week 29 in pictures

sunday: while killing time in portland, we were lucky enough to get to visit w/ my cousins and aunt and celebrate a special 2nd birthday. micah was very excited about the golf set he picked out to give him… and very concerned when he wasn’t “using it right”.

a couple skinnies for the center slots of the offensive way to use the golf clubs wrong… they were not supposed to go in the pool and micah was not amused! LOL.

also, micah, in a tree, waiting and waiting for dave and shane to cross the finish line of the STP.

finally! (shane was there too, but I didn’t have my camera ready fast enough. it’s hard to time it right.

and cole and kat finishing w/ their entourage. they got much fanfare as they finished.

wednesday: prepping for layla’s birthday party. we bought out michaels’ supply of lanterns.

thursday: every now and then shane just needs to love on ginger.

saturday: I had a TON of errands to run and I made the mistake of taking layla with me to spend some birthday money at target. OMG… she took for-ev-er… finally wound up with a bed for julie.

also saturday: dave planned a little surprise party for me at fireside cellars. I though he and I were just going out, but then we got there, and lynn, miina, lisa, and my friend dave from high school were all there! I was SO surprised, and I had a ton of fun. it was a beautiful evening, and while we were there, we had an awesome balloon flyover.

and then I have a bunch of instagrams:

part of my killing time in portland on sunday involved spending my lululemon gift card. layla and micah had to come along and micah was most excited about the display of yoga mats. not sure what was so great about them, but he was impressed…

every time I get to the bottom of a jar of nutella, I wish I had the long, flat, tongue of a dog. it’s true.

found this on the wall. when I asked micah what it was, he said he was playing “stick the straw on the cup”. okay…

fun at willis-tucker park.

a nice mom at the park alerted me to the fact that I had a sticker on my back… at least it doesn’t say “kick me”.

more park fun.

shane is always finding new and improved ways to torment his cat. apparently toby is an STP finisher.

big display of ‘bacon’ goods at the party store.

more party prep: we acquired feed sacks for the sack race. they had to try them out. micah didn’t want to race because he wanted to be the starter.

the ‘food tent’ ready for the party.

and… 1 hour before the party, this happened. right after the dog at the hot dog buns, and right before a guest arrived 36 minutes early… not awesome.

me, after all the guests had gone, and kids were in bed.

and 3 big collages from layla’s party.

book shots will be added after I get the pics back.

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