Mothers Day 2010

Loving this life!

Rice Cereal!

Shelby's eating rice cereal for dinner. The boys don't think it's fair that sissy gets to eat cereal for dinner while they have to eat "normal" dinner food :) She seems to really like the cereal. Maybe next week we will try some bananas.

Hot Tubbing

The cabin we stayed at for Papa Doug's Birthday celebration had a hot tub. The kids had so much fun playing in the water! I kept making them get out and "cool off" every 15 minutes or so. Didn't want their little bodies to fry!


Cohen was SO excited to get in.


And then decided he wasn't so sure.


And then he decided he definitely did
not like the hot tub!

Guitar Hero

Our family is NOT at all into video games, but I must admit this was fun!!

Dads 60th!!

My Dad turned 60 this month! His wife was able to plan a surprise family gathering for him at a rented cabin in Cle Elum! It's always so fun getting together with my brothers and their families. We all have such a good time together, the kids got to play games, watch movies, throw rocks in the river, hot tub, and go on walks down the country roads. Us adults enjoyed eating yummy food, playing games, kayaking, playing guitar hero, and catching up since the last time we were all together for New Years.

Troy and Jackson making funny faces!

My nephew Fenley
Can you say ADORABLE!!

Jesse, Summer, and Fenley

Jaden, Joel, and Shelby

I didn't get pictures of everyone :( However I do have a few more posts to do with some cute pics of guitar hero and hot-tubing so stay tuned!

Amanda's Surprise!

We had the wonderful privilege of flying to LA to surprise my sweet friend Amanda for her 30th birthday. Her amazing husband Matt planned the whole thing and made all the arrangements for our family to fly to LA, stay in a hotel for two nights, and travel around in a rented minivan. Amanda was TOTALLY surprised and we had a wonderful time playing on the beach, eating yummy food, and getting to know Amanda's family better. I'm so blessed to have Amanda in my life and even though we have lived apart longer then we ever lived close together, I know she will be a life long friend. Love you Amanda and thank you Matt for making this whole trip possible!!!

Oliver running from the waves!!
Notice our two year old being knocked down by the wave :(
He was having SO much fun up to this point.

Jackson - Spring 2010

Jackson is going on four and a half now. He loves being outside, riding his bike, playing with older kids, reading bible stories, watching movies, eating sweets, and staying clean and dry! He's a wonderful big brother and it is such a blessing to watch him interact with his little brother and sister. He learns things quickly and easily and has a very good memory. Most days he still takes a nap, but as you can see above when we skip nap he will fall asleep in the funniest places and times! Jackson likes to dress exactly the same as everyone around him. If Cohen has long sleeves then Jackson will go change his shirt so that he has long sleeves too. If Daddy has on shorts Jackson will go change into shorts. If he is the only one to have a pocket on his t-shirt he'll run up and change his shirt. It's kind of funny, but between wanting to dress like everyone else, and his need to be clean and dry he probably changes his clothes five times a day. Funny kid!