A Troll, New Pets, And A Birthday Boy!

Despite our very sickly month, we've managed to do and have a few fun experiences! I've been sooo lazy about blogging these past couple weeks. There's always something more important that needs done...like the fact that I have a HUGE pile of clothes on my bed right now that need to be put away and it's almost 10:00p.m.! Oh well. I had to get updated, so here's what we've been up to lately.

The whole month of May was a sick mess! Everyone got sick at one point and poor Parker got sick twice. BUT, despite all of that I managed to get Parker POTTY TRAINED!!!!!! Yippeeeee!!! Yeah, I'm a little excited. He's doing amazing too! Does EVERYTHING in the potty. It's great.

A couple Saturdays ago I came home to these lovely things in my garage. The bunny was planned and we actually went and got her together as a family later that night, but these little chicks...not really appreciated! I was in shock. I hate birds! BUT, after a while I warmed up to the fact that we had them (but did not warm up to them!). I've only touched one of them once. The other day one of them jumped/flew out of the box and I was so terrified to get it I just let it roam around the garage until Jeremy got home. I love our bunny though. Her name is Ella and she's so cute! Yeah, two different pets in one day. We're really not trying to start a farm here, really. One bonus is the fresh eggs! Right?

Our latest fun was this past weekend. We decided to go do some sight seeing in Seattle. Jeremy and I have both lived here our entire lives and have never seen this huge troll! I mean, how can you miss it, right? Well, we did. It's living under a bridge, in an area called Fremont in Seattle. It's the same troll you seen in the movie "Ten Things I Hate About You". Anyways, it was kinda fun to see and walk around on. I was surprised at how many tourists showed up! At least two big buses with crazy picture-taking tourists arrived while we were there.

On our way home from the Troll, we stopped at GasWorks Park. It's a well-known park that people flock to, to watch fireworks on the 4th. We've seen it from a distance, but in all the years neither of us had ever stopped. SO, in our last sight seeing attempt we stopped and took some pictures and let the kids play. It's got a great view of the lake and some pretty neat old gas chambers (or something like that...really I have no idea what they're called or what I'm talking about, but they have to have something to do with the name of the park, right?)

And, lastly, it was Jeremy's birthday yesterday! Jeremy had to go into work, so we woke up and celebrated a little before he left. Jeremy LOVES ice cream cake, so I got him one and he blew out his 30 candles and we sang Happy Birthday and gave him a few gifts. The kids liked it because I let them eat cake for breakfast. Yum! When Jeremy got home from work we headed out to Mexican food with his family. It was so good! We enjoyed our meal and cupcakes that I brought, then headed to Target to spend his gift card that his sister got him. He didn't waste any time. All in all, it was a great day for him. Happy Birthday, Jer! We love you!

I totally need a new camera! If these pictures are lousy, sorry!