Meydenbauer Beach Park

We spent Sunday morning at Meydenbauer Beach Park on Lake Washington in Bellevue for some rock throwing and a nice picnic lunch at the playground.


 
 
 

ABC's

For awhile now Braedyn has known all of his letters if we point them out and ask what they are or if he is just showing us something he sees. But just recently he's been making a good attempt at saying the alphabet.....

Proud of his rocks

For those who frequent this blog, you know that our kid loves rocks, mostly throwing them in to some body of water or carrying them from one place to another. Lately he's taken to wanting to show them off to all the world.

walk in the park

A True Friend

Braedyn would do anything for a friend, he is loyal and fiercly defensive of those he cares about. He would sacrifice his own body to save those that are closest to him. This picture proves it. Twice this week he has tripped while running, and rather than selfishly protect himself, he has held tight to the handlfuls of rocks that he was carrying with him. On Satuday he took a bridge to the lip, and on Sunday he skidded on the sidewalk on his forhead and nose. But we're happy to report that the rocks were not harmed. After a few tears and a little blood, he delivered his friends to their home, at the bottom of the river or lake....

Kung Fu

Braedyn has long been a devoted follower of martial arts can often be found practicing his moves at many a favorite location.

a day at the park

Birthday

A couple more birthday party pictures that were sent to us.

Hanging out at the Aquarium

Talisha at the park

 

Birthday Gifts

Commuting

It's been a couple months now since Michael has been full time bicycle commuting to work. The weather is getting a little nicer so it's a little easier to get motivated to get on the bike than when it is dark and raining. The decision to not replace the Subaru immediately (since it's most recent breakdown) was pretty easy, and makes the motivation not be a factor as much and should get me in better shape. The trek into work is 5.5 miles each way with about 2 blocks of it being on roads, the rest is on the Sammamish River trail and an offshoot trail going right to my building at Microsoft main campus. When the sky is clear you get these awesome views of Mt Rainier the whole way in.

On the way home Braedyn and Talisha usually walk down to the trail to meet daddy and walk back with him. Braedyn usually likes to ride on the back of "Dado's bike" sitting on the panniers. At least until he spots a nice rock that needs to be picked up.

 
 
 

Birthday play

Playing with friends was the hit of the party.

 
 

Birthday Cake

Braedyn made a great attempt at blowing out the candles on his cake, but had a lot more fun eating it.

 
 

Birthday Party

We celebrated Braedyn's big number two this past weekend! Lots of friends made it over for the excitement, and Braedyn found himself mostly surrounded with little girls.

 
 
 

Playing in the yard

with the increas in the number of nice days and the number of hours of sunlight around here we've found ourselves out in the yard a lot more lately. Toys have been making their way outside too and seem to become permanent fixtures in the yard.

 
 
 
 

fair weather riders

You'd think that people in the Seattle area wouldn't care if it were raining, otherwise they'd stay inside all the time. Well that's apparently true. It's simply amazing how the trail that we go to every day can have almost no one on it all winter long and then a nice, sunny day comes along and you can barely move on the trail from all the people. People here are a bunch of fair weather outdoor visitors! Braedyn was even amazed by all the new people around so he just stood there waving as the cyclists went by.