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Love you, Grandma!












Oakley and Dallen (The groom)
Brennan and Grandpa.

more wedding.....

Little flower girl and Usher.
Kelsey was SO beautiful, I love this pic with the three of them. Then all the girls, I am just so in love with all of these people. This wedding was so beautiful and fun, I can't think of a better wedding because of the playful things, we were laughing, crying and just really entertained.

Kelsey and Dallen's Wedding

Aunt Fran and Austin, came to see the wedding.

Cedar's hair was so beautiful for her job as flower girl. Kiddo you were amazing! Here is a pic in the dressing room with the bride. There were two flower girls, so Cedar and Neveah got to throw the flower petals and look beautiful.

Family and Friends :)

Lazy days of summer with family and friends.

What we have been doing....

I made our dog kennel into a little aviary for the doves this summer. It is so awesome, the kids love to play with them and I think its nice for the birds to have some more freedom while they are outside.












Steve had his 40th birthday, It was a really nice day and alot of fun for us and the kiddos.
Maddie had her 11th birthday at Lava, it was a blast, a bunch of crazy girls.

Pat's wild adventure!

Yesterday we wanted to go check out a salamander pond up Mink Creek. So off we go the weather was great and no rain. Of course Pat sees a mud puddle and Oakley is in the back saying "go through it Dad!" and as fast as that Pat hits the gas and off we go, as soon as we hit the water we stop. Not surprising since it has been raining everyday for the last 15 days or so. We can't even move the Jeep is totally high centered. When Pat gets out the water goes up pat his knees. Thank goodness for cell phones. We couldn't get a signal so walked a bit and got ahold of Pat's mom and dad, and they were on their way. Cedar and I started walking back to the main road to show Grandpa and Grandma where we were and Pat and Oakley, with the help of a very nice guy on a four wheeler stayed back and tried to get out. I took pics of these butterflies on the road, Cedar and I had a beautiful walk and saw butterflies and a million ground squirrels. We ended up walking past some more campsites and a couple of guys heard about the fun in the mud and headed up on their 4 wheelers to help. Grandma and Grandpa picked up Cedar and I and by the time we got back to the Jeep the 4 wheelers had pulled it out. What a fun day.

Hike up Slate Mountain

Wednesday we all got up early and headed up to Scout Mountain. We found a really fun trail on Slate Mountain and headed up. It was such a beautiful hike, it is so amazing how green it is from all this rain. The wildflowers covered the hills. All the kids did great, it was tough going on all the rocks and pretty steep in some spots. After our hike we drove to the top of Scout and waited for the rain to come. We wanted to get wet and watched the black clowds move in. We got our wish and within 5 min it was small drops to full blown hail the size of peas. It was so great! everyone got soaked and pelted with ice. I love these kiddos so much and am so glad they will get out there and play.

One of the best days...

So here we are 3 weeks into our summer vacation and alot of rain, cleaning out closets and just getting caught up on crap, Yesterday I decided to stop feeling bummed out by the wet dog smell in our house and all the things on my list of things to do and just try to not worry about it and live for the moment a bit. Pat had to work so the kids and I were home. We spent the day playing Risk, Marathon and eating junk food. We took all the dogs out in the pouring rain, all of us got soaked to the bone, but it wasn't cold, it was the BEST! That warm wet feeling, because the sun came out a little after. So my house was totally wet and it was smelly and we were all happy. We will try to spend more days like this together.

Dog Days, Rainy Days of Summer!

Finally a bit of sunshine, all of us felt so happy.

Don't make me go out there!

This is the run off into the creek from the road. The water just keeps coming and keeps coming.

Go Frogmen! Oakley and his awesome team.














This is a new family member of Oakley and Cedar's Great Grandma Jeanne. Her name is Missy and she is a bit older than 3 months. I took about 30 pics of her and these are the only 2 that weren't blurry. She is non-stop, she is so cute and full of so much energy. We love you Missy.