At the beginning of June we made our way to the Rose garden. After a weird day where Max was in a car accident and I had to pick him up at work, (Don't worry, he's fine!) we got there a little late. We were meeting some friends to take a couple photos for them and in turn, they took our traditional photo under the arch. We've been able to go pretty much every year since we moved back to Oregon after college. And I'm banking on my kids still participating as teenagers. As of now, they're still excited about it. I'll take it!
And once again... here is the sequence. I'm going to regret sharing these photos over and over each year when I finally print my blog into a book and it ends up being super expensive because of all the photos.
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| Prom 2004, we hadn't even started dating at this point but I love that we now have this photo for reference! |
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| October 2011 |
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| June 2013 (Photo cred-Anna) |
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| June 2014 |
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| June 2015 |
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| June 2016 |
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| June 2017 |
After we got that photo out of the way, we let the boys loose!
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This is for climbing, right?!
Edwin had some super close calls with falling in, but Max was quick enough to catch him every time.
He looked for our birthday roses but the boys quickly got distracted, Miles always likes to find his and "pose." And we still have yet to find the 2017 rose for Edwin.
Also, I think there would have been a lot more in bloom if we waited another week, but it was still very beautiful and the weather was perfect.
This is Charlie...runner and destroyer of romantic picnics.
"Take my picture mom" I'm glad he isn't sick of it yet!
I swear if we just put a cool drinking fountain in our yard, we would never have to go anywhere....because that's really all they care about.
And we always end our outing in the amphitheater to let the boys run more, this time Charlie danced his heart out for about 30 minutes while making his own music. There really is no limit to his energy!
All my boyfriends!
I'll never forget the luck I had in going to this at the perfect time! It was so beautiful. Not so lucky last year when we tried. But maybe another time. ;)
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