I can't believe that the entire month of July is already gone. It started out lovely with a long visit from Uncle Bryce-y Bryce and Aunt Manda. They came right after the fourth which we celebrated here at the house; just the four of us. I got some sparklers for the kids (they won't be awake for real fireworks for years to come because they don't start until very late here). It was the first time they'd seen anything like it and they were both in awe. It was great.
Our visit with Bryce and Amanda was great. They did tons of exploring the city via bicycle and I had a workout partner for a couple weeks! The boys went hiking and did some brewing, you know, pretty normal weekends for the Wards. Oh yes, I also got some MUCH needed shopping in at a huge outlet mall south of Portland. It turns out, Bryce is also quite handy with landscaping so we got some cheap labor and a lovely looking front yard! We got to go out to a few new places with them and even got a date night with them while the kids were looked after.
I attached a bunch of pictures that were taken at random and are mostly a collection of us just hanging out over the last month. We are closing out our month with Uncle Dylan at the house (that's the third brother in 6 weeks!). Today we went on a walk out by a waterfall and we found what I think might be a new favorite place for me. It's a picnic area by the water. It kept reminding me of a place I went to as a kid. There is a picture of me with my brother eating something on a blanket. I don't remember where it is, but this place today reminded me of it. It made me think of how much fun it will be in a few years when the kids are a bit older and can run around and play in the water. I wonder what they'll talk about??
There are all these perfect places here, I don't know if we'll ever find them all.
Stay tuned for Olivia's 1st birthday!!
~Ahna
