road trip (part three)

Poor Vivian!

A cranky attitude, mild fever, and grunting earned Vivian a trip to the Convenient Care clinic in Hamilton.  Diagnosis:  ear infection.  Thank goodness it was mild and the doctor said it looked like it had probably just started.  Three days of antibiotics is all it took.  

happy summer solstice!

Summer time means warm weather and base ball games (and a million other things too).

It was a beautiful hot day today!

And Rolli, Vivian, and me were invited to the Apple Sox game with some friends.

Feels like summer!

road trip (part two)

Montana or bust!!

Shout-out to Marshall for letting us use his 4runner!

We had it neatly packed with enough food to feed 100 people, weekend bags for 5 people, two playpens, two booster seats, a sleeping bag, and miscellaneous toys.  And there was still room for 3 adults and two babies!  One coffee stop and we were off at 0830 hours.  

Ready!  Only 450 miles to go...

Grandpa Rollin in the driver's seat.  Hannah sandwiched in between Rolli and Vivian. 

Grandma was our navigator/tour guide commentator. 

Hey Grandpa!  Keep it between the lines!

Rolli managed to bring the truck along.  

He made truck noises and turned the wheels for hours.

Poor Vivian.  She made it clear that she does not like riding in the car.

I wish I could have made her more comfortable.

(Saturday morning I found out she had another very mild ear infection.  I thought that with treatment she would calm down for the ride home.  Nope.  Ear ache or no, she doesn't like the car seat.)

Bribing Rolli with "made with real fruit" and lots of sugar snacks.

He isn't so sure about it.  In fact he chewed them up and spit them out. 

Bribing Vivian with the same fruit snacks.

Didn't work with her either.

aaahh.  Vivian getting her chin scratched by Mr. Giraffe. 

Such a sweet face... for now.

Rolli is just a dork!  He liked having someone sit in the back seat.

Grandpa Rollin sandwiched in between Rolli and Vivian.

The babies let it be known that they preferred to have Grandpa in the back seat with them instead of their Mommy.  Thanks a lot kids.

Almost there!  One last stretch-our-legs-break.

(somewhere in Montana)

We finally made it to our hotel in Hamilton by 1630 hours Montana time.

road trip (part one)

Rolli, Vivian and me started our road trip to Montana with a stop at Grandma and Grandpa's house in Yakima last Thursday.  After a play date and a skipped nap on Thursday we drove the first 110 miles with Rolli and Vivian passed out!  By the time we arrived at Grandma's the babies were well rested and ready to explore!   

Cool!

Rolli found the toy truck that his cousin Caleb had left.

Vivian quickly acquired the truck.

Rolli decided to just let her have and look busy gardening instead.

Then Vivian spotted Grandma's newly potted plants.

(by default Rolli got the truck back)

Oh, you know she was fast about pulling those plants up!

Rolli was helping Grandma water... then he got thirsty.

This is the first time I've seen him drink from the hose.

Vivian, "um, Rolli did you just get water on me?"

Rolli, "hmm?"

Vivian, "You're not doing it right!  Give that to me!"

Workin' hard in his baby muscle shirt to rearrange Grandma's yard.

All of this playing wore them out!

After a big dinner and a quick bath they were off to bed.

Sleep tight!  We have a looooong drive in the morning!

And me and Mom got busy in the kitchen prepping for a 100 person catering.

girl's night!

Bree makes the best crab wontons!

Michelle makes the best peanut sauce!

Stacia makes the best mojitos!

and Becky Spies makes the best bread pudding!

I love girl's night!

Michelle, Stacia, Hannah, Bree, Becky, Monica, Katie, and Amy

with

mojitos, spring rolls, sushi, crab wontons, bread pudding, mae ploy, peanut sauce

after a spread like that I can feel my stomach in my chest.

Delicious! 

Thanks to Ethan I hardly had anything to clean-up afterwards.

I will be sleeping well tonight.

Resting up for our road trip....

to Montana!

See you on Monday!

bath time!

"Rub-a-dub-dub look out soap there's two in the tub!"

Rolli and Vivian love (or at least like) bath time.  Which is a good thing because they are always so busy playing hard and getting dirty.

"Rolli!  You have bubbles on your head!"

"Viiiivv, you're silly with those bubbles."

I like to call Bella into the bathroom.  

She always comes in to find out what all the commotion is about.

Rolli and Vivian get all excited when the see Bella.

"Aaaaah!  Bella!"

Hilarious!  

15 months!

What a day to be 15 months old!

Rollin Von weighs 20lbs 1oz and is 31 1/8" long. 

He loves to tackle his sister, bite his Mommy, zerbert his Daddy, play with his trucks, look out the window, pull weeds (and everything else) in the garden, play hide-n-seek, throw the ball for Bella, and climb everything all with his tongue a mile out.

Vivian Mae weighs 19lbs 4oz and is 30 1/2" long.

She loves to boss the family around, have her chin scratched, eat the flowers, clean, hoard blankets, get back rubs from her Mommy, watch Daddy mow the lawn, take Bella for a walk, yell at the neighbors when the walk by the house, and she's learned to be quiet when she is doing something she is not supposed to.

A couple of healthy toddlers soakin' up the sun!

They love splashing in the pool!

What a goof!

At the park this morning another girl told me "he is just stickin' out his tongue".

(I know it's a little blurry but Marshall took our other camera with him so the quality of photos has gone down)

Pouring water all over yourself can be so fun!

A moment of seriousness.

Bella joined the babies for a quick drink in all this heat.

Miss "Sunshine Mae" 

Mr "yes, my tongue is still stickin' out"

Just in the last week he fell 3 separate times biting his tongue and making a bloody mess.  You'd think he'd learn to keep his mouth shut.  Apparently not.

Doin' some yard work in their swimsuits.