Camping...

We just got back from a camping trip to Forks.  Weather was perfect.  We even took a 2 mile hike in the woods to the pacific ocean at the mouth of the Hoh River.  Like usual we had to camp in cell reception and good thing we did because Shane had to be on the phone helping customers.

Now we have to switch focus to the Fair.  Sky has entered into a Fudge Demonstration category plus plans to enter his fudge and apple muffins into the fair this year.  Brady might be entering some veggis but, he hasn't decided for sure yet.

Remembering...

I was looking for an old pic of my boys and came across this one of the family. After about 20 minutes of crying I thought I would share it. I have been really missing Danny and Daddy so much lately.

Parakeets got to go...

Dad

 Mom and dad parakeets are in love.  I have not even gotten the last batch of babies out of their cage and they were starting on the next batch.  I can't take it anymore.  I do not want to spend the rest of my life finding homes for baby birds every 2 months!  I hope to find someone who wants to breed them so they can stay together but I just don't want to deal with it anymore.  All the babies look like the dad.  Brady wants to keep one baby and that is fine but right now all 7 birds are chirping really loud.  Babies want mom to still feed them and she wants them to take care of themselves, it is all very loud.

Mom solid white and other 3 are her babies

Sky...

Sky asked to go away to camp this summer and I thought...great, he will have some fun outside and make new friends. Neither of my boys have gone to sleep away camp before. Dropped Sky off yesterday and it was hard to leave. It was llike the first day of school when he was 5 all over again! I cried on and off the whole 2 hour drive home. He has never been away from me when he and I didn't even talk multiple times a day.

I am sure he is loving his new freedom from me. Even before he turned 13 he has been trying to establish himself as someone other than my baby boy. This will give Sky time away from his little brother which is what he was most excited about.

I will always see him like this...my baby.

Parade fun..

We all took part in Aberdeen Founders Day parade showing our support for Bill Bryant.

Here are my guys with Jim Walsh who is running for state rep.  Jim and his wife are such nice people and I wish we had met them when we first moved here. 

Baby birds the sequal...

So I broke down and put the nesting box back on the bird cage.  She kept laying her eggs on the bottom of the cage and they would get broke.  So we have 2 babies hatched...

They are so small and so darn ugly at this age.  Here is the only surviving baby from the first group
I call her BB.

She looks like her dad, a light blue color.  Mom is white.

Sad day for mom...

If you look just above the flash spot you will see 2 small marks on my wall.  Here is the proof I have been in denial over...Sky is taller than me by 1/2 an inch.  I didn't like the idea of him becoming a teenager, and now this.  I am going to find my happy place...there will be wine there.