Good Looking Duo

Mom and Dad had to get dressed up for a choir event this weekend so I made them pose for me.

They are such a cute couple!

A Little Dressy

 Pepper looked so cute dressed up for Sabbath School this week. I couldn't resist taking some pictures.

A Little WILD!

Mud Fun

Stylin'

Two sets of cute buns.

Spring rains bring mud which equal lots of fun for Pepper. Then, when the mud dries, Pepper just makes her own by adding dirt to her "pool".  Pepper is the only one that is not anxious for grass to cover our yard.

Spring Rain

I love spring rains, especially when the sun peaks through the dark clouds. Pepper looks so cute in her rain coat and hat that Auntie Mindy and Uncle Carl gave her. It was so big on her last year...no longer.

Bloomsday 2013

Dad and Broc and the girls get ready to start.

Sherisa and Jessica

Zara and Chanelle

The view of 50,000 people from the back, the stroller section.

Running, walking, strolling Bloomsday has now become a yearly tradition. This year was Pepper's second Bloomsday. The weather was beautiful and the crowd was as happy as ever. It was so fun to meet up with Sherisa, Broc and Emmarie, Zara and Chanelle, and Robb, Jess, Zeke and Lincoln, and start together. I was not prepared to run it so I decided to chill out with the stroller crowd. I was picturing a somewhat leisurely stroll with popsicle and snack breaks. I was NOT prepared for "strolling" with my parents, especially my crazy dad. He normally has severe knee pain when walking due to his worn out joints, but when he pushes Pepper in the stroller it takes enough pressure off his knees that he has a lot less pain. So he speed walks, with an emphasis on SPEED. My mom and I kept up with him until the last two miles, when he easily pulled away from us. We had a great time and it was so fun to see Dad exercising with less pain. Jo ran with his Dad and they had a lot of fun too. Pat was a cheerleader this year as she nurses a sore knee back to health.

Unfortunate Discovery

This weekend we headed to Spokane for Bloomsday. Our initial attempt at reaching Spokane was Friday night. Everything was going well until we took a wrong exit in Tri-Cities looking for a Taco Bell. Jo flipped a u-turn and then gunned the car as he sped back onto the highway, and then quickly took the correct exit which was a sharp turn. A second later we heard a not-so-nice sound coming from the back seat and I turned around just in time to see a LOT of vomit. Poor Pepper was pretty upset about it all. Jo quickly pulled over at a gas station and we assessed the damage. Thankfully all the puke landed on Pepper and her car seat, not on the car itself. Pepper was an easy clean up, we just changed her pajamas. The car seat was another matter. There was a lot of cleaning to do (poor Jo) and it still stunk so bad even after all that cleaning. I think he used two Costco packs of wipes.
Pepper seemed quite happy once she was clean but we were not going to risk being in a hotel room with a puking child so we headed back home for the night. Thankfully, she was not sick again and we now know that Pepper has issues with motion sickness, just like her mommy and Grandma Pat.
The next day she did great in the car, but Jo was careful not to speed around any corners.