7.

happy birthday to my very silly, inquisitive, funny 7 year old boy.

FAVORiTES today...

food: "ummm dessert...every dessert, but no chocolate."

drink: "water & sierra mist"

color:"green"

when i grow up i want to:"...go all the way through college and be builder, just like daddy"

movie:"my favorite movie is star wars.. all of 'em"

thing to do: "water guns... and xbox.."

place:"water parks and regular parks...

"oh, and i'm most afraidest of yellow jackets..."

i love summer.

we've been having a pretty great summer so far... plenty of sunshine, cherries, staying up way too late, sleeping in (but just a little...) bbqs, smores, light saber fights, playing games (check out the board game"who what where" if you haven't already...) and best of all visiting cousins!!

...looking forward to my favorite holiday of the year on saturday, to codys 7th birthday on the 2nd and not so looking forward to turning 30 on my birthday in a few weeks...uuugggh..how did that happen and why the heck don't i feel like an adult? age is all relative i guess, right?

we spent the evening strolling down to the park the other night.... perfect. the only thing that could make it better is if my sister corinne could come visit.

erickson reunion 2010??

special post for erickson family members:

WARNING!! severe picture overload....

several family members have been trying to plan a long overdue reunion for the past couple of years. it looks like the one in the works for southern colorado has a great chance of happening if everyone can commit to the date next summer and stick to it. uncle bruce's family has done a super job of setting up some tentative plans and it would be fantastic if everyone could be supportive in the effort. i can't wait to see the place my dad was born. (the jim erickson clan is also planning to tack a few extra days on to one end of the group reunion for a mini reunion of our own. not a bad idea for others....)

the reunion i tried to plan in 2003 was a blast and i know it meant a lot to the original siblings who came. i think there were close to around 80 ericksons or something... it would be great if we could get the ones who weren't at it to be at the next one. i think josh said there are now close to 200. it also took A LOT of work.... gathering a bunch of erickson together and trying to commit them to do anything is like trying to eat your own head- iMPOSSiBLE!!!! one of the hardest problems i had was trying to find accommodations for everyone. if we can get a good number and idea of many people are coming, it will be a lot easier to make sure there will be enough lodging within close proximity to each other. possibly start reserving now. the longer we wait the less chance of availability for a huge group like we're expecting, especially in prime vacation season. :)

some of the funnest times had at the oregon coast reunion we're the marshmallow/wiener roast, slide show/family movies, co2 races, sandcastles, tillamook, cannon beach, sand dunes, 4 wheelers, sunsets, the incredible view of the ocean & sewer plant (oops! my bad...i'll never live it down...), fireworks on the beach and my personal favorite: catching up with cousins, aunts, uncles and relatives we hadn't seen in years.

and now for your viewing please....here are some motivating pictures to get every ones butts motivated. :)

(josh and kambria have more info and details...check the erickson facebook page and lets get some rsvp-ing going on!! )

much love to all!!! julie.

random june stuff.

i reeeeeeeeeeeealy should be organizing stuff and hauling it over to my sisters house, but lola fell asleep and i wanted to sit down for a minute and jot a few thoughts instead..

-first: summer has officially started at our house...




-the scoop is a required summer time stop with live music on weekend nights.
kami was in town and came with us.

-my hair is falling out like CRAZY! which i checked into and i guess is normal when your baby is around 3-4 months... for some reason i don't remember this with cody. hmmmmm.

-nothing like sucking it up and paying for the long lost school library book because they won't give you the kids report card until its taken care of. it wouldn't have been so bad if it was a decent book, but "all about foals"? seriously?

...and then finding it the next day after literally months of searching. nice. :)

-i am well aware that i have severe spelling and typo issues and am a run-on sentence queen- usually due to the fact that i'm typing faster than i can think... or vice-versa. i've accepted the fact and it doesn't bother me that much. :)

-sometimes microsoft word is too helpful, like when it tries to auto correct my last name from eggleston to eggression.

-lola got her first baby doll. she mostly likes to slobber on its face and chew on its hair. she's also really into mini-crunch-sit-ups.

tippity top o' mount spokane.

if your in the area, go check out the top of mt spokane. merv decided we needed to take the kiddos. so amazing!!! (... and just a tiny bit creepy driving up to the tip top when the road is crumbling out from the edges and drop offs all over....) but way worth the trip and drive and a great place for a picnic- bring bug dope. but hurry quick! only a few weeks left before they are going to close it for the summer for another round of road repairs beignning at the end of this month. boo. we went up last summer and it was closed due to road repairs also. i guess these last couple severe winters have really taken there toll.

love conquers all.

one thing i'll miss when school gets out for the summer, is our morning chats on the drive to school each morning. (it's like a 20minute drive...i'm not quite brave enough to let him ride the bus.)

on the way to school this morning....

cody:mom, i'm going to marry brinley when i grow up...

me:cody, remember? you can't. we already talked about that.

cody:but i love brinley and i can't hink of anyone else i want to marry.

me:well, you can't really marry brinely.

cody:why?

me: you just can't marry your cousin.

cody: i know you keep saying that, but i still don't know why.

me: well, for a lot of reason and because your babies will come out deformed

cody:thats ok, i don't mind.

"mary poppins..."

heather cuteness.