The Blanch Herd: Photos from Phones

Oh June. What a fantastic month. Tons and tons of outside time, birthday time (times three), and vacation time (in six posts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). We love June!

6.2.16
Oh, just getting ready for birthday cake!
(This one was Cal's - lemon blueberry fruit
snack cake.)

6.2.16
(Our garden, the beginning.)

6.2.16

6.2.16
(sprouting radishes!)

6.3.16
(you know it's a good day when this is on your
counter - ready for Gregg's apple crisp cheesecake)

bonus video!

splash and giggle

6.3.16

6.5.16
(home from church with a cold, but lucky enough
to have some fun new toys to play with to keep
her busy)

6.5.16
(the magnetic paper dolls from g&g Blanchard
are so cute and fun!)

6.5.16
(and the trains are pretty great, too!)

6.6.16
(not sure why I took this pic - long hair?)

6.6.16

6.7.16
(working on a secret project during naptime)

6.7.16
(pretty excited for this s'mores set for Cal's b-day)

6.7.16
(it's a very good thing we were eating outside this
evening)

6.7.16
(you can bet your bottom that this boy was in the
tub for an early bath post mealtime)

6.7.16
(carrots everywhere!)

6.8.16
(oh, hi there, deer friend!)

6.8.16
(right our our window)

6.8.16
(overseeing the filling of the new birthday pool)

6.8.16
(she plopped her chair here herself to watch the action)

6.8.16
(not too big to fall asleep in my lap. and not too
often for me to take a pic of it.)

6.8.16
(pool partiers. they both loved it!)

6.10.16
(a girl and her minnie at the park)

6.10.16
(this was all her idea)

6.10.16
(my faves are back! Melba's poppies for the win!)

6.10.16
(all the heart eyes emoji I can squeeze in)

6.10.16
(walkin' buddy - and a very similar pose to one his sister did
recently (see May 26th))

6.11.16
(Gregg's caption from insta: There are many things I used to do on
Saturday mornings pre-kids. Today? No place I'd rather be.)

6.11.16
(free fishing day with a brand new pole and tackle
box!)

6.11.16
(pretty view from the trailhead at art nord)

6.11.16
(happy hiking buddy back there)

6.11.16
(it rained on us starting when we were at the furthest
point away from the car. needless to say we were wet
coming back. but we had a lovely picnic lunch in the
back of the storm trooper anyway.)

6.11.16
(falling asleep in dad's arms twice in one day?
what is going on here?)

6.12.16
(sunday boy time in the hammock while mom and cal nap)

6.13.16
(monday night hikin' on the pineview trail -
starting sort of in the middle so we can try that
section that we've never done before.)

6.13.16
(my favorite view)

6.13.16
(the clouds were pretty moody and awesome)

6.13.16

6.16.16
(a little bike ride to the lake and an exploration of
a new trail near "our" beach)

6.16.16
(Minnie came, too)

6.16.16
(lovely Pineview)

6.16.16
(Sam came, too)

6.16.16

6.16.16
(back on the "road" to the beach)

6.16.16
(I think our beach days are a ways off - those kayakers
are floating where we played last year)

6.16.16
(#bikingblanchards - I'm kicking myself that I
never posted this one on instagram to go with
the others in my little series. I really love to see
the progression)

6.16.16
(happy boy. happy mom)

6.16.16

6.16.16
(testing out dad's new kite at the park after dinner)

6.16.16
(she's a kite flyin' pro)

6.16.16

6.16.16
(we felt pretty dumb walking over with no breeze
blowing at all yet obviously carrying a kite,
but when we got to the park, the wind was perfect
and the kite popped right up in the air)

6.16.16
(I took this because I love his little hands holding
on tight)

6.17.16
(Cal's three-year-old well check. she was a little
traumatized by all the unkonwns (like wearing this
gown) (hence the tissue for her tears), but she did
really great on the parts she was expecting (like
stethoscope and scales and looking in throat, etc.))