Piper and I went to Soleia's reptile themed bday party! It was a hit with the kids and parents too!
Our Father's day outing at the lake was a beautiful day. Everyone swam and got out on the paddle board. We were even brave enough to get all 5 of us on the board and surprisingly didn't tip! The tent camp out was only somewhat successful, well actually, okay, it was a disaster and not worth rehashing. But we still hope to try again this summer...seriously missing the RV set up!
David Staley you are a rock star dad! Your time, your snuggles and your cooking earn you #1 dad award. Not to mention the fun you bring to the table, your love that you share with us and the smarts that you are handing down to our monkeys with the endless book readings. The awe they have for you is heart melting, thank you for sharing this crazy journey of parenthood with me. Man, I am so glad we are on the same team! I choose you every time.
Here is a picture of Piper and I at our 2nd annual attempt to stay up until midnight on the solstice. Last year she made it to 11:30pm and it was about the same this year. It was a fun night of Piper time after the boys were in bed. We went out to the mountain biking trails, she and Dave walked down to Cuppa Yo, and then ended the evening watching "Over the Hedge". Didn't quite make it as you can see. But oh so sweet, my little monkey moo!
It was a big RACE weekend for Team Staley. First off the kids rode in their first ever bike race at the Hullaballu in Northwest Crossing. The under 3 years old division went first, Calvin and Jett had a blast. They got pretty spread out which was a challenge for me to keep track of them in the mass of kids. But the race ended at an ice cream truck so it all worked out just fine! Piper loved the race too, or was it just the Popsicle at the end? =-) She was pretty nervous before it started, but seemed proud of herself in the end. What a fun event. We ran into several friends, ate a tasty food cart dinner, listened to the bands play, and even got out of there with out buying any bouncy house tickets! Success!
Then it was my turn for a big race! Sunny, Julie and I took on the Off Road Oyster Adventure race for the 2nd year in a row. This year our team name was the Noodle Eating Poodles and we had a blast. The course was quite a bit harder than last year, we covered a lot of ground on bike and foot, over 20 miles between the two. They had us complete all different types of challenges, following clues along the way. There was beer pong, SAT test type questions, fly fishing, cross fit work outs, canoeing. One of the most amazing strokes of luck was finding a plastic duck in a pool with a certain number on it. There were probably one thousand other ducks in this pool. Other people were in the pool swimming for them, but on the first try Sunny pick it right up and we were off, on to the next challenge. It was a fun day and I am wiped out, it feels great!
Super fun to have our little ones cheering us on as we came in and out of the transition area! Luckily it didn't really start to pour down rain until AFTER we completed the race.
I will end with three videos Piper in the bike race and Calvin and Jett getting their pump track skills on:
http://youtu.be/l7tKagZkfao
http://youtu.be/CwqxXjaMa0I
http://youtu.be/X2ZX04I9fJc
