My parents just moved to Redmond, OR which is about three hours drive from us. It's so great having them so close! We went down last weekend and Derrik came back for work, I stayed the week with the kids. Then my parents drove us all home and stayed this weekend with us. We went to the Portland Zoo, helped Will and Jonny learn to ride their bikes, and had a few poker nights. Thank you Nana and Papa!
The boys
The girls ;)
Will and Jonny watching two hippos take a nap.
So I cannot believe my little girl is already six months old. Time has flown by! She is the smiliest baby and always so cheery. Her brothers adore her and love taking care of her. She is cooing like crazy, so so close to crawling, and can't get enough of her binkie or thumb. We love you Katie Bug!
Up on all fours, but not quite there yet, I'm sure it will be any day now. 
Derrik decided to do a camp-out in our backyard with our boys. We got the tent put together (it had never been opened before so that was quite the chore:) ), then we busted out the aerobed and sleeping bags. Katie and I roughed it in the house. :) 
They loved playing in the tent . . . they took lots of treats, watched KungFu Panda, and told stories til the wee hours of the night, and were up with the sun of course. :)
They filled their backpacks with camping essentials as you can see: leapsters, leggos, dinosaurs, heroes, and trains. 
Smores in the firepit! YUM!
We went up to Olympia to visit our good friends, the Nielsens, for the weekend. They watched our kiddos for us while we went with people from Derrik's office to dinner and a Mariners game in Seattle. It was SO fun spending the weekend with Chanel and Kevin's crew--our boys have missed Mark and Mia like crazy, it was just like old times in Merry-land. :)
