Her first locker!

One of the things Gabi was looking forward to most about middle school was getting a locker. I remember those days! Here she is in front of her cool locker. She has to share it with another girl, but it's still so neat and clean. She's so organized I'm sure it'll stay like this all year too!

Nick's New Quad

Just realized I never posted pictures of Nick with his new quad! We ended up selling the baby quads a few months ago and got Nick his dream quad. We took it out Labor Day weekend and had a blast. He is just as amazing on this quad as he was on his little quad. Now the plan is to get another one for Gabi as well. We upgraded her this summer to an older quad we have had for a while. She's pretty good on that one as well, and happy it has reverse, but she has now decided she's willing to give up reverse to have a quad like Nick's. So hopefully next year she can get a new one as well. Now the plan is to be able to go riding more often. It sure was nice to have both kids on bigger quads so we ca go faster and not have to worry about them getting stuck on steep hills. They can go anywhere they want to now!

  

And I couldn't resist posting pictures of how much my baby has grown! Here's a picture of his very first ride out on the quads. He was such a little cutie! I think he's 6 here. And there he is on his new quad. He's 11 in that picture. Sure has some a long way!

Here's a close up of his special bars - Tag Hart & Huntington bars. They are awesome bars and one of a kind. Not even available on the market yet!

Coffee Anyone?

I really love my new coffee maker! Since I am the only one in the house who ever drinks coffee or even tea, it makes no sense for me to brew a pot of coffee. I drink 1 cup and that's it. Just not work the effort a whole pot takes. So I got a new single cup coffee maker this weekend. It is perfect! It uses the K-Cup style inserts that brew a single cup of coffee, or tea, or hot chocolate! No mess, no fuss, just nice hot coffee in under a minute from start to finish! It even came with a special adapter so you can use your own ground coffee, or loose leaf tea.

So now I am actually drinking coffee again, and drinking tea more at home because it brews so quickly and easily. I made a cup of tea using the special adapter and it made a really good cup of tea. I wasn't sure it would because of the speed it brews at, but it tasted just the same! Nick likes an occasional cup of tea as well, so I'm a little more inclined to make him some tea when it's so easy.

I figured when the weather turns colder too Bryan and kids might actually like Hot Chocolate more often too.  I figure brewing coffee or tea at home and taking it to work is WAY cheaper than wanting to stop for coffee on the way to work, and the stuff at work just isn't that good either. There are so many different variety of coffees and teas that I should be good to go. Not to worry though, I still have my bigger coffee maker for when real coffee drinkers come to visit. Now I might actually have good coffee to go along with it!

Almost 3 party

HAPPY ALMOST BIRTHDAY!!!

We had a party for Lilian while she was here visiting. She turns 3 next month but will be in Mississippi so we had a very small get together while they were here.

Lilian loved her Cookie Monster stamp we got her. She wanted to stamp it everywhere!

She is really into Elmo and loved getting an Elmo of her very own!

Reading stories to Mom

Playing with her new Bike mom got her. Now she can be like Uncle Nick!

Hurry up with my Moticycle mom!

The flame is gone!

Loving her Ice Cream cake.

Pretty sure she thinks Grandpa is nuts!

The zoo!

Sorry it has been so long since I have posted anything. Life has been pretty crazy around the Geddis house. Rashelle & Lilian are here now for a super short visit. They came out for Justin & Brandy's wedding. Lilian was one of the flower girls. We were lucky enough to spend a day at the zoo when they were here since that was one of the things Rashelle really wanted to do. Here are the pictures of all our fun!

Lilian eating her salad at Olive Garden. 

Lilian decided to drop her pedals AFTER the ceremony instead of before. 

Playing dress-up with the bridesmaids.

Playing with Aunt Gabi & Uncle Nick at the wedding.

Rashelle & Lilian checking out the animals at the zoo

Grandpa showing Lilian the apes

The new lion exhibit is VERY cool!

Lilian & Gabi having fun together

Gabi and the Zebras

Water fun

I know it's been a while since I've done an update so here is what we did yesterday. We took the boat out on the river by our house and played with the water toys. Bryan, Nick and a few of our BMX friends took the boat out early and played all day, then I met them when I got off work and spent a few hours on the river. The weather was HOT! 103 degrees by 3:00 but the water temperature was a perfect 74 degrees! I didn't know the river would be so nice! 

Nick and his buddies were able to get up and play on the kneeboard and they played all day long. Bryan pulled them up and down the river from Oregon City all the way into downtown Portland. Cruising the river was so much fun. There are some amazingly beautiful houses along the river! The boys were good and sunburned by the time I got there, but nobody was complaining. They all had such a good time! A fun way to spend the hottest day of the year!

Below are the photos of Nick on the kneeboard. He got pretty good and can actually do a 180 and go backwards for a while. The boy makes it look so easy! 

Bryan and I both decided we are getting too old for this. He played on the wakeboard and kneeboard for about 10 minutes and now his back is hurting him. (Sorry no pictures of him. I had to drive the boat!) And I tried my wakeboard, but on my 2nd attempt I pulled the muscles in my arms and now can't grip anything! Can't even crochet now because my arms hurt too much!

All in all it was a great time though and since the temperatures are supposed to be 105 degrees for the next 2 days you can bet we'll be on the river for the rest of this week as well!

Petal Power

Our yard and pots are in full bloom now so I thought I would take some pictures to share how pretty they look. I love this time of year! Our petunias are looking very nice. Much better than the Fuchsias we tried planting last year.
 

  

A close up of the rose bush by our front door. The thing grows like a weed!

Love these baskets. They turned out so nicely!

My absolute favorite. The Peonies. We were supposed to have 2 white, 2 light pink and 2 hot pink, but it looks like we might have gotten 3 white, 1 light pink and 2 hot pink since I have 3 plants with white peonies blooming. Looks like the pink ones won't be blooming this year, but at least the white ones did. And they smell wonderful too!

And of course, no post is complete without some kitty pictures! Here's Muscles hanging out with us looking cute and regal as usual. Didn't want to be pet of course, but demanded you know he was there. What a crazy cat!