A camping adventure!

So Adam and I have never been camping together. Which means we have never taken the kids camping. This year Adam talked with his cousin Bam who decided to bring his wife and two kids to Lake Tahoe to camp so Adam said we would join them. Of course I was a little nervous about camping with the kids but they were VERY excited! So we left Friday afternoon and met them and set up camp, us wifes started the fire, the boys were very impressed. It was just a fun weekend. We biked with the kids and went to the beach, the kids played and climbed on rocks and loved being dirty. At night it was really cold but we piled on the blankets and were okay. We loved spending time with family and the kids played great together. Ellie still asks about Kohen and baby Kate.
June 19, 2009

A camping adventure!

So Adam and I have never been camping together. Which means we have never taken the kids camping. This year Adam talked with his cousin Bam who decided to bring his wife and two kids to Lake Tahoe to camp so Adam said we would join them. Of course I was a little nervous about camping with the kids but they were VERY excited! So we left Friday afternoon and met them and set up camp, us wifes started the fire, the boys were very impressed. It was just a fun weekend. We biked with the kids and went to the beach, the kids played and climbed on rocks and loved being dirty. At night it was really cold but we piled on the blankets and were okay. We loved spending time with family and the kids played great together. Ellie still asks about Kohen and baby Kate.
June 19, 2009

First Swim Lessons

I decided since Adalyn is so afaid to get in the big pool that this summer would be a good opportunity to put her in swim lessons. I thought for sure she wouldn't get in but her friend Shyanne was there with her and I told her is she did what her teacher said she could have fun dip! So she got right in and did everything her teacher asked. It was a 2 weeks class and she learned how to get in the water, kick, blow bubbles, back float and learned how to climb out of the pool using the ladder. She loved it! I am so proud of her for being willing to try something new. She has really started to grow up and isn't as afraid to do things any more. I love it!

First Swim Lessons

I decided since Adalyn is so afaid to get in the big pool that this summer would be a good opportunity to put her in swim lessons. I thought for sure she wouldn't get in but her friend Shyanne was there with her and I told her is she did what her teacher said she could have fun dip! So she got right in and did everything her teacher asked. It was a 2 weeks class and she learned how to get in the water, kick, blow bubbles, back float and learned how to climb out of the pool using the ladder. She loved it! I am so proud of her for being willing to try something new. She has really started to grow up and isn't as afraid to do things any more. I love it!

Las Vegas!!

We decided to take a family trip to Las Vegas. Adam hasn't been back with us since we left Utah May 2006. We decided to drive, it took about 11 hours to get there. The girls did really well watching movies and hanging but man what a horrible drive. You are in the middle of the desert for hours with nowhere to stop! That was no fun, but we arived in Las Vegas on June 3rd. We stayed with my sister Jackie because she has kids my kids age and she had an extra guest room. My sister Paula lives about 5 minutes away. The girls loved going to her house to see there dog, jump on there trampoline and swing on there swing set. We went to Vegas mainly to see family but also because my neice Kayla was graduating from High School. Although I realized I didn't get any pictures of her. Dang it! Anyways my parents were there and my uncle marvin who Ellie kept calling grandpa which was so cute and he loved. She also called my dad grandpa though(she thinks every old man is Grandpa) Also my brothers wife chelsea and there little girl Hannah came. It was so fun we went shopping, swimming everyday in Jackie and Mike's awesome pool, and just let the kids play and have fun. Adam went one day sandrailing and 4 wheeling with Mike and another day they took his boat out. Of course Adam loved that. Adam had to fly back to go back tgo work on Monday but we stayed until Thursday and my mom was nice enough to drive back with me, thankgoodness i couldn't have done it without her. It was a really good trip, I love being around my family and leting the girls get to know everyone better. Thank you Paula and Jackie for letting us come and stay!!

Las Vegas!!

