children's fesival

we were quite lucky that our trip to medford happened to be at the same time as the annual children's festival in jacksonville. we grew up going this festival and it was really fun to take my kids. so much of it was exactly how i remember it being. it goes without saying, but coen and marin had a blast! 

 

getting their macaroni necklace on!

 

playdough!

feeding the trash eating dragon!

magnets!

bubbles!

sand cast handprints! 

treasure hunt! 

cotton candy break! 

face painting! 

tired sissy!

crazy favs!

meddy-ford

after a super fun week in seattle, the kids and i flew down to medford. wes had work to do in denver so he missed out on all the fun, and also on the 105 degree weather. we packed a lot of hanging out into our week. it is always fun to fly into the medford airport. pretty much the whole town comes out to greet us. ok, maybe not...but close. 

 

 

we tried our very very best to spend as much time hanging out at grandma's house as possible. nana bought the kids a pool, and we had a freezer stocked with otter pops.

 

 

 

 

 

 

as soon as the sun started to set we would head out for some street play. coen learned to ride a two wheel bike when we were in seattle, so he was very excited to ride around grandma's neighborhood. our cousin jordan came to hang out too, the kids both love him.

 



we pretended it was cool enough for a fire pit and smores. 

 

grandma love.

fav aunts master pony. 



 we met up with a friend and her son, alton. marin and alton are only 1 day apart in age. and they are going to get married one day. also without any planning marin and alton had coordinating outfits on from babygap. #thelencookwedding #aftercollegeofcourse

 

 

 

grandma's garden

at the end of our week in medford, grandma took the kids out to her garden and let them harvest some fresh veggies. coen had been checking in daily on a green bell pepper and just couldn't wait to get his hands on it. the girls mostly enjoyed the picking partt, coen pretty much enjoyed the eating part. no surprise. 

lithia park

we did our best to not leave the house while hanging out in medford. but geri, nikki and i decided to get the kids out and take them for a picnic at lithia park in ashland. my brother and i grew up going to this park and it was so fun to watch the kiddos run around and enjoy it. we had a nice lunch, played on the playground, swam in the creek and visited the ducks. it was picture perfect!