Coeur D’Alene

We had a fun little family trip to Coeur D’Alene.  We went on a little hike, walked on the floating boardwalk, and got french fries for Marc.  We had a great time.

Worst Day Ever

I had the great idea to go on a fun family outing, however I didn’t really do my homework and our original plan failed miserably.  So we threw together a new outing to eat our picnic lunch and ended up driving to a State Park.  The drive took forever on windy roads and Matt was determined to drive to the top of the mountain.  So we got as far as we could go and then went back down the mountain to find a picnic table.  We got out of the car and it was freezing cold.  We tried eating our picnic lunch and Matt lasted about two minutes till he took off for the car.  I decided we would take a picture and finish our picnic in the car.  It wasn’t really the worst day ever and we all had great attitudes and it’s a fun memory!

Crazy kids

We have been having an awesome summer together.  We go on several walks a day to survive, but I love my boys and the fun times we have. 

We had strawberries for breakfast one morning, and as you can see Luke loved them.  I was taking pictures of him and in that short amount of time Marc dumped out the salt and pepper and was building castles.  He tends to struggle when my attention shifts to Luke and has to do something to get me focused back on him. 

We have been through many popsicles, been to the park many times, and love being outside.  We love Spokane’s summers and will be sad to leave, but life will go on with these crazy boys!

Happy 4th

We went to some friends for a BBQ on the 4th.  Marc had a blast in the water, and it was fun to spend the day with friends.

Parks

Spokane has tons of awesome parks.  So with Matt being home more we have gone on several family outings to the park.  Here are a few of our adventures.

Riverfront Park is right in the middle of town and Matt hates it because 1) you have to pay to park and 2) there is goose poop everywhere.  Marc loves it because 1) they have a giant red wagon slide and 2) there is a carousel.  I convinced Matt to come with us and we had a great time.  Marc really felt that he needed to wear his winter hat even though we were all in shorts.  It was not worth a battle, so he won! Matt’s brother came to visit so Matt consented to go back to the park and Marc was thrilled.  Luke got to ride the carousel this time and looked so grown up sitting on the horse all by himself.

Manito park is by our house and has beautiful flower gardens.  The boys don’t really appreciate them so we don’t get to spend much time there.  They did however enjoy rolling down a hill, actually they kinda struggled getting down the hill, but we had fun!

Harris Family Reunion

We had a great family reunion in Ohio this year.  Here are a ton of pictures highlighting our awesome week.

Marc loved the airplanes.  Both boys did fairly well on the plane ride, but I am glad that part of the trip is over!

Matt and I ditched our boys (thanks mom and Angela’s family) and went with most of the family to Cedar Point, which is a huge amusement park.  I was so brave and went on lots of “scary rides”.  I realized they weren’t bad at all and we had a great time.

 

Here is the whole family, minus Eric and JennyLynn, who we missed very much.  There were 34 of us which made for some fun and crazy times!

We went on a hike one of the days, Marc do you have enough in your mouth?

Everyone is ready for the un-birthday party, where we celebrate everyone’s birthday with a gift exchange.

Marc loved flying an airplane simulator on Grandpa’s computer.  He would start it up and wouldn’t last long then he would say, “I crashed” and do it again.

Matt has a picture in a pot from when he was little and every time Marc sees the picture he says he wants to get in the pot, so while we were there I made sure he got in the pot.

Most of the time Luke just wanted me to hold him and looked like this:

But occasionally we would get a smile

 

The last day we went to a water park and had tons of fun.  Then we went to another park and had a picnic.  It was a great day!

Thank you so much Grandma and Grandpa we had so much fun.  Marc still talks about his trip to Ohio, and we have tons of memories to carry us over till the next reunion.

Luke’s Surgery

So after a year of waiting, tests and antibiotics, Luke had surgery to correctly implant his ureters into his bladder.   I got so many comments on what a good (and absolutely darling) boy Luke was through everything.  He was such a trooper and he made is so much easier than I thought it was going to be.

Here he is before the surgery and immediately after.

The first couple of days he was in a lot of pain, and it broke my heart to not be able to make things better for him.  He just wanted me to hold him and so I did.  The only problem was as soon as he would fall asleep my arms would too and I would move and wake him up.

The third day after a good nights sleep he was back to normal, which was wonderful. 

Because he was feeling so much better we had to find things to entertain him, so we went on lots of walks, which he loved.  

Here is his scar.  He still has some stints which will need to be removed in a few weeks, but the doctor said it was a good fix and everything should be fine now.  Thanks to all our family and friends who prayed for us, we felt your love and support. I am so grateful for modern medicine and all the wonderful doctors and nurses who have helped Luke get better.  I also know that we were blessed in so many ways and I truly know that prayers are answered.