San Juans 2012

Well, I'm finally getting around to writing up the blog post from this years San Juans trip.  As usual it was a fun weekend, it's always great to see everyone.  Matt and Felix had a lot of fun together this year.  By next year they'll be plotting together against the adults I'm sure.

 Matt and Felix working on some fishing

 Lily and Gud, working on eating rocks....

 Ohh, Pinecones!

 

Hey Gus!

 Erica got in the way of two boys on the move and got taken out.

 The boys off exploring. Notice the board laying in front of the deck?

 Grandma an Lily, just hanging out.

Hey, wonder where that board came from?

 Maya providing some supervision.

They're just having too much fun to not have done something they shouldn't have...

Going crabbing.

 Scary thing is, we were that size when we started going up there.

 A rare image caught on film Ethan smiling into the camera.

 Gus guarding his book from Lil.

 Ethan, you're going to have to put on a few pounds before you can mess with Ryan.  I love how concerned Ned looks...

 Lily helping Auntie make dinner.

 Rainer beer, an essential ingredient in Swill.

 Boiling crabs.

 We got really lucky with the weather.

 Sunset.

 Matt and I got up early one morning to go out to check the crab pots by ourselves.  Always cool to see the eagles out in the morning.

 Nah,  not having a good time at all.

 Excellent day for crabbing.

 We even got some crabs!

 Some seal pups on the rocks on the way back in.

Lily and Grandma, getting ready for boating.

 Costco muffins for breakfast, what every growing boy needs.

 Lily's ready to go.

 Matt got tired of waiting to go boating.

 Mommy even smiled for the camera.

 Out on the water.

 Lookin pretty Chill in those sunglasses there bud.

 More crabs!

 A day on the water takes it's toll on a baby.

 Exploring the Lopez concrete plant.

 A 3 year olds perfect playground, a pile of rocks.

 Sliding down the pile.

 Playing cards with uncle Ned and Sarah.

 Erica and Fe.

 Group Picture 2012.

 Dogpile!

 Matt and Felix burning off some excess energy.

Don't know where they're off to now, but they clearly have a plan...

 Matt helping to pack up.

Ferry passing us on the boat ride home.  The end of another great trip.

Video updates

Lily has learned to play peek a boo all by herself, and Matt's gotten good enough at glider biking to take it offroad!

Peek-a-boo! from Virnig Family on Vimeo.

Glider Dirt Biking from Virnig Family on Vimeo.

4th of July and More

Well, Summer in the PNW has finally arrived, and shockingly it happened before July 5th for once!  Lily continues to grow at a staggering pace, she's now got 4 teeth, crawls like a crazy baby, climbs up on furniture, and in general wrecks havoc on her brothers nice orderly life.  At least now she's getting beg enough that the two of them can play together a little, but I'm betting it's not going to be long before she develops the use of the word "NO!".

 Cuddling the fat cat, havin' a snack

 Dinner with Jewsbury's. Clearly Matt had no fun at all.

 Playing with care in the basement. Lily tried to grab the car when it came around.

 Had a leak in the toilet gasket and had to replace it.  Matt was "helping". Hold the flashlight.

 Contact paper art project.  Looking good!

 "Where's my food?"

 "Oh, yeah, the good stuff!"

 "What do you mean there's no more?"

Matt's getting really good at riding his glider bike.  Going to have to put the pedals back on it soon.

glider biking from Virnig Family on Vimeo.

 Even though he's getting REALLY good at glider biking now, Matt still enjoys a little Jeepin'.

 Playing in the Kitchen.

No idea why, but Lily LOVES this little plastic carrot.

See what I mean?

For 4th of July we went down to the property for 3 days.  We had a ton of fun, fireworks, good food, and good company from the neighbors. Unfortunately since it was a mid-week 4th, Auntie and Uncle couldn't join us, and it wound up just being the 4 of us and GranDan.  

We brought the inflatable boat down so we could do a little crabbing and cruising around, Matt had a blast in the little boat.  Every time he got up from a nap, he wanted to take the boat out again.  We even managed to get Jamie to go out with Matt and I, leaving Lily behind for some time with GranDan.  Lily seemed fine with this, until she saw the 3 of us out in the boat without her.  1/4 mile away with the engine running, and we could STILL hear her squaks of protest at having been left behind.

 Catching Parachutes.

 Snakes!

 Some new friends from next door.

 Lily snacking on Humus and watching the fireworks.

We must have gone through half a dozen boxes of sparklers.

 Check out those chompers!

 

The neighbors getting ready for dark.  They don't mess around.

 A mid wek 4th made for a more tame show down at the community beach.  (Not necessarily a bad thing) Yes that is an old ladder with fireworks strapped to it.

The 4th is a blast down there, but both years so far, the morning of the 5th comes close.  So quiet and peaceful.

 Holding onto little sister.

 Lily took any opportunity she could to attack the clover heads.  Pretty sure at least one went down the hatch.

 

Baby and blue sky.

 Matt and Jamie taking a walk at low tide.

 Lily having some fun with GranDan.

 Baby girl is all done.

Kids playing crab fishermen.

Auntie and Uncle came down to play with the kids last weekend so I could get some things done while Jamie was out.  Auntie came up with the idea of boating in the pool.   After 1.5 hours of playing with Auntie and Uncle, both kids immediately passed out after lunch. Thanks guys!

 Turtle boat!

Yesterday we took a little adventure up to Tolt McDonald park and Remlinger farms.

 Crossing the bridge with a sleeping Lily.

 "I'm walking in the middle so I don't fall through the cracks!"

 Playing in the river.

 Look who finally woke up!

 Dropping rocks into the river.

 Eating ice cubes waiting for lunch.

 Lily was using the straw like a horn, using it to make noise. Muscial future maybe?

 After nap wagon rides!

How did both of them get on one side?

Last nigt getting Matt out of the tub we had a little exchange that I thought Virnig family members and those who know GranDan would appreciate.

Matt: "Grandma needs a new GranDan."
Me: "Oh really, why is that?" (I get told once a week that he's getting a new daddy who will let him do whatever it is that I'm not letting him do, so this wasn't all that shocking.)
Matt: "Because GranDan's smiler is broked.  It's just broked so she needs a new GranDan."
I guess GranDan needs to work on smiling a little more.

That's all for now, hope everyone's been enjoying the Summer weather!