LONG overdue

We are back.  Monday we got back from a 2 week vacation back home in Washington.  It was beautiful and we had such a good time seeing friends and family.  Brooke and I took advantage of Grandparents willing to babysit and went out to 3 different movies.  We shopped, ate and pretty much kicked back and enjoyed it.  The kids both got ear infections and were sick the first part of our trip and then Brooke and I got sick at the end.  We still managed to squeeze in lots of fun.  Here are a few pictures of the fun we had.

I had a birthday while we were there and Brooke totally spoiled me.  He bought me this new camera and I am having so much fun with it.  I have lots to learn though.  That night he took me out to The Melting Pot for dinner.  We ate so much and had a great time together.  It was very odd being out without our kids.  

Gracie is alot more adventurous the Jake ever was.  We have to keep and eye on her!

Jake wanted to "workout" with his dad one afternoon.

We went to Brandi's new house for a bbq.  It is a great house and we all had fun....especially Grace trying to climb up the roof.  

We are already looking forward to when we get to go back home again.

I don't like dogs...

Today was a beautiful day outside.  Mid 60's with a few clouds in the sky and a nice breeze.  We didn't really have anything going on, so we decided to have a picnic in the park.  Lunch was good and then the kids had fun on the playground.  Brooke went to put together a kite at the picnic table and then i decided to go to some nearby trees and take a few photos of Grace.  I had just set her down and was about to get the camera out when I heard this loud screaming.  I noticed that some dogs that had been playing across the park were now running our way.  I looked over to the playground and saw Jake with a panic stricken face, running toward me faster than I have EVER seen him run.  I hurried and picked up Grace and we went to save Jake.  The poor guy was so scared.  We went over to the picnic table and he would not leave the cement slab or go anywhere near the playground for fear of the dogs returning.  He kept telling us that he didn't like dogs.  So, that was the end of our afternoon at the park.