole day on the water will go, but it went great! Journey fell asleep as we were boating down the river. Aspen's cousins who live in St. Helens and met us at Sand Island for a couple hours of fun.

VBS

Aspen got to participate in his first VBS last week at Abundant Life. It's not the church we attend (my parents), but it is much closer to where we live, it's a great, fun, young church, and best of all, his friend Sofia goes there too :) He came home glowing every night after VBS. It was fun to watch. He has now informed me that Abundant Life is his church. Not our church, but his church!

New Words
Journey has come out with quite a few more new words lately:

Wawa - water

Ball
Baby

Eye (and points to it)

Pretty

Berry
Kaker - cracker

Pasta
More Mama
My Mama

Cheese Mama - by far her favorite food. She even asks for it at breakfast sometimes!
Papa

Nana - banana or Nana (Mark's mom)

Buba - Aspen

NO

She is stillllll not walking. She HATES it when I try to push her by only holding one of her hands when she walks, try to make her walk a couple steps to the couch or try to talk her into walking to me. She is very stubborn and will just sit down (and throw a fit) if I try to make her do something she doesn't want to. She is very cautions and hates to fall. I am just getting so tired of carrying her everywhere!