Ava's First Field Trip

On Monday, 10/4 we went to Linder Farm for Ava's first field trip with her Preschool. The day started with a hay-ride, then to the pumpkin patch, the hay-bale maze, and a snack at the end. Ava and Brycen each picked out their own pumpkin, and enjoyed a cool day on the farm. I was fortunate to be able to take the day off so that I could go with them. Yay!

I "CAN!"

It took me a few days - but I managed to get tomatoes, carrots and peaches done last week. It doesn't look like much, but I consider this a HUGE accomplishment for myself. The carrots and tomatoes are from Drew's garden in the backyard too. YUM!

More Cabin Picts with Jakey & Landon

Landon's mom, Christy was sweet enough to take some pictures with her camera since mine died early on into the trip. She just sent me these-- aren't our boys cute!! Jacob and Landon had soooo much fun playing together. Immediately when the Takos's arrived, Jacob shouted out Landon's name and they romped around the cabin playing until dinner.

I asked Christy to bring some kind of kid activity, so she brought a big roll of paper and some finger paints! Fun! By the end we had three long paintings filled with glops of color, stamps, hand prints, and foot prints. Needless to say, bathtime was next.:)



The Takos's also brought a kid-size fishing pole, and Jacob was a natural. It was amazing! All they did was show him how the button releases the line, and he figured out the rest-- casting his line way out into the water. After that, fishing was all he could talk about!


We're so grateful our boys have the blessing of making memories like these!

Smith Rock Pinnacle Climb

On a beautiful day in September, Michael Neal, Peter Kramer and I had two guides take us up a FIVE PITCH climb to the top of Smith Rock. The name of the climb is "Wherever I may wander". This was taken with Peter's iphone and you can see by the perspective that we were a good 500 feet up!
It makes my hands sweaty just to think of it! It took a while to get my rock climbing feet under me, but by the 3rd pitch I was pretty well committed. You can't just say "never mind" that far up.
This tops out my rock climbing adventures totally! I think I'll just watch from now on... ;o)..

On to the next item on my bucket list...hmmm...

Cabin for my Birthday!

Throwin' rocks

Buddies Jacob and Landon

I LOVE this picture of Jacob!

Look at this cute family!

Papa's little buddy!

Reading stories with Papa, they were laughing sooo hard at his voices!

Ridin' with Daddy

Jakey peein' in the bushes! Love the little buns!!!

Happy dog! Ruby is about 6months old now and getting big fast. She had so much fun running with glee!

Ahhh... it was soooo nice to relax at the cabin this weekend. And, best of all we got to share it with Nana and Papa and our friends the Takos's. Everyone had so much fun! Braden was Papa's boy, Jacob and Landon were best buds, Nana got her fishing fix and some serious giggles:), Jacob learned to cast, Ruby ran to her heart's content, and Jason and I just got to relax! There is something theraputic about the mountains. I can't get enough of looking out over those vistas and breathing the pine-scented air.

Happy Birthday Lisa!...a few days late..

Happy Birthday to you! Hope you had a wonderful day!

NEW TOY

We found it! An 18-ft. toy hauler/camper.





We're very excited to get out there and use it soon ... if only it would stop raining......;>}


YEEHAW!

Zip Idaho

Happy Birthday Jeffrey & Drew!

We suprised the boys with a ZIP adventure for their birthdays over the Labor Day weekend. Amanda screamed most of the way, but what a blast - Love you babe!

Camping with the Rowley's

Our families went camping together in the blue mountains this last weekend. We went swimming in the creek - very COLD - and had a picnic lunch along the river. All the kids are so fun together and Drew and I love getting together with Jayson and Ashley!

Camping with the Rowley's cont...

We had so much fun with Jayson, Ashley, Jett, Tucker & Dallas! Ava and Brycen played non-stop with their cousins and had a blast! We found snakes, frogs, fish, caterpillars, dirt, smoke and fun, fun, fun! They are all getting so big so fast!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ASHLEY!!

You deserve a birthday posting, too!

Thanks for all you do for me and dad. We love you so much.

Happy birthday for Sept. 3rd.


xoxo

Mom