Thursday, July 30, 2009

Party Time

On Monday we had Jacob's party. We invited a few boys to come over and go minature golfing. It was way to hot with very little shade.....I think it may have been the fastest game of golf ever!









The boys kept playing at the same time which is one reason they seemed to just fly through each section.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Happy 8th Birthday Jacob!

Sunday was Jacob's 8th birthday. It seems like he was just turning 3.

Tonight we celebrated as a family over at my parents house. Monday we are having a little party for him.






My brother Brett brought over this little motorcycle. I took it for a little spin. I had never been on anything like this before and Brett didn't give me the greatest instructions before my trial run. I didn't take a spill, but the bike sure did! For some reason I forgot to let off the gas and was trying to slow it down with the brakes, but it just kept going faster and faster. So I let my feet drag on the ground and jumped off and the bike crashed without me! I'm hoping none of my neighbors were looking out their windows. Brett gave me a better lesson and then I drove it all around our front yard....I was a little to scared to take it back out into the street.

Riding all over my parents back yard.

Brett also brought water guns for all the kids to play with.


It was in the 90's today and I think the massive water fight at the end of the day was the highlight to Jacobs birthday.



Haircut


Somebody was not to happy about being sheered like a sheep today.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Jenny


Mike's sister Jenny has been up visiting from California the last few days....and as always we love getting to spend time with her! We went for a long drive over to the Hoh rain forest, which is a little south of Forks for anyone that is a Twilight fan. There were way to many mosquitoes there for our liking, so we only went on a very short walk. Every time we opened the car door one of those little bloodsuckers got in the car.

There is a really large Spruce tree there that is just under 300 feet tall. It's estimated to be around 500 years old.


Jacob got to spend some quality snuggling time with Jenny. He has already been in tears tonight just thinking about her having to go home tomorrow afternoon.

All the McKean's....except for me....someone had to take the picture! (Emily complained that I'm never in the pictures, that's because I'm the one always behind the camera.)

Mike, Jenny, Kim, Tom and Mickey
We miss you already Jenny!

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Museum of Flight

We went to the Museum of Flight this weekend.


Jacob liked the hot air balloon and my nephew Trevor enjoyed sitting in a Blackbird.



This was up in the air traffic control tower. The computer screen that the boys were looking at had every plane that was being tracked in the air in the U.S. They both watched planes coming into land with binoculars.


The woodwork on these old planes was quite beautiful.


Does this pilot look like Brad Pitt or what?!? (Mike says this was my favorite part of the day.) His name was Captain George Ashmun. He flew in the South Pacific and was shot down. Mike has always put up with my crush on Brad, but I do have to say he isn't my favorite anymore because of Angie!

Mia


So my mom says that I need to stay out of pet stores because I come home with to many pets.....but isn't she cute! (But really....Kelsey wouldn't let me leave without her.) We named her Mia which took a lot of work for
everyone to agree on a name. Kelsey seems to think that she is her kitty.








Jacob is being very gentle with her to try and keep her sweet.







As you can see the dogs are quite bothered by her! (Not Really....they seem to like her....Charlie our tabby cat is tolerating her.)
Emily and Mia fell asleep in the hall together.




Saturday, July 4, 2009

A Redneck 4th of July

Mike wanted to go to the Freedom Festival in Tacoma today.....I told him I didn't want to go because there was probably to many "gangster type people" there. (Tacoma can be a little on the scary side sometimes.) So tonight we somehow went to a firework show with a bunch of rednecks instead.

We were completeley surrounded by drunks letting off fireworks with a beer and cigarette in one hand, and a firework in the other. We had to move our chairs at one point because fireworks were being set off behind Kelseys head. After hearing our fair share of bad words and ladies running into the water screaming that they had no underwear on, we decided to pack our children up and head home. I was glad that Jacob kept his ears covered the whole time.

Happy 4th of July!!

Wednesday, July 1, 2009