sprinkler time!

today it was a sweltering 78 degrees, so luckily my friend carla and i had planned on taking the kids to play in the sprinklers at forest park!!! i know what you are all thinking--did she really just say "sweltering 78 degrees"!! why yes i did! i have grown accustomed already to washington summers - so when it hits 75 degrees you would think it was 102! yep, i am a wimp! we were obviously not the only ones that thought today was a great day for sprinklers--that place was packed. we drove around the entire park one time without even a hope of a parking spot, we then circled back around, and again it was looking hopeless!! then carla's eagle eye caught a glimpse of a mom packing up her kids, so we reversed and stubbornly sit there until they left--yes, i'm sure the people behind us were loving that! we unloaded and headed to the sprinklers!! we had a great time, grady really got into running from sprinkler to sprinkler this time. gabe pretty much hung out by the same sprinkler the whole time, doing what appeared to be some boxing!! (maybe our next sport?!) after some sprinkler time, we dined on a fabulous picnic lunch and then finished off our day with the playground! the boys had a great time - and on the way home, grady and josiah even serenaded us with their versions of about 5 songs intermingled together!!!! what a wonderful summer day!