summer? wow!

wow i just looked at this and realized that I had not posted anything since the end of April! Guess that's a partial clue of just how busy this summer has been. Dave and I parted ways in June while Jonah and I traveled to New Hampshire for a much needed rest after school, Dave rode his bike across the whole state of Washington- from our house in Olympia to his mom's house in Spokane. He had a lovely long trip and made it with the help of his brother Nate on a couple of days driving support- lots of fishing, camping and seeing the countryside :). Jonah and I had an adventure in Boston for a couple of days before heading up to NH. We rode on a duck boat tour which was cut short by a very violent intense thunder storm- his first. It was a little scary but he did really well. We spent a nice long week with my folks in NH- hiking, playing with a lot of my old toys, throwing balls for Denali (the lab), and visited my Gramma who just turned 95 years old. I will endeavor to post some photos of these adventures asap.

I returned at the end of June and completed 6 credits of electives for school. Really glad that is over- the classes were great but I think summer is better left for other activities than school.

August has been a mix of work and play- a couple of quick trips to the beach in Westport for surfing, some camping, I caught my first ever fish on a fly rod!, crabbing and fishing in the Sound with our little boat (which Jonah ADORES!) ripping off our front porch in preparation for a new one, painting our back deck, and more.

Jonah is doing really well at 'school' and will be moving up a class in fall...instead of being a "skunkling" he will now be a "frog." We are bringing home all kinds of fun artwork from daycare, and they are keeping the kiddos busy with sprinklers, art projects, stories and songs. Jonah loves to read books before bed now and is particularly enamored with both boats and trucks (which he calls boats too!). In the morning when we leave he often walks out and says "Hi boat" to the boat in our carport and "Bye bye boat" when we drive away. He is talking and trying to talk a lot more- now saying yes and no in response to questions, bus, boat, dog, meow, moo (and pointing to cows) moon (which is his dear copy of good night moon book), and lots more. He is also actively playing on his own now- making motor sounds for his toy boats and airplanes and perhaps my most favorite of all now- learning to jump.

Will add some photos and videos to this soon- stay tuned! We are getting ready to take summer vacation next week to Spokane and then Bozeman Mt so more pics to follow!

Lots of Love, Em and Dave and Jonah