Cold Beer

The dock may be sinking, the deck may need painting, the leaking windows may need replacing, the floors may be shot, but at least the fridge keeps the beer cold.

Is it a cottage or a chalet?

For the last 2'ish years we've been seriously looking for either a lake cabin (on Deer Lake) or an upgrade on our current home, something with a view and possibly a pool is what we've been targeting.  It's been super frustrating for so many reasons but on the blog we'll just say we haven't found the perfect piece of property.

Fast forward to about a month ago Matt's mom calls to say the renter down the street is moving out of the place I've been eyeing for years and word on the street is the owner is ready to sell.  We called him directly and made an offer and BOOM!  Got ourselves a lake place!

Of course it was way more complicated than that but who cares now that we have it right? 

So it can't be "the cabin" because my parent's Orcas cabin is "the cabin".  So I was trying to call it "the cottage", however it looks like a chalet so that might be the new term.

We got the keys on Friday so we spent the weekend tearing out the old musty carpet, ripping down wallpaper and repairing the dock.

We're hoping to have it up and running for the 4th of July.  Yippee!

We had so much help this weekend it was great - my parents came up, Matt's parents helped (their house is 7 houses down), Matt's Aunt Claudine helped. I feel like we're way ahead of schedule for our grand opening party on the 4th :)

Spring Soccer

Charlie has played for 3 years with these boys. Currently soccer is his 5th favorite sport (behind bike riding...), hope he chooses to keep playing in the Fall. He's got these great kids to play with and we love hanging out with their families!

Annie just finished her 1st soccer season. Sadly we're going to have to find a new team for her next year. She was on a co-ed team and the coach has a boy. We'll have to make sure she stays with her homegirl Jossalynn though, they look so cute out on the field together.

Earth

For Science Fest Charlie made a model of the Earth and labeled the layers.

Annie made her own version, which consisted of all her favorite colors mixed together. Smart kiddos!

Marmot Match

This weekend Matt and Lori Dyk came over with their little ones so the kids could do the Marmot March and Matt and I could do Bloomsday.  Sorry for the overload of pictures, the kids were just so darling in their special shirts.

Pre-race

Annie ran in to a buddy from school at the end of the race.  She seems to know 1/2 of Spokane already.

Stood right in front of the sun.  Dumb.

Matt entertained the crowd while we waited for Lori to buy a water.

There was a long line.

Kids didn't care though.

After the race we walked over to the falls.

Fighting on the bridge.  Always a good idea.

Please notice Matt posing.

Please notice Matt pretending like he's not posing even though he is.

The falls.

Matt still posing just in case I'm still taking pictures.

The Dyks enjoying the view.

We came across these crazy statues and the kids decided to mimic each one.  How could I not photograph each pose?

This turned out to be the funniest part of the day.  The kids were so into it!

Charlie picked his spot.  7 year old humor is killing me.

Two of this one because it's just so darn funny.

The 80's were pretty great.

Last weekend we went to an 80's themed birthday party for Matt's cousin Denise.  Everyone totally got into it and worked the costumes.  Super fun.

Denise sent home slap bracelets and cool glasses for the littles.  They were super pumped and would have said "totally awesome" if they knew what the 80's were.  Instead they said "I feel like I'm looking through a window with these weird glasses."

Annie's Shark Team

Wednesday was picure day, I had to capture my own version of the team being Sharks.

Annie and one of her many best'ies.  Pretty sure they couldn't be any cuter if they tried.