Puppy Love, Ducky Love

Last night we headed to downtown Tualatin to enjoy a dog trick show by Border Collies International. We made a night of it and had some yummy Mexican food (including a blended drink in a boot for Brett), then fed and talked to the ducks in the pond, all before plopping down to enjoy the show. What a super fun evening!

Brett feeds the ducks (and talks to them using his Ducky Whistle)

Brett was chosen as a volunteer to throw the football to one of the puppies!

Coming soon...renovated kitchen pics!

a fantastic fourth

Warning - picture overload!
Brett experienced his very first *real* fireworks show this year. What a blast! The little trooper was up past 11:30, and reveled in every single moment. We headed to the Tigard High School fireworks show and enjoyed a picnic dinner on the football field with Papa Jack Brown. Before the sun set and the fireworks began, we got to see a real live helicopter land and take off. Brett was in absolute heaven. He also got to test-drive some emergency vehicles and hop in a sack race. A grand ol' time was had by all!

A belated handmade B'day gift for Papa

"License and registration, please"

A tad bit excited to check out the cool Life Flight helicopter

Lounging, and enjoying a giant homemade patriotic ice pop

Whoa! Mommy actually made it into a picture?! ;)

the Boehme men

flyin' like a 'copter

A few sparklers at home before hittin' the hay

for Millenne

Happy B'day biggest sis! Missin' you dearly...and can't wait for you to come enjoy your new house with us! Have a wonderful birthday...and another wonderful one on Saturday ;)

Cute x2

I've mentioned a couple times about the budding friendship between Brett and our new next-door neighbor, Elsie. Well here are some pics and videos to prove it. We are so, so, SO blessed to be here, right next door to such a sweet little playmate, not to mention the whole crowd of little kiddos on the other cul-de-sac! I just can't say enough how much we LOVE it here.

And just a couple cute ones from Father's day...:)

for the record

Little handyman helping mama hang pictures

Since it will be a long, long time before I get organized enough to find and work on Brett's scrapbook, I just had to post some of his recent quips.
A little background - our furry family members, Westley and Buttercup, have been stuck in a kennel throughout our move and remodel. Poor babies! Since they pretty much just sat around all day and ate, both have chunked up substantially...especially Buttercup, who was formerly skinny as a rail. The other night we were discussing colors with Brett, and here is what he said. "Westley is black, black and white! Bubba is........FAT!"
Today Brett was playing downstairs and suddenly got an urge to rearrange furniture. He slid both his kid-sized chairs and all three kitchen stools across the great room, out of my sight. Then I heard him going "Beep beep!" "What are you doing Brett?," I asked. As he sat on the front chair in a whole line of chairs, he proudly declared "I'm driving a bus!"
We recently had an Instant Hot dispenser installed in the kitchen sink - joy! The other day when grandma was here, Brett wanted to make sure she saw it, so he pointed it out and said "Look grandma! Water Feature!" Also, just a fair warning, apparently our "water feature" faucet looks deceptively like a soap dispenser. Grandpa got quite an unpleasant 180-degree surprise the other night. So be warned!
Well that's it for now. I promise to upload more house progress pictures soon...still awaiting living room furniture, but we now have pictures on the walls, so it's feeling a lot more like home. Tonight we scored an Ethan Allen entryway bench off Craigslist. It matches our decor perfectly, and provides a nice little spot for shoe/coat removal. Yay!