the 4th!

we went over to Andy and Jen Wilson's last night. we all had the best time with everyone! here are some pictures of the FUN!
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Natalie and Caleb


Leah and Maggie ready for the show!

a taste of our little fireworks age appropriate!

the brave 2 year olds (the rest were back a bit more)



the 4 year olds!

Raising Godly Tomatoes!

so my mom gave me new book to read and I am loving it! It is a parenting book called Raising Godly Tomatoes. you can go to the authors web site to buy one or check out her parenting tips right on the site, it's www.raisinggodlytomatoes.com . it's a very good refresher for me and is easy reading. it's fun to read about people who are dealing with the same struggles and pleasures of parenting you are! anyway I recommend it! when I'm done reading let me know and I can lone my copy. I'll be done next week!

on a second note, I am potty training Clay this week and the book is a good secondary thing to be working on with him. he is about 50% for staying dry. not bad for the second day. wish me luck and prayer would be a huge blessing! thanks ya'll

swim!

Colton just finished swim camp this last thursday and he is loving the pool. he can really swim!


sit dive! his favorite thing
free time!

House stuff

well here are some new things done on the house!

for sale!

need a new car? our 1995 GMC is for sale if know anyone looking for one!

wildlife!

we saw some great animals in Estes Park. the Elk just walk along the sides of the road. it's a pretty rare site especially when you live in Oregon and the elk are only seen running and from a distance.

HERE'S SOME ROCKY MOUNTAIN BEAUTY!

Estes Park Vacation pictures

well after the 16-17 hr drive we were so thankful to arrive in one piece at our house in Estes Park, Colorado. We got there Wednesday at 5 pm in Estes Park and just let the kids play. we rented a house with my great friend Myriah and her family. together we had a child 0,1,2,3 and 4. we had a great time and the kids were a lot of fun to have together. We are already wanting to plan another trip with them if that tells you how much fun we had together! we woke up to SNOW on Thursday morning! the kids were excited to see it but all of us adults were hoping for sun not snow in JUNE! well it kind of took one of our days to go out and explore the town, but our kids got to stay in and play for the day and we got a lot of good time to visit! we drove around and looked for elk and other cool animals. we found out that while we were gone our new house got broke into. bummer, very hard to have happen when you are gone out of town. we think it could have been someone we hired that knew we were gone and could have know the combo to get into the house. very frustrating! we meet up with some of the people I went to college ( Ravencrest) there with and had a barbecue with our families! very fun. we took the boys fishing and Clay got to catch his first fish. he screamed like a girl when he touched it, he's such a crack up! wow the mountains are awesome. I hadn't been back there since I left school, so it was really fun and relaxing. the house we rented was really nice and was in great spot. we had a trail into the Rocky Mountains right off out front yard. well that's all for now, off to make some calls for our building project!