Third Week of August

This week was busy as usual, but the highlight was getting to see friends from Hawaii who we haven't seen in 2 years!  The last time we saw them Bryon was going to school at UW, we were living in Seattle,  and Kai was still living in my belly.  It was so much fun to see Eunice and Taylor again, even though it was only for a few hours.  They were in Seattle for the week, and on Saturday we met up in Leavenworth for a day of rock climbing and tubing on the Wenatchee River.  Despite only having a 10 minute nap on our 5 hour drive to Leavenworth, Kai made it through the entire day with a smile on his face (and snot dripping out of his nose...poor sick boy!), before falling asleep on our 5 hour return trip that night.  What a trooper!  I'm so thankful that he likes the car better these days.  Kai also loved meeting Eunice and Taylor, although his pronunciation of "Eunice" was slightly off (see video below)!



Taylor belaying Bryon on a 5.8 route at Barney's Rubble.



Trying to help daddy.

My first time rock-climbing since having Kai.  It was just as fun as I remembered!

The raft is blown up and we're ready to party on the river :)

Braving the frigid waters of the Wenatchee...very refreshing on a 90 degree day.

Kai loved the raft, and bounced all over it for our entire trip.  He especially loved jumping into the middle (which is mesh so he couldn't fall through, thankfully!) and splashing us all.

Thanks to Taylor for saving Kai from launching himself off the raft.

Kai likes to find various receptacles for his cars.  On the morning this picture was taken, Kai found my bread pan and informed me that it was a "boat".

On Wednesday evenings we've been taking daddy on surprise family outings.  This week we went to Talache beach and BBQed.