Everett is not amused

In the most recent blog post, I mentioned we helped out at the Bluff clean-up. It turns out: 2.63 tons of metal were recycled and a half ton of trash (including 27 tires) was hauled off to the dump.

Everett really likes his belly button. There have been a few times recently where he has come out of a pair of pants or pulled off a shirt. I was right, he may end up with nudist tendencies.

Ben and Kira taught him how to fist bump. And how to tackle.

 

Kira, Everett, and I went to the Family Fun Fair at Riverfront Park. Kira said that as long as she got to see the llama, she would be happy. We tried the bounce house, but Ev was terrified. Though he was not a fan of any individual part of the fair, Everett was happy to be out and about. 

D: The Petting Zoo. These are my favorites. Notice how Everett is trying to escape in pretty much all of these pictures. 

He actually was trying to find a way out, no joke. See this other little kid touching the adorable, unbelievably soft baby chicks, yeah that wasn't my child.  

The Looff Carousel

He got a little freaked out when it picked up speed. With all of the music, dinging, lights, colors, and movement in all directions, I couldn't blame him. (I rode with him, I just got off to take the picture.)

We had a lovely stroll through parts of Manito Park.

The Lilac Garden

The Ferris Perrenial Garden (Still part of Manito Park: It's huge!)

My Friday hike was on Centennial Trail near Maribeau Park.  

Bunny (middle, left)

He enjoyed himself. Really.

Hiking!, service, and sewing.

I get to go on hikes every week! On Fridays. With a play group made up of ladies from my ward at church. They will all be somewhat stroller-friendly.

This last Friday we went to Riverside State Park along the Spokane River. 

On Saturday, Dallin and I helped out at our ward service project which was to join with the Friends of the Bluff in clearing scrap metal off of the hillside. You know how we live on the South Hill part of Spokane? Well, on the edge of that hill is a cliff. Turns out, there are trails down below the cliff and not all parts are as steep as it looks from above. I just went to google street view to show the area we started at. Not the best picture but it sort of shows what I mean. As one lady said when we first heard about the service project, "Normally I avoid going off of cliffs."

Dallin and I carried a car! We did have the help of three teenage girls and one other man.  And it was mostly just the frame from a small old timey car. But still, we carried it for a long way along the trail until it was at a point where a vehicle could get to it to haul it the rest of the way.

Dallin got a couple of long scratches that he doesn't remember happening. We carried a lot of rusty metal but he's had his tetanus shot recently enough that he'll be fine. 

Mini history lesson on where the scrap metal came from: Apparently there was a fire along part of the hill in 1972 and so people used it as a dumping ground for appliances and vehicles. (Besides the car, there was also a retro washing machine in the pile we removed.) The area was eventually declared a city park and off limits to dumping. 

I had two more pairs of pj pants without matching pj tops so I couldn't resist making them into a pj set.

 Here's my second attempt at pants-turned-shirt.

I don't think Everett's chances at a future in the modeling business are very sound if he keeps using these faces. 

Other happenings this last little while: We enjoyed a lovely family get-together and delicious barbecue on Friday. Right before heading to that, Kira came with Everett and I to the park. Ev and I have gone on quite a few walks. He loves going outside, it is gorgeous out, and we both need exercise, so its just amazing. He and I have also done some random local activities like visit the retirement home near our complex, and go to a build-a-thon at our library. Yay free entertainment for a poor college student family!