As usual...

As usual, I've been keeping these little people busy. Thank God that school starts tomorrow because I am EXHAUSTED. I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I had fun also but I'm totally ready for a schedule. And quiet. Three days of three glorious hours of only girl noise. Not so much for the alarm clock though.

Here's what we've been up to, as presented by visual evidence:

We went to the library's Frozen extravaganza. Thatch was too cool to be in the picture but H totally "Let It Go."

Then we went to the BP picnic, which was AWESOME. There was a zipline, a mechanical bull, unlimited free ice cream trucks, trains, and bouncy houses...but no booze for the exhausted parents/employees. Oh, and J had to work so I made Grandma Jonesie and Papa come with us.

There were pony rides too. This is the "unicorn" Coopie wanted to ride :)

And then he found a Papa to ride :)

Here's Thatch freaking out about going on the zipline and Grandma Jonesie restraining encouraging him :) 

This is just cute. I don't know why, in general I'd not be happy about this rough housing but they're boys and it was 3 weeks ago so I'm over it.

Here's a cute video of Coopie pre-zipline. Turns out he weighed enough but his little waist was too small for the harness so he couldn't go. Sadness ensued.

Coopie was able ride the mechanical bull. He wasn't impressed at all. 

But Thatch rode the bull and let me just say, that kid rocked it's face off. Actually, it didn't have a face, but he did awesome! You can see on his face where he goes from "Oh, this is fun" to "Oh.My.Gosh.". 

Okay, so this is just a picture of kids in blankets but here's the back story: I saw a "thing" about a free drive in movie that a neighborhood puts on drive-in movie so I loaded us all up and headed out. When I pulled up though it looked oddly like a grocery store and not like a drive in...word on the street is I'm not really great at keeping up with dates during the Summer. The drive in was the night before! So we came home and rented Back to the Future on Amazon. 

I, feeling badly about the mix up, let them have soda, popcorn, and (GASP) even candy! I'm giving guilty pleasures a new meaning I suppose.

So...then I got a text from my favorite teacher from High School. Good Lord, I must have been an uber Goodie Two Shoes, or was I this cool even that far back? Anyhoo, Mrs. Holmberg was visiting her sister, who lives in Bellingham, and I was able to see her for a bit and she was able to meet the Heathens. Fair warning: I'm in a swimsuit. I apologize in advance.

This vessel is referred to as "the booger". It was seriously fun though :)

Harper has no fear of the water. Life vest it is then.

And then she got tired. Like, really tired.

But Thatch was having so much fun paddle boarding so we toughed it out!

And then the crabs showed up. We played with them, smelled them and then left them to fulfill their purpose in life, dinner. Mrs. Holmberg provided us with an awesomely exhausting day :)

And then we took them to the Fair. And it was dark. And warm. We were confused, that's not how we are used to experiencing the Fair :)

This picture is kind of cool. The trains though, left something to be desired.

Coopie thought they were just fine the way they are though!

Actually, Coopie was into it all. He's not terribly discerning when it comes to a good time. This worries me.

Thatch dug the Dragon Lady too though, so it's all good.

But then we found the real rides...

...and I was terrified we were going to end up buying a $200K tractor and have to live in it. Luckily, we didn't manage to break anything...well no one chased us as we left so that's what I assume.

Then we saw this. Jonathan and Thatcher insisted that we needed it for our front yard. Maybe finding a house can wait a little longer.

We managed to survive the Fair, even though our bank account didn't fair as well. Nor did our waists.

Then we had MORE visitors! My Mom and my Grandma came to stay with us. So what does Harper do to prepare for them? Pee on the couch, of course. I'm really wondering what I was thinking when we decided to not go with the leather couch.

This is me, in case you forgot what I looked like. This is my "I should be cleaning but I'm going to procrastinate and take pictures of myself" face. 

And here they are! I made them pick apples. And then I made a pie, so they weren't mad.

Here's my little Ladybug in a pumpkin patch. 

I'm getting kind of decent with a camera. This isn't even edited. :)

I'm maybe not so great with the angles though. Sorry about my double chin. It's clearly not genetic. My Mom looks great though.

And here we have 4 generations.

Thanks to a flipped cement truck in the middle of I-5 we missed my Grandma's flight. It was rescheduled though and then we had time to head over to Pikes for a bit! 

Cuteness :)

Cutting of the Cheese at Beacher's. Har. Har.

And there you have it...August. Whew. 

Get back to school now little people, Mommy is going to need at least until October to stop twitching. 

Peace out Peeps.

S