Summer Livin'

The first week of summer always feels a little chaotic because I am trying to get grades posted at PSU and prepare for Trey's birthday party. This year was no different, especially because Randy was out of town for part of it.  Trey and I had a good first week together both relaxing and being productive.

I bought some strawberries and raspberries at the farmers market and made 20 jars of freezer jam!  This was critical because I was all out of jam, and once you start making your own, you just can't go back to store bought.

Our garden is starting to produce!  I love having Trey see where food comes from and that it doesn't just come from the store or the refrigerator!

Our first budding lemon! 

Randy's ingenious lettuce garden!

I don't particularly like having 12 heads of lettuce at once, 

but I guess that just means a lot of salad! 

Trey loves watering, which is great because I hate it. 

Our tomato plants are starting to grow! 

Trey goes to daycare on Tuesday and Thursdays to hold our full time spot for the fall.  On these days I have been working on some online courses, doing chores, and having lunch dates with my friends.  On the days when I am with Trey, we do a lot of playdates, go to the library, and relax at home.  I have signed him up for a few classes, the first of which was a music class and a total bust.

Learning how to do the mouse on the library computer
It's amazing how quickly they learn these things.

We do A LOT (and I mean A LOT) of make believe play with his figures.  

Right now he is very into superheroes and Rescuebots, with which I find much more difficult to use my imagination.  Whatever happened to Elmo and Mickey? 

Trey is really into this Superman raincoat (along with cape) that he got from Kai.

One day, a hot day, mind you, he wanted to wear it to daycare.  

Pick your battles, I thought.  Go for it, Superman.  

So in my last blog post I wrote about how much I'm going to miss the three clinical psychologists who I have worked with and learned so much from over the past seven years.  That is true, but what I might miss more is my daily connection with Kerry.  We probably email 20-30 times a day, text just as much, and see each other regularly for coffee, walks, lunches, or happy hours.  I guess I should use the past tense now.  Sob.  We are both moving on next year, me by force and her by choice, and while she assures me things won't change, I know it will.  My friendship with Kerry has been one of the highlights of my job at the ESD and I am really really bummed about that changing.

Kerry turned 40 right after school got out, so we helped her celebrate on Sauvie Island at Kruger's Farm Market.  They have summer concerts where you can bring picnics and hang out on the grass.  It was super fun, and Trey was really into the dancing.

Here are some fun pictures that Randy took:

Trey had a great time in the sun and enjoyed the music and picnic.  We will definitely need to go to one of their concerts again.

Kerry and I toasting to 40

I recently discovered a food buying group on Facebook that is in Sherwood.  It is great because the woman posts things all of the time for people to buy in bulk (produce, dairy, meat, etc.).  I got in on a butter buy from Larsen's Creamery, so now I have a freezer full of butter.  I liked buying from Larsen's because my mom used to take care of the owners when they were old.  Now I have a freezer full of beef, chicken, berries, rhubarb, jam, bread, and butter.  Someone has some cooking to do.