Week in Photos: 4th of July, Ben's Obsessed with Monopoly and Evan is a Firefighter!

The 4th of July was a busy day for us!  We started by meeting up with Sammy & Sully down in Bothell to participate in the kids parade!  It was really cute!  We took off before the actual parade, which was great because it took awhile to start and it was HOT in Bothell!

Next up we went to Edmonds to hang with the Cougans!

Ben being so cute.  He was watching The Greatest Showman and I had to snap a picture of him - it's our new family favorite right now.

We went to the Seattle Street Food Festival last weekend, but since it was SO crowded, we stopped to get some cookies from Low Rider Baking Company (one of each, please!) and then left.

But this cookie right here was SO worth it.

But we of course had to sample the others, too.  (Stuffed Smores, Cookies and Cream, Salted Toffee Pecan, Browned Butter Chocolate Chip, and Stuffed Reeces Peanut Butter Cup).

Ben is Monopoly obsessed right now, so we have all played hours of Monopoly lately.  Last week I picked up Monopoly Deal, which he likes a lot too, and it's allowed us to get some of our free time back.

We were invited to come see Evan get pinned at the Woodinville Fire Board of Commissioners meeting this week.  It was so great to be there to see and support him, and the bonus was Ben got to check out the firehouse and trucks!

Afterwards, Ben asked me if Evan could be part of our family and live in our house :)  It's safe to say Ben had a great time - and we did too!

Memorial Day Weekend

We had such an awesome and fun Memorial Day Weekend - complete with great weather and lots of fun with friends.

Friday night started out with wine after work with Melissa while the boys played.

On Saturday morning, Greg golfed while Ben and I went to Edmonds to walk down to the Farmer's Market with Rachel and the kids. 

Totally impossible to get one with both of them looking at the camera :)

Pepper was super into me and I was SUPER into that!  Lots of snuggles at the park and on the walk home :)

We did our best to get a photo of all of us.

On Saturday evening, we went to Melissa and Marc's for a BBQ while Ben, Sammy and Sully roamed free in the back yard!  It was such a fun and relaxing night :)

Sunday morning and afternoon was spent:

• Getting bagels at the Woodinville Bagel Bakery (our favorite breakfast spot)
• Going to Target
• Going to Value Village where I scored a $3 Mariner T-shirt
• Going to the park to teach Ben to ride his bike without training wheels - we aren't there yet, but we've made progress!
• Getting the car washed
• Being suddenly ATTACKED by grass pollen - which I THINK is the root of my allergies.  I'm starting to wonder if Ben has them too because he has been coughing more and has been snottier (literally, not in a bratty way) than usual.

Despite my allergies, Greg and I had a long-planned date night at Salare - a place that has been on my list for awhile, so we went ahead - and it was incredible.

On Monday, we went to the Mariner Game!  The weather was absolutely perfect for it too!

Week(s) in Photos: Haircut Faces, Easter and Cougan-Kid Takeover

My mom and Ben made bunny masks!

My sweet boys brought me flowers!

We met Lisa and Evan at Seattle Bouldering Project for a morning climb session and lunch!  Ben surprised us all by being amazing at climbing (with no harness)!

Crazy Hair (pre-haircut):

We had a Sunday with no plans: we went to Lucky Strike, grabbed a Bloody Mary in the afternoon and then went home to make dinner with our neighbors.  So fun.

Ben is obsessed with my night serum that comes in these little blue plastic things.  He is always SO tempted to squeeze them and I get SO mad (because $$$).  This time, he was clearly getting into them again, but then re-thought his plan and left one out with a note for me instead ;)

These haircut faces absolutely kill me:

Rachel and Peter went to SF for the weekend, so we gladly had Raleigh over for 2 nights + Pepper for 1!  We all had so much fun - and Ben now agrees that "borrowing" some siblings is an okay alternative to us having more kids ;)

Since we had the kids on Easter Morning, the bunny brought their baskets to our house too!

Greg took the boys to Elevated Sportz for trampolines and pizza!

That evening, we went to dinner with my mom.  I asked Ben to take off his athletic gear for ONE picture (and had to bribe him with more candy to do it).