Sunday, July 31, 2011

Phone Pics!!

Rock came in to help me at the office.  He's a hard worker.
 Rock had a long day yesterday.  He went running, went swimming and then went to a birthday party.  He turned into a blond tomato.
 He got all sweaty, and then bonked his noggin against the netting on the jump castle.  It left a perfect waffle mark.
 Today they decided to throw rocks into the pond.
 And Rock wanted people to know that he is still learning lots from his mommy, like this:

Monday, July 25, 2011

The Office and Guns of Navarone!

This blog features two classic shows.  First, The Office:
Second, Guns of Navarone!

Holy Twap, Holy Twap, Holy Twap!!

Some stuff happened, so let's get started.  First, Ryker was as snug as a naked bug in a rug.  Adorable.
When awake he has been working on wooing the ladies.
Also, the office bathroom got redone.  Much better.
 A patient from Renton sent us an office warming gift.  Precious.
 Rock wanted to play soccer on Playstation.  Soccer might not be exciting enough for him.
 I am a lucky man.
 Ryker's been spending some quality naked time.  It's what he does.
 We had the family reunion this weekend. Rock's cousins from Boise came up to visit and Rock loved it.
 I think we had somewhere between 100 and a bajillion people here Friday night for dinner.  It was great to see everybody.
 Rock loved having a TON of cousins, but didn't love having all those greedy little hands all over his toys.
 He had to stay ever vigilant, even when tinkling.
 It was hard work protecting his toys, but eventually he learned the virtue of sharing.  Well, eventually he will learn the virtue of sharing, hopefully.
 While everyone was cleaning Ryker decided to get into stuff.  He found the corn starch and had himself some fun.
 He did try to wipe up his mess, but somehow that made it worse.
 Ohh, look at those cute little footprints.  Heartmelting.
 Peggy's husband, Aron, booked us a tee time for Bear Mountain early (like waaaayyy too early) Saturday.  I couldn't pass up the opportunity to play with these views:
 DeA's Note: These pictures are also to remind her Dad and Lindsey Loo that the sooner they come visit the sooner they get to play this course!
Meanwhile, back at the family reunion, Rock was coordinating helicopter rides.  He loves the helicopter, and makes sure that no one calls it the chopper.
 He knows exactly how put on the headset and talk heli-talk.
 "Alpha Bravo Foxtrot Echo, this is Stryker Ramon requesting permission to strafe the tourists"
 "Negative, Stryker Ramon, just take pictures and quit spitting out the window!"
 "Roger that, but that's not spit..."
 "What?  Don't judge me for 'watering' the peeps down below.  I learned from watching uncle Nick."
 Rock knew he would need to drink a lot of water to "water" the people, but maybe he drank just a little too much.
After the Heli good time we all went down to the lake and enjoyed the water...well, Rock couldn't pass up on his post-flight nap, but eventually got in the water.
Eventually we all ended up at the church in time for pictures.  They tried to get all the great-grandsons together for a picture.  This was the best they could do.
 Ryker never had a hard time finding people to give him loves.  Here he is with one of Jen's boys (Ryan?  I can't tell if they aren't all together and no one is here to ask...). 
 The Pegster and company put together a great dinner with family slideshow and Tangled.  Ryker loved the pulled pork and watermelon.
 Rock loved playing some more with his cousins.  Awesome!
Happy Family Reunion!! In other news, the office opens tomorrow, so come on in! Also, since the Mariners recently imploded I thought I'd give a little something to get you excited for football season!

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Flipper! (Fixed)

 Friday Mama Rae and Papa Dale went down to Wenatchee to pick up the newest member of the family.  Ryker wasn't completely happy with not being the baby anymore, but he put on a brave face. 
 Rock had already gotten used to not being the baby, so he didn't care.
 We stopped at Arby's while we were down there, and that made him happy. 
 They started practicing their goal screams while at the restaurant, but Mama Rae and Mommy put an end to that.
 Ryker is a fan of straight fries.  Curly fries are yucky.
 Rock loves to see how much of the chicken he can shove into his mouth.  Then he washes it down with chocolate milk.
 "Mmm...Chocolate milk....gulp."
 Here she is, Flipper!!
Rock even knows where the button is to close her tail.  She's fitting right in.



Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Summer in Manson!!

We've had a pretty good summer, and the boys are living it up.  Ryker is doing what most of us wish we could do all summer: nap!
Rock asked me if he could go golfing with me, so of course I told him yes.  He put on his best collared shirt, his golfing shorts and shades.  He was ready.
He's not quite far enough along for me to plan retirement, but he's getting there.
He kept wanting to chase down the balls that he hit, even though the range drops down off the tee boxes.
Between his swings he helped me out by recording my swing.  It's not much better than his.
Also, a gentleman always replaces his divots.  Even on the range.
Look at that moon shot!
The battery ran out on the way home, after begging me to leave him there for Grandpa to come pick him up.
We've also been letting the boys roam free down by lake.  Ryker really loves the water, but doesn't love not getting to be in the water.
He constantly tries to get through the holes in the fence.
"Curse you, ample thighs!  Curse you!"
Rock enjoys rolling on the path and showing off for the chicks.
After we let the boys down some kiddie cones.  Ryker learned the hard way that he doesn't like brain freezes.
"Stop the freeze!  Stop it with Hot Tamales!"
 
Rock loved his cookie dough ice cream almost as much as he loved kicking back and soaking in the sunshine.
In other news, we have an x-ray!  The office is really starting to look like a real thing!  We are going to take turns x-raying each other until someone turns into the Hulk (just kidding, everyone knows that the Hulk drank something or got injected.  Or, maybe it was a magic cream or something.  Maybe people don't know).
The sixty year old bathroom doesn't look sixty anymore.
Here's a narrated tour by our very own DeA!
As a bonus, here is Rock showing the proper way to do a decline push up.