Long summer days

Sarah’s Thoughts- Last Sunday, it was not only Mother’s Day but also happened to be Luke’s Birthday. Since birthday trumps Mother’s Day, I made birthday muffins for breakfast, and had friends over for birthday dinner... steaks on the grill, halibut, corn on the cob, homemade bread, carrot cake and strawberry rhubarb pie. Delicious! We bought a new little charcoal grill this year and have been crazy about cooking on it - pork chops, back strap, king salmon, brats, you name it! Owen has taken to yelling “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” to let us know he’s ready for his grilled entree. The weather has been so nice, its been really hard to get excited about doing anything inside, so good thing we can cook out. Poor little Owen’s eating and sleeping schedule have been completely thrown off by the nice weather. Not only is he going to bed about a hour later then he use to, but the sun shines so bright in the morning that he’s been waking up at like 5:30 in the morning, shuffling into our room with his cuddle sleeve with a, “hey guys, what’s going on?” look on his frumpy haired, red cheeked face.

Low: Owen’s fat lip from falling off his bike. Looked like a little beak, poor kid!

High: Our Saturday boating adventure which eventually landed us on a secluded, warm and sandy beach. We roasted hot dogs, played barefoot in the sand... It was lovely.

Luke Update- Luke has had a busy last couple of weeks. Between assuming the role of Mr. Mom and getting ready for a busy fishing season, he has had his hands full. He was suppose to go on his annual spring black bear hunt this week, but due to circumstances beyond his control, he only got to go hunting one day and spent the rest of the week working on the car breaks. After much frustration and bolting/unbolting the tires, it seems like the job is done? And just in time for the first trip of the season, which is tomorrow! Despite all the distractions and disappointments, Luke has been an incredible dad and husband. In addition to making dinner every night last week, Luke has won Owen over. Usually, Owen makes it pretty obvious that he’s a full-fledged mama’s boy. However, lately, he’s been loving on the Daddy, reaching for Luke in the morning to snuggle and high-fiving for every bus spotted on the road.

Owen Update- We have really been enjoying our boy lately. I don’t know if its the sun and all the outside time, or the fact that Owen is getting a little bit older and more independent, but he’s been really happy and lower maintenance lately. At every opportunity, he’s putting on his shoes and heading outside. In the last post, I told you about Owen’s bus fascination. This week, he was going into a grocery store with Luke and there was a school bus in the parking lot. While Luke and Owen were checking-out the bus, the driver opened the door to give Owen a little tour and even let him sit in the driver’s seat. It doesn’t get much better then that, people. In addition to getting very excited about busses, he’s been loving rocks, but he calls them “rocky”. We find rocky everywhere... on the shelves, all over his room, in my shoes, even in the garbage disposal.

tending to the fire

fun in the stroller

dolly getting a ride to the boat

playing with daddy

playing trucks

mr. fix it

dump truck in action

 I've been trying to capture this picture for months

before he fell off the bike...