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Happy Birthday Ashlynn and Kevin!

Ashlynn, we love you very much! You are already 2 and turning into such a big girl, you are such a good big sister, a sweet niece, and a fun cousin! We hope you have a great birthday!!
Happy Birthday to you too Kevin, hope you have a good one!!




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Family Vacation

Day 1
This was our first stop on the road. At this stop we learned about those that traveled the Oregon Trail and watched Cade throw a bunch of pine cones. Despite the one hundred are we there yet questions from Katelyn I must say the kids traveled pretty well the whole way there.
This was at Spokane Park, they have a big fountain that the kids play in. This is also where the big red wagon was that you will see in the slide. They also had amusement rides, we looked at some water falls, and ate some really yummy shaved ice. This was a nice stop to break up the day of travel.
After this we went to the hotel in Hayden and went to the water park that is attached to the hotel. It has 3 big water slides and a kids area similar to the one here at Roaring Springs. All of the kids loved going here but unfortunately we didn't get any pictures.
Day 2
We spent most of this day at the lake. We took a scenic ferry ride around the lake, really pretty, a lot of gorgeous houses on the lake, 90 minutes much too long for 4 kids. The kids also swam in the lake, (no pictures) it was pretty chilly out but they insisted. Caleb, Katelyn, and Kamryn did anyway, Cade just chased seagulls.
This is also the night we went to eat dinner at a restaurant, big mistake, great atmosphere, good food, it was called Tomato Street, but Cade threw a tin can at the family next to us among other things that made us get our food to go. Back at the hotel Katelyn and Kamryn decided to play with the phones in the room (landlines) I finally unplugged them so they wouldn't cause any problems... too late... guy knocks on the door to see what the problem was since we called 911!

Day 3
We went to Silverwood Theme park. The kids rode a lot of rides and played a lot of games. However, they would only ride 1 out of 4 roller coasters, Scott and I would have loved to ride them all but that didn't quite work out. Kamryn also would have ridden them but she needed to be just a bit taller. We watched a pretty cool magic show that inspired Caleb and Katelyn to practice magic tricks back at the hotel putting paper behind their ears... Kamryn of course tried it too but only she put it on the inside of her ear... she just got the paper removed from her ear today by the doctor. (5 days later)
Day 4
We spent all day at Triple Play which was also attached to the hotel, we played miniature golf, bumper boats, go karts, rock climbing, and arcade games. It was nice that we could just go up to our room when we were soaked by the bumper boats and when Cade needed a nap. The girls even rock climbed but of course again no picture. The kids had a lot of fun and we finished off the day with another night at the water park. Caleb met a girl and went down the water slide w/ her but... he forgot to get her name so we only know her as Portland.


Day 5
This is travel back home day, we went to eat an actual breakfast at a restaurant that wasn't continental. Man when will we be able to actually eat in a restaurant again? Let's just say Cade and restaurants do not mix. Then we had to go back to the hotel after receiving a call letting us know that Katelyn left her purse, with her phone in it. Finally on the road... I think Cade and Kamryn cried the first two hours and were cranky the whole rest of the way home!

Overall we had a lot of fun and made some really good memories, I would do every part of it over again. I loved spending this kind of time with my family and can't wait until the next family trip. This was a good vacation spot and I was impressed with everything we did, I thought the hotel was a perfect place to stay with kids.

Katelyn turns 8!

We went to Chuck E. Cheese for lunch on Katelyn's birthday and everyone had a lot of fun. She invited two friends Ashlynnae and Prisilla. They had fun playing on the games and rides, and of course the best part cashing in their tickets. Kamryn and Cade had a lot of fun too. I love the way Chuck E. Cheese is set up, for the most part you can let then kids run around and just keep an eye on them vs. having to have have a hand on them at all times.
Next we went to the doctor, 3 of the 4 had their check ups and got shots... yep Katelyn had to get a shot on her birthday! Let's just say this was not the highlight of her day.
Family party... everyone came over for cake, icecream, and sorry to say Katelyn's favorite part presents. Katelyn got a lot of awesome presents as usual... thank you everyone! Katelyn did get a cell phone in which she has been counting the days to get since she was I don't know 5. She is quickly learning how to text message and calls all her family members everyday. It was a lot of fun having everyone over and was a great ending to a special day.

Swimming Lessons

Katelyn did an awesome job with her swim lessons and improved so much each day, they were perfect timing also as she was able to practice what she learned during our family vacation. Katelyn's favorite part was working on her Tarzan strokes.
This was Kamryn's first time having lessons and she completely loved it. Everyday she asks if she has swimming and sometimes even puts her suit on first thing in the morning. Kamryn's favorite part was blowing her bubbles.
The girls are both sad that their session is over and are looking forward to the next time they can take lessons.

More to come...

The girls start swimming lessons next week. Katelyn has a birthday this week on the 7th. Our family vacation is next weekend, we are going to Coeur d'alene the 8th thru the 12th. Ashlynn's birthday and Jace's blessing. Katelyn's baptism. School starts... already?... WOW!

Big Deal!!!

This is a big deal... I work days now! Yep new position at work! My new schedule is Monday thru Friday 8:30 - 5! This means I am married again, team parenting vs. single parenting, less help needed from the family, family dinners, social life, need I say more?

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Summer so far...

Caleb played majors with the Orioles and took the championship for MVLL!! Wait that's not the end... he also played on the 11 yr old all star team. The flashing sign at the bottom is not a joke, baseball really was our life!! Caleb played in 5 tournaments and took 2nd in districts! Thanks to all of our family that supported us in this!!!

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