Camping-Labor Day Weekend!

We found this swimming pool, it must have blown out of someones back yard ! :) :( The kids loved it and it got them clean. Even baby Eva played in it a little bit.

We all went camping over labor day weekend up in Council. Kind of camping. We parked on a jobsite Ryan is working on, but there is nothing up there but one house. It was nice because it wasn't a crowded camp ground. The dirt was underestimated, thank goodness for showers in motorhomes.

Papa got a little crazy with the 4-wheeler. They found this huge pipe thing and the kids would get in it and then papa would roll the pipe around. Then he got this crazy idea to roll the pipe with the 4-wheeler. Payton would end up rolling completely out of the pipe and onto the ground. We would all cringe while watching this. Payton would stand right back up and say "Again, Papa, again".

Can you see the feet sticking out the end of the pipe?

Family Vacation

We took a family vacation (and when I say family, I mean my family, Tami's family and Grandma and Papa) to the Oregon Coast in July. We rented a beach house for about four days. We played on the beach, roasted hotdogs and made smores. We hit the aquarium on day and of course, had luch at the original Mo's.

After the beach house, we headed to Tillamook to stay with Papa Wally and G.G. First day there we drove down to Oceanside and had the most beautiful day on the beach that I can remember. There was no wind, yes I said NO WIND. It was sunny and the seals were playing in the water. I let Luke run around in nothing but a swim diaper.

We also made a trip out to the Faulhaber reunion. The kids had fun on the homemade slip-n-slide and playing in the creek. We adults had fun eating.

4th of July

We took the boys down to Melba to see the parade. Luke loved seeing the jets fly over to start it. They are so much fun to watch.

My husband thought he would let Luke light some fireworks this year. That was a little nerve wracking.

Gaddis-Swafford Reunion

Luke had been on a plane before, but he was so little that it got a lot more reaction this time. He loved all the planes at the airport.

Mom, Dad, Luke and I went on a quick trip to the Oregon Coast for Mom's family reunion in June.

Luke's 2nd Birthday

We had a blast. We set up the inflatable water slide and I think the big boys had more fun than the little ones. Luke's theme was Lightning McQueen (there was no way we would get away with not doing cars).

Modesty, what modesty!

You know all those pictures you never want your parents to get out that are sooooo embarassing. Especially when they show them to people you know will give you a hard time about them. I got some great ones of Luke the other day when he was running around NAKED! Take a look:

Traveling with a toddler.

So this weekend Luke and I will be flying to Oregon for a family reunion on my moms side of the family. It is a short flight so I am hoping all will go well. Luke is really into planes right now so I know he will love the airport. Mom and dad will be going with us so I will have help, Thank God! I will report back on how it went later on.

We got back yesterday about 8:30 p.m. He did great on the flight to Portland. He didn't quite know what to think of all the new people he met. Napping was interesting. It was usually a few minutes here and there while we were in the car. Now, let's talk about the flight back. First, mommy was cranky because stupid people shouldn't be allowed in airports. I also just wanted to get home. Then our plane was late. Luke was so tired on the flight home that all he wanted to do was move around. We has some turbulence so everyone was told to stay in there seat. I had to hold him down until he finally fell asleep. Of course that included a lot of crying and screaming. The man sitting in front of us was thoroughly enjoying it. It is just a good think we don't do this very often.