A donut nook kind of day

Monday will start an exciting and busy season so today we had a quite family day. We spent most of the day inside, escaping from all the smoke from a big near by fire and the 106 degree heat. We woke up and took Owen to our long time family favorite donut nook. His first time to the donut nook! I have a lot of fun memories of going to the donut nook or waking up to my dad with our favorite donuts. When I went to college my mom even convinced them to sell her their employee shirt that says, "The Donut Nook". I have tried to keep Owen from sugar and even made him a healthy birthday cake but today that all went out the window. His whole body shook with excitement when we handed him his chocolate with rainbow sprinkles donut. You can tell from the pictures he loved it, how could he not. We had a great day together! What did you do for your Saturday? 

Fun at the park

His hair blowing in the wind, hands gripping tight to the sides, and feet wildly kicking the whole time, quite a sight to be seen on his first swing ride. Mondays are our family day. We went for a stroll downtown, got some ice cream and spent time on the swings at the park. Owen loved the swings! He also loved the puppy on a walk, the boys yelling on the jungle gym and daddy running around trying to make him laugh. 

There is a cute little park, near our apartment, that we pass when we go on walks. It will be fun to start taking him there when he gets a little older. He can only really enjoy the swings right now, but I'm sure it won't be long before he's running all over the place. 

Just the three of us

Paul, Owen and I piled our stuff high in the back seat and headed down the road for a family day out. We started the morning out at one of my favorite bakeries and got an iced decaf mocha. We left with some peanut butter cookies and russian tea cakes to nibble on the rest of the day. On our way out of town we stopped on the side of the road to take these pictures in the fresh sunshine.

Owen looks like such a big boy in that first picture. He has recently figured out how to pull him self up, on the chair, the bath and us when we're all on the bed. All he wants to do now is pull him self up on things, stand up tall and look around. He is still likely to go tumbling down at any point so we keep a good hold on him. I cant believe how much he is changing. 

I'm off to go put the little bug to sleep so me and Paul can spend some time together. 

A weekend away

The weekend before last we drove a couple hours away to spend some family time together. It was our first little getaway with just the three of us. We moseyed around a fun shopping center most of the day, Owen's highlight was watching the big water fountain. He's such a water baby. We got a fancy hotel on Priceline and checked in early to hangout together. Owen enjoyed rolling around on the big king size bed. We got pizza from a near by restaurant, brought it back to our room and snuggled up for a relaxing night.


Paul and I want to remember to make it a priority to get time together as a family. I remember one time, we had been married a couple years, Paul surprised me with a night at a new hotel in town. We laughed when we could see our apartment from our hotel room. When I was younger, on my dad's day off, we would have a "cabin day". We would go to the store to get previsions and then go back home and pretend like we were at a cabin. No phones, no internet, just family time together.