The Adams Family

My sister, Heather, and her kids came over for a few days from Seattle. It was a quick trip but the kids were in heaven...at least mine were :-) We decided to head down to good ol Medical Lake one day. Unfortunately when they came the weather decided to cool down to about 60 degrees. Needless to say we had the whole beach to ourselves.

Still warm enough to play in the dirt

Look a deer! haha, I love this pic

And this guy is just sooo cute!

The next day my mom and sister Kim were so nice to come over and watch Coleson and Sadie so we could take off and go to Silverwood with the bigger kids. It was nice for the rides because it was cooler outside, but once again it was a little chilly for the water park portion. Oh well, the kids didn't care too much and still got in the water. I wish I would have taken more pics, but this is what I got.

The train ride. This was one of the funniest parts to me. During the train ride they tell you to watch out out for the bandits who had escaped into the woods. They do this little act and at one point the bandits capture the train and point guns at all the passengers. They said "Everyone put your hands in the air" and Jace with tears in his eyes says with his little trembly voice "are they gonna shoot me?" hahahah. I was so cute, sad, and hilarious! I guess he didn't pick up on their horrible, i mean, awesome, acting skills

The froggy hopper was Lexi's favorite ride...they all look so excited in this picture.

I soon found out that my kids are pretty much wuses. They did like the little little rides. And Lexi threw up all over our comforter that night...so she's got a weak stomach. Maybe in a few years they will grow out of it and will become dare devils???

We had a great time and glad the Adams Family came to see us (minus Bryan)!

8 years

Last Friday (the 12th), Tyson and I celebrated our 8 year anniversary. My parents had gotten us tickets to Les Miserables for my dad's birthday (still not sure how that was for his birthday cause we all didn't even go together, but whatever, worked out great for our anniversary :-) We took one picture on Tyson's phone that night at the play and that was it...bummer. We met up with Kyle and Necia for dinner at the Wild Ginger since it was almost their anniversary too and then headed to the play. It was amazing! The fam was nice enough to watch the kids over night so we could have a night to ourselves. Thanks again guys!!! This is the most recent picture I have of the two of us...aren't we just cute! Happy anniversary to us!

Seattle

Have I mentioned how much I LOVE being close to family!?!?! Well, I do! Lexi got to go over to Seattle and participate in a dance camp with her cousin, Katrina. It was in the mornings for a week. The last day we got to go and see what they had done. I must say it was pretty stinkin' cute and Lexi had a great time!

twinners

We stayed another week at Heathers house and had a blast! Here were some highlights:

Going to the park...they had fun posing for the pics...I didn't even tell them to do this

Lexi, Natalie, Katrina, Jace, Sadie

Going swimming...I think this was Coleson's favorite!

How cute is this girl?!?! Sadie was so fearless in the water

The waster was too cold for Jace so he sat on this floatie the whole time and collected ducks

Saturday we went to Northwest trek. It was pretty cool. You get on a little bus and drive around and look at the elk, deer, bison, goats, etc.

See the raccoon in the back. Jace asked if the raccoon let all it's stink out, ahah...uh, wrong animal buddy :-)

Snow cones were usually on the agenda.

There is this little trail by their house that has an amazing view. How beautiful is this? The girls loved that they all had matching shirts...$2.99 at children's place!

Much time was spent on the trampoline

playing basketball

trying to contain this boy was a challenge. He is all over the place right now and into everything.

Splash park, which lasts all of about 5 minutes cause it was a little chilly out

We went to the beach one day. We left before lunch and were worried because it was pretty cloudy, but as soon as we got there the clouds separated and the sun came out. It was so pretty! The kids didn't get in the water cause it was frigid, but they had a good time playing in the rocks and digging

Coleson got dragged around everywhere...sometime you have to improvise for nap time. He surprisingly lasted a good 20 min in there

We left the beach and decided to stop at the flower garden.

And then my camera died...what do you expect after all that right??? What a good time we had!
Much of the days consisted of the girls putting together fashion shows and dances...Lexi loved being girly with them! Thanks Heather and Bryan for putting up with us for so long!

Twin Lakes

Once again, another good time had at Twin Lakes. Lexi learned how to ride her bike with no training wheels and Jace loved playing with his cousins (they just told me to type that).

Poor babies had to be confined the whole time...they don't seem to care.

Daily outings to get icecream makes everyone happy

Bike rides

Entertainment with corn pops :-)

Grandpa pulling all the bike trailers. At one point he had 5 on here. Super grandpa!

This year we did a family triathlon, which was inspired by my good friends Emily Wood and Lauren Stephens. We did the swim (not sure how far we went), biked around the lake (13.9 miles), and then ran to the other resort and back (3 miles). This is us girls before we went.

Tyson and Bryan did theirs on the same day

The kids had fun decorating eachother with whipping cream and throwing cheetos to see how many would stick. Unfortunately the whipping cream didn't stick on too well, but they had fun anyway.

hard core: Kyle, Jillian, Necia

Heather put together a picture scavenger hunt and this is such a cute one.