Another camera down!

my little walker!

the boys having fun at the park! It's a whole new experience now that little Drewby is walking!

fun at Edmonds Beach! This is before my camera died!

loving the sand and fun treasures on the beach!

Grandma met us at the beach after a Dr. appt and treated the boys to some yummy icecream!

boys will be boys!

It's official, I cannot be trusted with electronics including cordless phones, cell phones, and camera's! It's almost embarassig to admit, but in the last 6 to 8 months, I have gone through three cell phones, one cordless home phone, (although almost 2 since the second and only one left fell right into my cup of coffee, but was ok after some drying), and 2 cameras! In my defense, a few of these "accidents" have been the kids fault, but the other's are all me! Just last week I lost my second camera two a few grains of sand from Edmonds beach. Drew had just shoved a handful of sand in his mouth and I mearly reached for Drew's hand and the camera barely even touched the sand, and the lense would not open or shut and it gave me an error message. As you can imagine, Orlin is super thrilled about this and can't get over my luck lately! Just today I did some searching on craigslist for camera's and found a couple that look good for between $30 to $50. I will not spend anymore than that since it may only last 6 months! When you have little one's, it's hard to keep your stuff protected when they are subject to water, sand, and the occasional drop or two! No pics for me for awhile, except for my cell phone, which, let's hope stays safe! All the pics on this post are from my phone and I have to admit, it takes pretty good pics!

Where did August go?

Jayme and I at Cameron and Jenny Youngs wedding in Chelan.

Shawna, Camille, and I enjoying the lake. We spent most of the day floating and it was great!

in the beer garden at the Blake Shelton concert.

beautiful night for a concert in Chelan. Blake sounded awesome!

our wine tour guide, family friend Scott Earney! He even made the shirt for the event. Our first afternoon of girls weekend.  

fun wine tour with the gals.

at good old Buddy's Tavern.

The relaxation station!

our ride out to town on our last night!

such a fun night!

at the Cantina!

on our shuttle to the airport. Noah thought it was so cool that we didn't have to wear seatbelts!

boarding the airplane for the first time!

about to take off!

Drew was pretty impressed as well!

Noah's big catch!

Orlin and his brother Tyler being gross!

Drewby and Grandpa. Drew was a little obsessed with him on the trip, but it was pretty darn cute!

celebrating Orlin Sr's 60th and Jaclyn's 28th. Fun night with the family!

hanging at Nana and Grandpa's condo.

the Sorensen family.

I am seriously getting a little lazy with this whold blog thing lately, but this month has been crazy busy, so let's get caught up shall we! This month was all about Chelan and the Sorensen family vacation to Mammoth, CA. We finished up with our swimming lessons in mid August and we feel so good about Noah's progress! I think we will start up again next spring and hopefully get him swimming on his own by next summer. We had a family friends wedding the 13th of August in Chelan, so that was a really fun family getaway and Noah got to do lots of swimming with his cousins in the pool. The weekend of the 20th Orlin and I headed over to Chelan for the Blake Shelton concert, which was at the Mill Bay Casino in Manson. It was awesome! We went with Orlin's bff/business partner Brett, his wife Camille, and Brett's brother Sarge and his girlfriend. We took my Dad's boat out all day Saturday which was pure heaven and just had some wonderful adult time! The next Thursday morning I headed over to Chelan again for our annual girls weekend, a.k.a. Hot Mess Holiday as Orlin has renamed it! We had such a great time and seriously did lots of lounging in the sun, eating, and enjoyed many a yummy cocktail! Two days after getting home from that we headed to Mammoth! This was the boys first time on an airplane, so we were a little nervous as you can imagine. Noah was a rockstar and Drew also did great on the way down. The way home was another story! On the way down we had the help of Tyler, Orlin's brother, so that helped a lot. We had an awesome trip and were able to do lots of hikes, swimming, and fishing. Noah even caught his first fish in one of the lakes down there, so that was a pretty big deal! The reason for the trip was to celebrate Orlin Sr's 60th, so we had some great family time and just enjoyed being together in the beautiful Mammoth mountains. I got to get out and shop around the village with Sue, Orlin's cousin Ali, and Jaclyn, Ty's girlfriend. We all enjoyed the trip and look forward to going back in another few years maybe. Poor Drew triped in our condo on day 3 and smacked the bridge of his nose on the rock fireplace. It looked and sounded awful and he was pretty pathetic looking for the rest of the trip. The air is so dry up there as it is at 8,000 ft, so all of our noses and skin got really dry. Drew's skin got really bad and he even got a bad diaper rash, so he was a little beside himself the rest of the trip. He didn't sleep a wink on the 4 hr. drive to the airport going back and was a bit of a wreck on the plane. I also had the pleasure of changing a poopy diaper in the tiny bathroom, which was a real treat. I'm pretty sure the whole plane heard the screaming! I did however get seated next to singer Colbie Caillet on the plane, which was pretty cool. I actually didn't even realize who it was until the flight attendant asked for her autograph! She was nice and moved to an open seat so Drew could have his own, which was really smart on her part. We were happy to get home, but all in all, it was a good time and we are glad we made the trip to celebrate such a special man! Happy Birthday Sr., we love you!

P.S. Drew is officially a walker now! For the last week or so, he has been walking all over the place. He is also loving walking around in the grass out back and thinks it's real cool to play with the dirt in the garden as well. Exciting times!