Canada - Summer 2011

I'm sure by now everyone that reads this blog knows that every summer we are gone up to Canada for a few weeks. Well we did it again. This time we had company on the way up. Tanya and her kids came with us(we left the husbands behind, they would meet up with us in Montana), but we still didn't have enough room so my inlaws traveled with us and brought Henry and Jackson. The boys absolutely loved riding in their car and had a blast the whole way.
We always have so much fun up in Canada. I love going home and just hanging out on the farm and spending time with my kids and showing them the things that I used to do when I was younger. The kids would put their boots on and head out to the cows. We wouldn't see them for hours. They would just wander around and check out things on the farm. Good old times. I LOVE CANADA!

4th of July!

We were able to go up to Logan for the 4th weekend to hang out with my sisters. The kids had a blast with their cousins and enjoyed the festivities. We were able to go to the 'Crusin In'(tons and tons of old cars cruising down main), Lewiston parade, and of course we had to do fireworks which topped it all off. Morgan is anxiously waiting to fill her bag with tons of candy!

Happy Canada Day!

Its been a while since we weren't able to go home for July 1st to Celebrate Canada Day! So I still had to pretend that we had a bit of us up North and wear our true colors!

Firm Picnic!

Every year the kids look forward to this picnic. They always have the same clown come and entertain the kids. He makes balloon characters, pinyata and is a blast for the kids. They got to get their faces painted and play in the bounce house. They had a lot of fun!

Sleeping Patterns!

This little girl has always got us on our toes. Lately she has been playing in her room for quite a while during naptime before finally falling asleep. I usually regret not taking more pictures of these random moments, so I quickly took advantage of this one. I went to check on her and she was sound asleep this way. Doesn't look too comfortable, but maybe I'll have to try it sometime! (I just noticed the stools and diaper in her bed to, silly girl) A few days after the above picture was taken, this is how I found her napping. She is inside her pillowcase, I told you she is a little character. She will think of anything. One day I went to check on her and her big, tall dresser had fallen over after she had climbed up it, she is dang lucky that she didn't get stuck underneath. She did get some scrapes from it, but she had fallen asleep shortly after getting whatever it was she needed off the top of it. That red hair spunk is finally coming out of her =(.
Kids say the darndest things. Yesterday Morgan was playing house and she was the mommy. I asked her who I could be and she said 'The Sweetheart.' I sure love this little girl.

Buckhorn Wash!

We went down to 'Buckhorn Wash' to go camping with Tanya and Brian over Memorial Weekend. It was so much fun, the kids absolutely loved getting dirty, climbing all over the rocks, riding bikes, and going for rides on the 4-wheelers. It was exactly what we needed, a family vacation away from all the busy things that have been going on lately. The baby just hung out in the bjorn all day while we were riding around and she was so good. We rented a trailer with them, which was really nice to have for the baby. Jason wanted to sleep out in the tent with the kids, so I let him. We had a great time, although we were very excited to get home to a nice shower. I've never seen so much dirt before in my life. The kids were absolutely filthy.

Done with 1st Grade!

It's that time of year with all the school programs and end of the year events with classes. Katelyn has loved her teacher this year. Mrs. Wilcox is super nice and sweet. She had surgery during the middle of the year and the kids missed her so bad and couldn't wait for her to get back. Katelyn has learned to read, do math and love school even more. She is such a little social butterfly and is always making new friends.
I was able to go into her class a couple times a month to help read with the kids. It was so fun to see the kids in a different atmosphere. Since Katelyn is my oldest, this is still a little new for me. She is definitly growing up whether I like it or not. Now she is on to Second Grade! Katelyn had two other kids from our ward/neighborhood in her class this year. Braelyn and Logan!