just another day in the life: August 2010

August 04, 2010

Coming To Terms...

With the new lady in my son's life.

This is Caelen. We heart Caelen. She is our "Best Friend, in the whole world!"

Nolan and Caelen were in pre-school together and became instant best friends. She is adorable and I'd be lying if I said I didn't want her a part of my family forever. Unfortunately, being a military family, they recently moved up to Washington. Lucky for us, her family lives here in Grants Pass, so we will hopefully be able to still visit with her. They are 2 of the cutest kids ever, and enjoy every minute with eachother.

Belknap Family Reunion

If you ever get a chance to go anywhere, you have to make the trip to Belknap Hot Springs on the McKenzie River, Highway 126. It is the most beautiful place to explore and the hot spring pool feels amazing towards the end of the night when the cool breeze picks up off the river. We were there a few years ago for Sy's sister, Hannah's wedding, and recently went back for a family reunion for Sy's father's side of the family. It was a great turn out, everyone showed up, and we had a wonderful 2 days of exploring, laughing, eating, drinking, and swimming. Unfortunately, I was slightly under the weather and would have lost my head if it wasn't attached to my body. I forgot my camera on most occasions and these are the only pictures I got....dumb, I admit.

So Jack walks now...officially...no more crawling. It happened about 2 weeks ago, he just woke up one day and was walking with an attitude as if to say, "So yeah, I'm walking now, this is how I roll."

Funny story, we don't actually have bikes (went over budget on house painting), but we did buy the baby buggy because it was the last one and we didn't want to miss out. Thankfully, Sy's parents have bikes that we were able to borrow while in Belknap, and Jack just loved his new buggy.