Starting summer off with a bang

'cause a little bit of summer's what the whole year's all about...

- John Mayer

I found this video and who doesn't love themselves some John Mayer (btw doesn't he look a little bit like Nick from the Bachelorette??)?

The weather has been so gorgeous (and SO HOT), so Trey and I have been outside as much as we can stand.  The school year ended and Randy took off for a week with his buddy Jason to do some fishing.  Trey and I got to spend the first week of summer doing some serious bonding, and we had a really good time.

Aunt Julie has this fun little pool in her backyard, and Trey loves it. He especially loves putting the slide into it and turning it into a water slide.  On this particular sunny weekend, my dad came up to hang out with us for the day and evening.  We spent most of the time at Julie's and got some good shots of the boys.

On Sunday, Julie invited Trey, my dad, and myself over for craft day with Deena, Deena's mom Judy, Coen, and baby Dax.  Apparently, craft day means mimosas and homemade cinnamon rolls while the boys play, so I am all in!

Coen, Grady, Trey, and Case 

After we went home, Trey decided that a little naked iPad time was in order...

Trey and I have a project for the summer and that is to visit every park in Beaverton.  I have a map posted on a corkboard and am hoping to mark each park with a color coded pin about how awesome the playground is.  We started this weekend and hit Greenway Park (review: too hard to find an entrance not to mention a good playground; however, it would be a great park to bike in.  I'm determined to find a good playground, so we will be back, but at this point the playground review would be POOR.)

Julie had to get the boys home, but Trey and I were determined to find a good playground.  We really liked the park at Fir Grove Park because a) it was shaded and b) it had an awesome playground.  Playground review: FABULOUS.

During the first week of summer, Trey and I could not have been happier.   We slept in every morning, cuddled in bed and watched shows, and had numerous playdates.  It was the only real week I have of summer thanks to summer school starting, so I really tried to enjoy it as much as I could.  It was an awesome start!

Swimming with Camille 

Hammock time with Ana 

 Writing his birthday treat bag names all by himself!

Watering the garden for Mommy 

Finally earning his keep!

So far I wouldn't trade summer for anything.  While summer school is going to be really intense (stay tuned for that), I love love love our mornings at home, enjoy spending time with Trey, love seeing friends during the week, and really love not going to work.  Summer, you can stick around as long as you want!