Week Thirty-Five

It seems like there is no end to the excitement in our lives these days.  On Friday, Bryon's parents and sister came to visit us from Colorado and China.  Of course, Kai our extrovert is thrilled to have more people to laugh at his antics, cuddle him and play with him.  We also celebrated Father's Day and Gramma Sue's birthday in fine style.

Our trusty pontoon boat drivers.

 

Kai-Lo

Taking a little dip.

And a big dip!

Ohhhhh Canada!!

Spokane Falls

Celebrating Gramma Sue's birthday with a dinner cruise on Lake Pend Oreille.

Goodnight Gramma!

 

Week Thirty-Four

This week we arrived back home again after our vacation in Canada.  My mom and dad drove us home on Wednesday and Kai was a happy traveler for 99% of the 10 hour car ride!  And, daddy was very happy to see Kaibo (and me too!) when we got home.  And, being the awesome husband and dad that he is, he'd kept the house remarkably clean and done a bunch of projects around the house like hanging pictures, hemming and hanging curtains(!), and painting Kai's porch swing.  The house looked great when we arrived and it felt really good to be home.  

Thursday and Friday were spent visiting with my Great Uncle Merv and Great Auntie Lillian who were visiting Sandpoint, and doing lots of projects around our house with the help of my parents.  We got our veggie garden planted, our porch swings hung, and various things fixed and mended.

Then on Saturday, my dad and Bryon did the CHAFE 150 bike ride here in Sandpoint.  It's a 150 mile road bike ride to raise money for the Panhandle Alliance for Education, and Bryon and my dad road the half ride which is 82 miles long!

My parents left on Sunday and our little family of three spent the next couple of days enjoying each other and beautiful Sandpoint in the summer.

Kai and his Great Great Aunt Lillian

While Kai napped my mom and I planted our veggie garden.

Lettuce, arugula, spinach, rocket, peppers, tomatoes, zucchini, squash, cucumbers and herbs!

Half CHAFE here they come!

6 hours later...

Putting up our new pendant light.

And, trying out our new porch swing.

Kai loved his first taste of a snow cone.

Hanging out at City Beach.

Taking daddy on an early Father's Day outing to Green Bay on Lake Pend Oreille.

Week Thirty-Three

Week thirty-three of our little guy's life found us still in Canada and enjoying lots of time with family and friends.  On Friday, my mom, dad, Kai and I drove to Campbell River on Vancouver Island to stay with my grandma and attend Sarah and Isaac's beautiful wedding at Strathcona Lodge.  Kai loved his first ferry ride, and even more he enjoyed seeing great-grandma again and meeting many other new friends.  This week more than confirmed the fact that he is an extrovert and people lover.  He LOVED being held by all the new people, and everyone commented on how bright-eyed, happy and alert he is.  He definitely brought lots of joy and laughter wherever he went.

Kai's first ferry ride - from Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo.

Great Grandma Gamache

Isaac and Sarah's wedding.

Visiting with friends while mommy was at the wedding reception.

Consuela and Giovanni

Kai was highly entertained by Giovanni and all of his antics and funny voices.

Saying good-bye to great grandma.

Playing on the ferry.

Back in Aldergrove to visit more friends.  This is my parents' neighbour, Wil, and Kai absolutely loved both her and her cat.  He couldn't stop laughing whenever the cat came near, but after Kai gave the cat's ear a good yank it refused to come anywhere near him again!

Playing on the lawn while we had a picnic dinner.

Congratulating Emma on her first place ribbon in ball throw!