Summer Vacation part 2

On Monday (while camping) we headed to the lake! That day happened to be over 90 degrees so we thought it would be fun to take the kids for a ride. We didn't get in the water, there was an algee bloom warning and if we had gotten in we all would have gone home with with a horrible rash! So my dad just drove us around. Each of the kids had a turn at driving the boat with Papi.

Doesn't she look like she is having a tin of fun?


It was really sunny and warm that day and Zachary forgot his sunglasses!! And since my dad was driving pretty fast his hat wouldn't stay on!

Even Brynn got to drive the boat for the first time.



This was Madison's favorite part because she had full control of the wheel!


My dad's parents aka my Grandma and Grandpa aka Great Grandma and Grandpa were able to come with us. It is so cool that my kids have the opportunity to know their great grandparents! Great Grandpa Chris shares a birthday with Zachary. They are exactly 70 years apart!!

My dad and step mom when and bought Brynn a life jacket so she could join us on the boat. She cried when we first zipped it up. Then after a while she gave up and took a nap. Her little cheeks were so squished!

Summer Vacation Part 1

We are finally home after a week away in Oregon! We left Saturday(18th) morning at 8am. Which was about 30 minutes later than what we wanted! Anyway the trip across thanks to a 1 hour time difference took us 10 hours!! We stop in Burns and Bend, for lunch and to stretch our legs. Brynley is a great traveler!! She was so good! Madison and Zach were good as well. Thanks to a new DVD player and the Nintendo DS!!

Starting our trip up I-84!!

We got to my dad's house by dinner time. We were all exhausted! The next day was Father's day so we went to Church with my dad and then road Lucky when we got home. Madison was looking forward to this all day!

Doesn't she look so natural! My dad also let her ride bare back a few times and she loved every minute of it! Most of the day she was over at his coral feeding him watermelon!!

Zachary took a few turns as well. He didn't have as much fun as Madison did.

Here he is by himself.

Monday morning we loaded up and went camping just 9 miles up the road at Stewart State Park at Lost Creek Lake. The weather was perfect for Brynley's first camping trip. My dad has a 40ft toy hauler that we slept in. He also put up his hammock that we all enjoyed!! There was a playground for the kids as well as a water fountain sprinkler to play in.

The rig!

The campsite! We were in the shade 95% of the time! Travis is enjoying his peanut butter M&M's!

The happy baby's first camping trip!! She was held a lot so that made her happy!

Madison taking advantage of the hammock!! She was in it more than anyone!

Madison and my dad loved to relax in the hammock!

This was the only way that Brynn would sleep! Travis didn't mind that he too got a nap!

This pretty much sums up Zachary! He wouldn't let anyone take his picture.

Well this end the first day of camping. And since this post has already gotten to long I will post the boat ride picture tomorrow.

It's good to be home!

5 months!

I can't believe that Brynley is already 5 months old! She has grown so fast I can hardly keep her in clothes! She isn't rolling over yet. I can't remember when Madison and Zachary did. She likes to play on the floor, just not on her belly! She has quite possibly the most beautiful eyes of the 3. As you can see in the pictures she does not lack in the chub department!!! She is so squishy and cuddly!! We just love her to bits!!

June Already?!?!?!

I can't believe that it is June!! Madison has been out of school for almost 2 weeks, and so far so good. We go to the park almost every day. Except for the days that it's too cold or windy for Brynley.

Travis's parents came to town for Memorial Day weekend and stayed here at the house. My mother in law loves to give babies a bath! Lucky for her Brynley needed 2 while they were here. Brynn, usually hates the tub. She does not like to be cold and especially hates lotion. So I warned my mother in law of this and Brynn was a dream! She didn't make a peep at all. She loved every minute of it. She even let Grandma put lotion on her!

Here she is getting her backside washed! Thanks Grandma for the bath!!

This morning I put Brynley in the swing so I could take a shower. I half expected her to fall asleep. I came out to find her asleep with her thumb in her mouth!!

She will usually only do this when she wakes up and I am not there to put the pacifier back in.

When we came home from running a few errands and before her nap I took a few pictures! She just looked so cute I couldn't pass it up. Travis HATES when she has a headband on. He always pulls it off and says that "She sneezed and it just came off!" Yeah right! So when we go out I always put one on her!!

Her tongue is always out!

We always get comments that her eyes are so big brown and beautiful! I see her all the time so maybe I don't notice it as much! Then I take a picture and see what everyone else sees!!!

We borrowed a Bumbo chair from our friend Michele, and Brynley loves it. It gives her a new perspective!! She is starting to grab at toys and becoming more fun to play with. She still hates tummy time, but we do it anyway. We have also started baby food. So far she likes carrots, squash, bananas and applesauce. She hates green beans! She just spit them out and refused to open her mouth!


This post was mostly for my mom who commented that I needed to post some new pictures!! So here you go mom!! See you in a few weeks!