My Boys

Mac and Hamilton are at the farm for a few days while dad does ski free week and I attempt to clean the house for the first time in weeks. I'm missing my boys and looking forward to their return tomorrow. Speaking of boys we're expecting Hatch boy numero 3 on August 7 so we're looking forward to fielding our own little league team in about five more years :)

The Return of Grammy

After an extended absence Grammy Nicole finally returned to Spokane to relieve me of stress and add some excitement to the boy's lives.

The fun never ended with daily trips to random kid's play places.

Poor Hamilton is fated to be photographed in dirty bibs throughout his early childhood, darn that excessive drooling.

Mac was thrilled to take some big-boy only trips with his friends Bernie and Landon while Grammy stayed home with a sleepy Hamilton.

The picture above is a little hard to see but it was quite funny as Mac and Landon spent the first twenty minutes of their time at the trampoline place running back and forth on the mats.

Grammy helped facilitate a bit of a reconciliation between Mac and Hamilton. I'm pleased to discover that Mac has moved from hitting his brother to yelling "no please hamo!" any time he comes near and Hamilton has stopped bursting into tears any time he is left in a room alone with Mac, ah the joys of siblings!

Mac's favorite daily pastime is making dinosaurs out of clay and toothpicks.

Hamilton's favorite pastime is throwing balls onto the foosball table. I was about to banish the obtrusively large and seldom played game to craigslist when Ham discovered it a few weeks ago and now appears that he can't live without it, much to his father's joy.

inspiration here i come!

i've revived the daily dose o'danielle blog after needing a pick me up from the winter gloom and being inspired by a talk with a great friend (thanks sarah!). Here is the link. The formatting and design is still a work in progress so don't judge me too harshly.

Jumping for Joy

As a result of being stuck inside most of the winter, Mac has taken to jumping off most items of furniture in our home. With this in mind we ventured out to a trampoline activity center last Monday and Mac experienced pure bliss for two straight hours.

Hamilton wasn't a happy camper once he discovered that he would be denied access to the trampolines and I spent most of the trip trying to convince him that sitting at a table with mom and eating Pirates Booty was just as exciting.

New Year New Show

My first show at the Saranac Art Projects finally arrived after much stressing out and worrying that things wouldn't come together. The opening reception was a lot of fun and it was really wonderful collaborating on this project with the very talented Emily Hawkins. At this point in my art making life I think a collaborator might just be essential to snapping me out of my mommy haze and getting me working again.

Mac helping himself to the first twinkie of the night, and alas not his last.

Fall Travels

In no particular order here are some family pics from this Fall.

Mac rediscovers the joy of playing with leaves while Hamilton discovers the joy of eating leaves.

Our annual pumpkin carving extravaganza with the Hawkins Family. Next year we hope to up the ante by having actual pumpkin carving tools!

Even with our rudimentary tools we managed some unique looks and most importantly some delicious roasted pumpkin seeds.

This year we moved on from the supermarket pumpkin to the actual patch.

Mac often claims he no longer needs to nap but this photo says differently.

IKEA silverware=front yard toys.

Again with the leaf eating, Hamilton cannot be stopped. As a bonus he keeps my floors spotless.
The marathon drive back from Utah included important pit stops for pickle eating.

A little Dairy Queen.

An important phone call at Carls Jr.

I relived the glory days at a Provo High volleyball game with my former co-captain Meikel (aka muckaluckaboomboom), Suzi-lou, and Kae.

Meeting up with Mom and cousin Nicki at the park for lunch.