HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY JAKE!

Alright...so I'm slackin' a little bit cause Jakes b-day was on the 16th. But here are some pictures of his birthday. We went Bowling on saturday (since his b-day was on a sunday) which was a lot of fun and then we went and tried out Joe's Farm Grill (Jake said we need to take Dave and Jamie here when you come:) ) which was really good and was even featured on diners, drive-ins, and dives (which we love to watch). And then Sunday I made cinnamon rolls for breakfast and we went to church and did cake and ice cream and presents that night.

Jake has commented before (jokingly of-course) that I have sewn something for everyone except him. So for his b-day I decided to make him a blanket. It has fleece Padre print on side (his favorite team) and then different quilt squares on the other.

Jake had watched the P90x workout info-commercials several times and kinda hinted that he would like to try it out. He has been doing it faithfully (even on saturdays) for the last week and a half since he got them for his b-day. I really enjoy doing some of them too! We even do them together at night sometimes. They are definitely hard and make you very sore the next day, but it also makes it a fun way to work out!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKE! WE LOVE YOU!

Kindergaten here we come!

Today was Skylers first day of kindergarten! I can't believe that it is already that time! She was so excited today, so that made it a little bit easier to send her off. Everyone we have talked to has said how wonderful her teacher Mrs. Washington is, so I know she will have a fun year. It will definitely be hard to get use to her being gone all day since they have full day kindergarten here. I know Madison will miss her being home, but I am sure we will be able to find lots of things to do to keep busy!

Summer Fun

What a summer! I can't believe it is coming to an end already! Skyler starts school on wednesday. I can't believe she is going to be going to kindergarten! They just grow up way to fast! Well, I have been really bad at blogging this summer...so here is a look back at all the fun things we did.

SWIMMMING LESSONS

The girls were in swim lessons at the beginning of June and the water was still so cold then! I did a class with madison while my neighbor watched Ryland which was way fun to do with her, but way too cold! Next year we will definitely do them more toward the end of summer when the water feels like bath water. ( but then you get fried so I guess there is no way to win)

FUN IN SAN DIEGO!

Can't go to San Diego without eating with Grandpa at the Jack in the Box headquarters at Jack's Jack!

We got to go to San Diego for a week and play with Jakes family. The kids had so much fun playing with all their cousins! We went to the San Diego Zoo one day which is such a fun zoo to go to!

OREGON

Four days after we got back from San Diego me and the kids took off to Oregon to visit my family for 2 1/2 weeks.

Skyler loved playing with her cousin Gracie

Kinda funny...my mom had skyler try on my dress that I wore on the first day of kindergarten (yeah she still had it :) ) Deffinitely out of style these days...

Skyler and Papa headed off to church

cool dude!

My Aunt and Uncle have a beach house that we went and stayed at for a couple of days. The kids loved playing on the beach and in the water!

Fun at the lake in Vancover, WA

The kids loved playing in Grandma's back yard. They didn't like coming back to 108 + heat and not being able to go outside and play.

FAMILY CAMPING TRIP

Last weekend we went camping for the first time as a family with our new tent that was big enough to fit a queen size blow up mattress two twin size mattresses and Ryland's pack and play. It worked out really nicely and we had so much fun. We can't wait to go camping again with Dave and Jamie in Sept.!

can't forget the Smores!

Ryland had lots of fun playing in the dirt!

We had fun seeing all the beautiful scenery, walking around trails and lakes and even seeing a few dear and Elk while we were there.

Lets just say we were filthy by the end of it!

WHAT A FUN SUMMER! THANKS FAMILY FOR MAKING IT SO MUCH FUN! WE HAD SO MUCH FUN MAKING THE ROUNDS AND SEEING EVERYONE! WE LOVE YOU!

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas......

What a fun Girls weekend in Vegas! Jake's parents took all the women in the family to Vegas for the weekend while the husbands watched all the kids! (that's my kind of vacation!) We had such a fun time just hanging out, talking, shopping and relaxing all weekend.




we had a relaxing time at the spa, so much fun!


Thank you sister in-laws...I had so much fun hanging out with you guys!


Laying out by the pool...so much fun, and so relaxing!


Ice cream at Nielsen's! Yummy!



Having fun playing some bingo! Unfortunately I didn't win, but that's how it usually is right? (although we kept going back to play because my sister-in law did win a game!)

p.s. Thank you so much Jim and Shirlynn for the fantastic weekend. I'm sure all of us could agree that it was much needed and well deserved:) It was so much fun to just relax and get away from changing diapers, screaming kids, and waking up in the middle of the night. We love you guys so much and appreciate everything you do for us!

Ryland is walking!

Ryland can now walk across the room! It is so fun to see him go through all these fun stages. It makes me so sad though that he is already one and that he is growing up so fast!








TROUBLE MAKER??

Ryland is now figuring out how to climb on things. With Skyler having 2 sets of stitches before she was two and Madison breaking her arm....it makes me a little bit worried...

he figured out that if he pushed his toy bucket up to the couch that he could climb up

Trouble maker or not...he is pretty dang cute!