Caught up...

I'm finally caught up on all our summer pictures. What a wonderful, packed summer it was. As you can see I've been enjoying my life as a stay at home mom by visiting all the family, having family here, or taking trips camping and at the beach. School is about to begin in a week so our life should calm down (we'll only have soccer and gymnastics). Now I know what Smith's and Reese's have been going through with all the school activities and sports. As always anyone is more than welcome to come visit and stay with us, we always look forward to seeing family and friends. Hope you all had a wonderful summer and I promise to keep the blog a little more updated in the months too come. Love you all!

Clear Lake

What a week at Clear Lake! We did everything from hiking, to fishing, to bike riding, to canning peaches, to wading (the water is beteen 34-44 degrees BRRR), to lots and lots of eating! As you can see the lake is a beautiful blue color and you can see the trees below the water. We had a fabulous time with G'pa Jim and G'ma Cassie and look forward to going back again.

Sidewalk chalk

We finally got to use the sidewalk chalk that the Currier's got for John's B-day. They also sent the 3-D glasses which really made the pictures POP. It was beautiful day to draw in the park!

Mom's 30th (x two) B-day

We went to Spokane for mom's 60th B-day. It was great to get the whole family together. They rented a bouncy house and the kids swam in the pond. Happy B-day Mom!

Cooper's visit

Cooper came and participated in the Skyhawk's B-Ball camp with John this summer. It turned out to be record heat in Portland for the week. We spent most of the time at the Lake or kiddy pools. Notice that Kaiya Mae got the big pool, leaving Coop with the tiny pool. They became quite the duo that week!

More summer fun...

The great thing about seeing family so often is that Kaiya has really started to warm up to everyone. She gets so excited to see everyone and she even let's Aunt Krista hold her hand.

Cooper is covered in grass, which the kids thought was hilarious. I think he looks like Joseph in this picture. I'm not sure what that says about Joe!

Sticker fun!

As you can see we have had a busy summer visiting with family. The kids adore the beach and I think we could stay all summer.

Bailey's visit

We were very lucky this summer and got a chance to have our nephew Bailey come visit for a week. We took him to OMSI, the zoo, hiking, and showed him the sight of downtown. The kids enjoyed having him visit and hope he can come back again soo!