Family Reunions: Part Three- Sliverwood

I was so excited for this day! On the second day of our trip, we went to Silverwood theme park and Boulder Beach water park. There's just something about amusement parks and rides that makes me feel like a kid again. Its places like this where memories are made, and what better people to make memories with, than your family.

I was mostly excited to take Elley here now that shes 2 and can ride some of the rides. I was excited to see her reaction and to see what kind of rides she liked. I loved seeing her run to each ride and asking to go again and again.

Here is Gavin. He makes the cutest faces for pictures!

Macey and Elley


Jordan and Macey


Elley and daddy

Shaune and Tanya enjoying our picnic lunch, which was soooooo yummy!

waiting in line for the favorite ride.....the carousel. For days after going to Silverwood, Elley talked about the carousel and the names of the horses she rode on.

Elley, Louden, Ashley, Macey, and Shayla

Look at that face

Elley and Gavin having so much fun

Family Reunions: Part Two- The Lake

The first full day that we were all together, we made a little trip to Lake Coeur d' Alene. Sorry Melinda....not Chelan. Anyway, we all managed to get out the door by noon and spent the whole day just lounging lakeside.

One of the cooks preparing our lunch

Most of us enjoying the lunch that the cooks made.

These 2 cute girls are my nieces Ashley and Shayla. These girls are the funnest girls I have ever met. The last night we were all together, we stayed up until 3am talking and making bracelets. They have great personalities and make me a proud aunt. I love them and miss them.

Here is Grandpa with his "favorite" grand kids. He always knows how to make each one of his grand kids feel special....like he loves them the most.

Here is Molly.....just enjoying a relaxing day at the lake

After we spent the day swimming, we went over to a hotel that was right on the lake. This hotel has a restaurant that serves the biggest ice cream sundaes I've ever seen. This is the cool girl table waiting for their sundaes.

The Sundae

I love this little kids expression! Gavin was so excited to see this yummy desert......okay, so who wouldn't be excited to see that. I think I made that same face when I saw the ice cream coming!!!

Family Reunions: Part One

We have now been home for over a week and I haven't had one moment to sit down and post pictures from our awesome family reunion trip. We were gone for 9 days and got to visit both sides of our families. Molly and Elley did extremely well considering all the traveling, new places, irregular schedules, and spoiling that took place.

This is the first of many posts......I took over 250 photos.

Our first stop, Uncle Shaune and Auntie Tanya's house. It was a packed house but we managed to fit all of my siblings and families in one place. Everyone was there except Ariel, who is away at college, and Brynnly, who was visiting England for the summer. It was 3 days jam packed with family fun.

My 3 brothers and the dad....... Craig, Shaune, Mark and Dad

3 cute girls....Elley, Macey and Briley

All the grand kids and their Grandpa

Gavin and Louden

All the grand kids

Auntie Tanya and Molly

Cute little Macey

Tobin, Brexton, Colten, and Mckenna

Tea Time

Elley set up a little tea party for us the other day. I was cleaning up the house and I remember thinking, I am to busy for a tea party today. She kept saying, "mama, come sit." Sometimes I have to remind myself that I'm never too busy for a tea party with my sweet little girl. One of these days she'll be to old to have a tea party. So now is the time to get in all the tea parties that I can. And look at that cute smile.....how could I say no?

And here's a picture of Molly.....just for fun!!!

Friends Again

When we first moved to this area, Elley and I met some pretty neat friends.....Erin and Ava. Elley and Ava are pretty close in age and they got along well, so well that we started getting together once a week and called it playgroup. Our small little playgroup of 2 quickly turned into 3, and then a month later turned into 5.....5 little girls. A lot has changed since then, our friends had to move away and playgroup has turned into all boys....except for Elley and Molly. (but even that will change in the next few months)

This past weekend, our friends came here for a visit. It was so fun to see them, we hope they will come back "home" soon. Ava was able to spend one day with us while her parents got a few things done. Elley and Ava played, and played, and played. It was so fun to see these two two year olds interact all day. They colored, blew bubbles, played princesses, built a fort, and played dress up. It was a fun, fun day.....and all with no fighting!

Here are some pictures of Elley and Ava. The first 2 are almost 2 years ago and the other 2 are from this past weekend.

This is the night Elley and I went over to say goodbye.....SAD!

The 4th

We had a pretty fun, relaxing 4th of July. My sister-in-law's family invited us to spend the day with them. BBQ, swimming, family, friends, and fireworks....what more could you ask for?

8 months

Molly is now 8 months old....what a big girl! She is now crawling around and is cutting her first tooth. She is such a sweet baby. I really couldn't of asked for better. Here are 2 pictures of my girls. The first is Molly at 8 months and the second is Elley at the same age. I think they look so different....like sisters, but so different.