School Fun Run

I had a really bad sore throat, so Josh took Brayden over to the school's fun run. Brayden had been excited for it all week. He's a little guy, but he sure is fast! He took 3rd place for the boys!!! Way to go Brayden!!!

The Counter

Brynlee LOVES to be on our counter. All. Day. Long. I can't keep her off of it. She's only fallen once and I caught her just in the nick of time. Brayden, ironically, decided to climb up on the counter a few weeks ago like Brynlee does. He fell off within seconds of getting on top. I couldn't help but laugh, since Bryn is on there ALL day and never falls. N-e way, after spilling her drink she decided she still wanted it. Nice form, Brynlee. Nice form.

Fernanda's Birthday

We had Josh's family over to our house to celebrate Fernanda's birthday. We had a ton of yummy food and it was fun to relax and hang out a bit. Happy bday Fernanda!

 Gotta love the belly shirt! And yes...she loved the ice cream cone.

Photo Shoot / Fernanda's Birthday

The kids were so cute I tried to take a few pictures after church. This pictures sums up how it went:

 We invited the Ericson's over to our house to celebrate Fernanda's birthday. We had a great bbq for dinner, cake, presents, and ice cream. It was a lot of fun!

Field Trip

Brooklyn's preschool class had a fieldtrip to the fire station. It was a lot of fun and the kids enjoyed it. Here's Brayden trying to hold a very heavy tool.

 Brooklyn looking through the heat sensing camera:

 The kids did NOT like the siren very much:

Cabin - Day 3

On Sunday morning we decided to go to the old cabin and go for a nice Sunday walk. The colors changing in the mountains were gorgeous. Michael and Natalie were staying at the old cabin with some friends so it was fun to see them a little bit. They had carrots that the kids got to feed the horses. 

 After we fed the horses we started on our walk. The girls were so cute all trying to hold hands.

 

We made it to the pond where we threw in a bunch of rocks and sticks. The kids enjoyed being by the water.

 After we got back we had a yummy lasagna for lunch. Celeste and Nate headed out while we hung around with Justin and Ali while the kids napped. Then we quickly cleaned up and headed home!

Cabin - Day 1 & 2

We headed up to the cabin with my brother Justin and his family as well as my sister Celeste and her family. Between us we had 8 kids under the age of 5. Yes...it was pretty crazy. But so much fun it was worth it. We went up on Friday night as soon as Josh got off work. Nate and Celeste me us up there. We enjoyed a little time with the kids then put them to bed. We stayed up playing games all night. Saturday morning Justin and Ali came up. We mostly played outside and inside all day. Here are the guys playing horseshoes. 

 The girls loved exploring the hill:

 And of course Brynlee was following anyone around. She loved having her hands in her pockets and wouldn't take them out.

 We usually had to do meals in 2 shifts...first the kids, then the adults. Here are 7 of the kids ready for dinner:

 We put together the marble track and the kids loved it. Of course they all fought over the marbles, eventhough I took about 60 marbles.

 Nothing like a little wrestling with uncle Justin before bed! We put the kids to bed then played games again all night.