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summer...don't go!

I love the summer! I love the fall too, but summer...ahhh...love it! I love being able to do things outside with Bree. She loves being outside, going to the park, going swimming (she is getting more and more used to the water now), taking walks (or "hikes" as she calls them). Last weekend we made a trip downtown Olympia to the "water park". Here are a few pictures to share. Hope you are all enjoying these last few days of summer...4 days to be exact!

update

I know, I have been lagging on the blog world...even my mom has been after me..."When are you gonna update your blog? Everyone else updates theirs all the time"...is all I hear from her...and yes, I have brought her into the blog world...she reads everyones blogs...just won't make one of her own.

So, lets' see...anything exciting happening lately in the McGovern household?

We did go to a wedding this past weekend. Well, I went with my mom and Step-dad, Bree and Brian stayed home. It was for my "Step-cousin", Sarah. She met her new husband on match.com! The wedding was at the Tacoma Glass Museum...it was so pretty! They had a private ceremony then a big reception. I had such a blast at the reception! I had the chance to hang out with my step-sister Jenni (lives in Oregon), my step-brother Mike, and my other step-brother Steven and his "boo" (boyfriend) Chris, they have been living in LA for the past couple of years and recently moved back up here to Seattle. Chris is a mighty good dancer I must say! Here are a few pics from that night.

Me and my mom all "snazzed" up and ready for reception

L to R: Zac (Jeni's husband), Jeni, Mike, me, Chris, and Steven

Me and Jeni

Chris and my step-bro, Steven

Me and my boys

Steven and Jeni with their sparklers getting ready to "send off" the bride and groom for the night

and the beautiful bride Sarah

Another almost daily event around here lately has been the park. I swear Breanna is obsessed with the park. I have to admit, it is pretty fun watching her climb up and down the slide, doing all these things there that she couldn't do by herself only 6 months ago. She asks to go "to the slide" from the minute I pick her up from the daycare until the minute we go to bed every night! So , I try to take her at least 4 times a week, the park is only about 2 miles from our house. Here are a few pics of her at the park from last weekend.





And finally, Granny with her girls...Bree and Brooklyn (Jeni's daughter, 17 months old)

I promise to be better about keeping in touch...promise!

What do you remember about me?

play along! I would love to hear from anyone and everyone! Don't be shy.

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you!

Has this been a hot few days or what? We are not used to this weather here...and we've been here for 20 years! It's raining for a few days, then it's 100 degrees the rest of the week...what gives? I'm not saying I don't like the hot weather, but when you don't have air conditioning and you only have 2 fans in the house...it gets pretty difficult to keep a 2 year old cool. So, we decided to do a few things outdoors this weekend...a few in which water was involved.

This weekend was the annual "Olympia Pet Parade". It's basically where parents help their kids dress up their animals (most of which were dogs this year) in which ever kind of costumes they like. A lot of people went with the Olympics theme this year. Some of these dogs were so funny...I have to share a few of the pics with you.

There were wiener dogs dressed as "Olympians"


"SOCCER DOGS"


"BALLERINA WIENER DOGS"


"PRINCESS DOGS"


"DUCK (?) DOGS"


There was one goat...


One rooster...


And my absolute favorite was this dog...I have a feeling this dog gets dressed up a lot by its owners...yes, that is a swimmers cap on it's head! It just sat there so perfectly...so funny!


After the parade, it was already 85 degrees (the parade got over at 10:45am). So, we stopped off at Starbucks for a little "cool-me-down". Bree loves the vanilla blended cremes.


Bree said she wanted to go swimming. So we decided to walk a little further downtown to the fountain across from The Oyster House. It was already packed with screaming, running, wet little ones! I wasn't sure how Bree would handle all the water splashing in her face, but she had a ball!






We both got a little wet...but it felt sooo good!


Later Saturday night, all Bree could talk about was swimming...so we told her we'd take her to the lake in the morning. Sunday, we headed off to Black Lake to go swimming. We went early enough so that it wasn't 100 degrees out and we wouldn't have to share the swimming area with tons of people. When we got there, we were the ONLY people...it was great. One thing I was nervous about was wether or not Bree would actually do better at getting in the water this time...if you remember my post a while ago about her not doing so well. She has taken 5 swim lessons since that post, so I thought she would do better today. She did EXCELLENT! Here are a few pics from today.






We really enjoyed the weather this weekend...despite the constant running of the fans, no A/C, and sweating...I hope it lasts!

Dag Gumit

This post will not have any pictures in it...sorry, my fault. For those of you that don't know, my dad was remarried last Friday...08-08-08. He married his high school sweetheart, Janis Hill. Breanna and I flew down to Santa Cruz, CA for the big event. I obviously had planned on taking my camera, but I FORGOT IT! UGH! I was so upset! Of course, I could have gotten a disposable camera, but I am not too fond of them...guess I am more spoiled with the digital cameras. Needless to say, my plan was to take a ton of pics, come home, and blog all about it! Well...that's not gonna happen. So, I will just have to say, it was a beautiful ceremony shared with about 100 close friends and relatives. I will, in quite a few weeks, have some pictures available to share, but I have to wait for their professional photographer to upload them online first. Again, sorry for no pics to share...I am just as bummed! But I now have TWO new Step-sisters, a niece, a step-brother-in-law, and a new Step-mom...and I couldn't ask for better people! Thanks Janis, Amber, Lacey, Graham, and lil' Mycie for joining our family!