Best Buddies

These guys are the best of friends! We wake up to Ivy yelling DAAAD! I have to tell her he is at work all day and she is so excited when her friend comes home from work to wrestle and chase her around the house. Not to mention going to the park and working outside and mowing the lawn on the tractor and on and on. Darin is the best Dad and Husband. I love you!

Random Fairs are Fun!

We went to the fair last night. It was just a little thing in the parking lot of a store. There were a few rides and some games and stuff. Nothing too exciting but probably just the right size for Ivy. We went with Rich, Laurel, Claire, Lytton and Darin's parents to check it out. I haven't been on a ride in probably 10 years which is sad cuz I love em. I think it has something to do with Darin's aversion to large crowds of people and carnival rides. All Laurel had to do was say the magic words and away we went. Those things get more rickety the older I get. I was crying I was laughing so hard. And its not very often you get to see Tri-Cities from the sky. Good times! So until the big fair comes to town we will sure enjoy the random little ones!


Laurel and I went on the Ali Baba. Oh man I was laughing so hard.


Ready to go down the super slide with Dad. My little slider was in heaven!


The carni helped Ivy pop a balloon to win a prize. I kept trying to steer her to the cow but in the end Ivy snatched up a blue salamander. What a great $5 toy!


Ivy with her Salamander. She even took it to bed. What a fun evening. I love getting to see everything likes its the first time by watching Ivy.

Fairlane Feeling!

Its that time of year again. The fairlane decides what we are doing pretty much every weekend from now until the nice weather goes away. We went to the cruise in at Wendy's last night and quickly learned that a DJ makes all the difference at those things. There were some cool cars and nice people but nothing to keep us around for very long. Hopefully we can find some more cruise ins that know how to jazz it up. Darin and Ivy went to the Benton City car show last weekend and had a blast even though everyone came home a little pink cheeked. Yay for sunshine!

Heading to the cruise in

Just blowing in the breeze!

Ivy eating, imagine that.

Slides

Ivy's favorite things at the park are the slides. She kind of 'tolerates' the swings, but you can tell she is not having that much fun. She also wants to do the big kid slides by herself. She throws a tantrum until you let her, then you have to cringe as you can hear her tumbling down the tube slides. She always comes out a wacky way, but she loves it so what are you gonna do.

Kvew TV

http://www.kvewtogo.com/news-video/

Click on Good Morning Northwest or just search for Greenies!

We did a Bike and Kayak interview, but they only published the bike section to the web. When I get the DVD, I'll upload it for everyone.

(This is Darin doing a TV spot for the local morning show.)

Sew Mama Sew!

I have been sewing a lot lately. I think it has to do with the trying not to bake. Since I'm not going to be pregnant I've got to get ready for swimsuit season! Anyways I've got some pictures of all the things that I have made but I'm not technologically capable of downloading them. And why should I when I have Darin. But I have done some really fun things and have so many projects that I want to do its ridiculous. I have made a crochet hook roll for mother in law, a purse (with a mini me one for Ivy), some blankets, a table runner and an apron. I've been loving looking at recipe blogs but right now I'm loving sewing blogs. Well I saw the cutest spring sewing project and it shot straight to the top of my to do list. These eggs are so cute and I'm a sucker for a quick and easy project. So go to Retro Mama and check out this super cute tutorial on fabric Easter eggs. I'll try em out and post some pictures with all my other projects.

Besides sewing I have just been running around feeding Ivy. She has a huge appetite lately and I just can't figure out where all of that food goes. She is a serious fruititarian which is not a bad thing. The other day she passed on the candy Aunt Laney was passing out for the grapes. I made rice krispy treats with craisins and dried cherries in them and she ate out all the fruit! I love it that I have to worry about her eating too much fruit in a day. She is talking more and more and has an intense love of being outside. Its a fight all day when its too cold. I just keep hoping that the sunshine will make more than a one day a week appearance.

Darin is keeping busy at Greenies cuz Greenies is keeping busy. Business has really picked up this month. We have sold 15 bikes and there are 2 more business days left! He is also going to be a tv star. This monday he is doing a segment on the bikes and on the kayaks for the local news. He keeps trying to convince me that I should do it but there is no way. Besides I'm not fully operational at 5am. So thats what has been going on out at Goose Gap. Not much but we are happy!

Cookie Time!