We're back...

Since the countdown to sabbatical is less than 4 weeks away and Brian has mentally checked out of work, no excuse not to have enough free time to try this blogging thing again.

Since we last checked in a lot has happened, mostly good, but since having 2 kids greatly reduces quality and quantity of sleep we've forgotten anything more than a few days ago.  So we'll focus on recent past and maybe fill in a few older pics from last 6 months later on...

Eamon turns 1 on July 14th... hard to believe its been almost a year.  He's standing up on his own but no walking yet.  Not in a huge hurry for that because he's already a danger-boy climbing into dangerous scenarios constantly with no respect for gravity or the lack of bounce in wooden floors, cement, walls, etc.

Here's an early birth present from Nana we let him open.  As is typical for first birthday he is equally interested in the present itself and the packaging.







here's a quick after work trip to park near our house on one of our first summer-like days of the year



 Summery is definitely not in a hurry this year... but as the saying goes, summer starts July 5th in Portland.

In preparation for 4th of July we loaded up on sparklers, snakes, and snap-and-pops.  We did a practice run Sunday and Eamon found the snap and pops to be especially funny





 Cut to scene in garage:
Hudson:  Let's build a sling shot
Brian:  I don't have any rubber bands... what else can we build.  (looks around) how about a tree?
Hudson:  OK
A few hours later...
And then a few more hours later in which time I could have easily driven to store, bought rubber bands, and built 5 sling shots...

Unpainted version of tree.  Was fun to cut swirly lines with scroll saw that I never get to use so it was a fun project.

Time to paint, like all good artists in just underwear and socks

And here's the final product

Eamon wants in on the fun

Eamon doing his standing thing