We decided to take a family trip to Las Vegas. Adam hasn't been back with us since we left Utah May 2006. We decided to drive, it took about 11 hours to get there. The girls did really well watching movies and hanging but man what a horrible drive. You are in the middle of the desert for hours with nowhere to stop! That was no fun, but we arived in Las Vegas on June 3rd. We stayed with my sister Jackie because she has kids my kids age and she had an extra guest room. My sister Paula lives about 5 minutes away. The girls loved going to her house to see there dog, jump on there trampoline and swing on there swing set. We went to Vegas mainly to see family but also because my neice Kayla was graduating from High School. Although I realized I didn't get any pictures of her. Dang it! Anyways my parents were there and my uncle marvin who Ellie kept calling grandpa which was so cute and he loved. She also called my dad grandpa though(she thinks every old man is Grandpa) Also my brothers wife chelsea and there little girl Hannah came. It was so fun we went shopping, swimming everyday in Jackie and Mike's awesome pool, and just let the kids play and have fun. Adam went one day sandrailing and 4 wheeling with Mike and another day they took his boat out. Of course Adam loved that. Adam had to fly back to go back tgo work on Monday but we stayed until Thursday and my mom was nice enough to drive back with me, thankgoodness i couldn't have done it without her. It was a really good trip, I love being around my family and leting the girls get to know everyone better. Thank you Paula and Jackie for letting us come and stay!!

Fairytale Town!

On May 26th I took the girls with a friend from church Kerrie Corbridge and her daughter Ellie to a place called Fairytale Town. It's in Sacramento and it a fun park that the kids can play and climb on and interact with a lot of fairytale's and nursery rhymes. It was the perfect day to go, not to busy and not to hot. It's a lot like Enchanted Forrest in Oregon.

Fairytale Town!

On May 26th I took the girls with a friend from church Kerrie Corbridge and her daughter Ellie to a place called Fairytale Town. It's in Sacramento and it a fun park that the kids can play and climb on and interact with a lot of fairytale's and nursery rhymes. It was the perfect day to go, not to busy and not to hot. It's a lot like Enchanted Forrest in Oregon.

Random!!

I had some random and funny pictures of the kids. One is of Ellie when she was so tired she fell asleep on the couch(that never happens!) And she was sleeping with her eyes a little open. I thougt it was funny. Also The girls helped us make cookies and they are obsessed with eating cookie dough, cake batter or brownie batter. I wonder where they got that from?? Of course Adam is always yelling at us girls to stop eating that stuff because we'll get salmonilla but I'm 25 and have never gotten sick from eating it! The other pictures are when I thought I would try something new with Ellie's hair but it didn't really work out, poor girl her hair just isn't that thick!

Random!!

I had some random and funny pictures of the kids. One is of Ellie when she was so tired she fell asleep on the couch(that never happens!) And she was sleeping with her eyes a little open. I thougt it was funny. Also The girls helped us make cookies and they are obsessed with eating cookie dough, cake batter or brownie batter. I wonder where they got that from?? Of course Adam is always yelling at us girls to stop eating that stuff because we'll get salmonilla but I'm 25 and have never gotten sick from eating it! The other pictures are when I thought I would try something new with Ellie's hair but it didn't really work out, poor girl her hair just isn't that thick!

A fun trip with family!

Around the middle of May Adam's sister Chelese and her husband Greg and there little boy Cole came to our area for a couple of weeks and we got to stay with them for a night at the Marriot in Lake Tahoe. It was fun such a nice day at the lake and the kids loved to play in the sand. Then the next weekend they came to our house. We gave them a tour of our base and took them to a place about 25 mintutes called Bridge Port. We had never been there before but it was really cool. It was a covered bridge built in 1862, at 251 feet, it is the longest single span covered bridge in the United States. There is a river that runs under it that you can float down and has sand banks so the kids thought it was a lot of fun. We can't wait to go back and hike and play in the river.

A fun trip with family!

Around the middle of May Adam's sister Chelese and her husband Greg and there little boy Cole came to our area for a couple of weeks and we got to stay with them for a night at the Marriot in Lake Tahoe. It was fun such a nice day at the lake and the kids loved to play in the sand. Then the next weekend they came to our house. We gave them a tour of our base and took them to a place about 25 mintutes called Bridge Port. We had never been there before but it was really cool. It was a covered bridge built in 1862, at 251 feet, it is the longest single span covered bridge in the United States. There is a river that runs under it that you can float down and has sand banks so the kids thought it was a lot of fun. We can't wait to go back and hike and play in the river.