When the Shipleys were parents for a week

Wow, what a crazy summer this has been. After Eric's wedding, Mike and I went back to work, then celebrated my birthday (I finally have a nice bed frame now!), then had my uncle and cousin stay with us and do some tree work, then had Mike's niece and nephew with us for a week, then went on a road trip to Disneyland for a week. What madness!

We got home last weekend, and it's been nice to just sit back and catch up on sleep and TV. I've got lots of pictures to share of our wonderful time at Disneyland, but for now I need to post some of Nick and Madison, who we had a blast with the first week of August. I have a much greater respect for parents now, too. :)



Here are the kiddos shortly after falling off the swing in our front yard. Aren't they precious? :)














If you look closely, you can see Madi in one of the top branches. She loved climbing our tree and was out there every moment she could. It was great, and I even managed to get up there a few times with her.














One of the days, I took them ice skating in Portland, and they loved it! I wish I would have allocated more time for it, because neither of them wanted to leave.
















Me and Madi at the ice rink.














Another shot of them on our swing.

















Mike and I took them to the Clark County fair on a bright and shiny Sunday, and we all had a great time!












Here you can see the kids chasing Marty at the Vancouver dog park.













Silly Uncle Mike playing xBox with Nick. They loved playing Halo 3 together.
















During one of our trips to the dollar store, Mike and Madi got creative.