For the Love of Horses!

While we were in Oregon at my dad's, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to ride Lucky. My dad and step mom took the kids out early before it got too hot.

Madison got first ride. 

Brynley loved it! She giggled the whole time!

I just love this picture! 

Zach only wanted one ride!

Brynley and Brooklynn riding together!

Lucky got a brush down!

This is my dad's other horse Queenie. 

Cousin's helping each other back to the house! We got Brooklynn the outfit to match Brynn! So cute!

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Well that marks the end of our trip to Oregon. We had such a fun time. Thanks to all of our extended family!

4th of July

There is a small gap in the posting here. Since the kids were with my parents while we were at the coast I don't have any pictures from those 3 days. Once I get some of those I will make a new post. 

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We were with my Dad and Step-mom this year for the 4th. We spent the morning in Eagle Point going to the parade and looking at all the vendors. 

Here is Zach enjoying his Italian ice before the parade!

Brynley enjoyed the parade from Grammy Karen's lap. 

My little fire cracker!!

Brynley found a friend to dig in the dirt with!

After the parade we headed back for a family bbq and some swimming!

Then we packed up and headed back to watch the firework show they put on at the High School!

Madison has perfected photo bombing! 

They loved playing in the back of Aunt Trystyn's truck!

I love Zach's "mean" face or maybe it'sa "cool" face!

My favorite picture of the trip!

Happy 4th of July 2013 everyone!

10 years!

June 28th 2013 marked our 10 year anniversary! And since we never do anything for ourselves we decided to book a trip to the Oregon Coast. 

So on Friday the 28th we drove to Eugene to meet my mom. She took our kids so we could go to the coast. There really is only one place to meet when you go to Eugene.........

That's right Autzen Stadium! The kids have never seen it, and it was cool to see all the new developments!

There was a lot of construction going on. 

So we put the kids in my moms car and headed down to campus to go to the bookstore. We needed some new shirts and school pencils for the kids. 

After checking in to our "awesome" hotel we walked down the street to Mo's! You can't visit Florence without a visit to Mo's! 

Then across the street to BJ's for some salt water taffy!

The movie "Big" was on tv a few weeks ago and the kids were watching part of it. And the Zoltar part totally freaked Madison out. So this picture was for her!

Then Saturday morning we headed to the North Jetty to take a nice walk on the beach. 

The beautiful beach! It was an awesome 75 degrees! With a nice warm breeze!

Travis climbed a huge rock to scope out the best path to the water!

Our path to the water. Let's just say that my ankle was the size of a softball when we got back to our room! 

US! 

Travis LOVES the beach and the ocean! He would just stand and look. He also enjoyed skipping rocks!

I thought that this was a cool picture! It was so sunny and warm. We asked around while we were shopping and they said that this was a heat wave! 78 was like 100 to them! HAHA! 

We had to be sure to document the trip!

We found a dead friend on the beach! 

The whole time we were there we kept saying, "the kids would love this!" or "We need to find a shell for each of the kids!"

We found another live friend that Travis took back to the water!

It's on the end of the stick!

Saturday evening we went up the road and played a round of mini golf! Sadly I lost by 4 stokes! But it was pretty fun! And then went to a nice Chinese dinner and DQ for dessert!

We headed back to my mom's on Sunday morning. Since we couldn't sleep in (7am both mornings!) we got up early packed the van and headed down HWY 101. We stopped at a light house, that is run by the U.S Coast Guard.

It was a pretty fun trip and we are grateful to have some much needed alone time! Thanks Mom and Donn for taking the kids! 

Fun with Friends!

This week was girls camp, so a few of my friends asked us to watch their kids. On Wednesday, We had Samantha, Spencer and Natalie Bishop over. The came at about 11:30a and stayed until 6p! It was a busy day! Two 8 year olds, a 6 yr old, a 5 yr old and two 2 year olds!!! On Friday we had Rilee Andrews who is a year older than Madison. We went to the outdoor pool and had pizza for dinner. (sorry, forgot to take pictures!)

Brynley and Natalie! 

Madison and Sam!

Spencer and Zachary. 

Natalie and Brynley enjoyed a new box of chalk!

Madison 

and Sam tried some 

Chalk pictures! They 

thought it was

pretty fun! 

I want to try it again!

We had a pretty fun day. They also

played in the pool, had snacks, rode bikes,

colored and watched a movie!

6 kids = tired me!!

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On a side note I made these cute new Church clothes for the girls!

They are going to wear them tomorrow for Father's Day!

Nursemaids elbow, New Park and Luck Peak!

Well it's been an eventful week to say the least. A trip to urgent care and the ER for xrays and a temporary cast! That will be the first part of this post. 

Last Sunday, Travis and I were dozing in the living room, and the kids were back in our room watching a movie. All of a sudden we hear a thump and a scream. Brynley fell off the bed. She does this often, but this time was different. She was screaming in pain. We called a friend and dropped Madison and Zachary off to play and we headed to urgent care. 

The doctor told us it was Nursemaids Elbow. It's where the radius is popped out of the socket. He popped it back in (OUCH!) then we went over to the ER to take x-rays. She should have been back to normal almost instantly. So they sent us home and told us to come back if she still wasn't using it. 

So, the next morning we head back for more x-rays and more doctors. The big mean doctor "tried again to pop it back!" I wanted to punch him. So the nice doctor put her in a temporary cast. 

This is us leaving on Monday morning. The nice nurse put Princess stickers on her sling or as Brynley calls it "black bandy." 

First night with cast on. She slept for a few hours then was up crying. But she has been sleeping pretty well ever since!

Dr. Abe is coming the house to check her out tomorrow (Tuesday). He has looked at the x-rays and will let us know what he thinks. He is also the same doctor who took care of my foot. Great guy!

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Okay so the "I'm bored," started early this year. So we loaded up and headed to a new park. 

The park is Pirate themed. It had a big ship to play

on and lots of slides. The down side is no shade! We lasted about 45 minutes!! But they had fun!

Brynley navigated the play structure pretty well!

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The first Idaho State Park we decided to try was Luck Peak. It was only about 45 minutes from home. We went with my sister in law and her family. We took a picnic lunch and played until the babies got tired!

Shannon and Devin brought a fun floating thing. And gave the kids rides around the lake. It was hot when the wind wasn't blowing. But we had a pretty good time!

The first ride! 

I put a plastic bag of her arm and it didn't stop her! She sat and filled up this bucket over and over! She did venture down to the water and sat in the shallows. 

Zach and Madison had fun too and were pretty sad when we left! We will definitely come back!