Balloon Stampede, Labor Day, and Chocolate...

Antelope Island has a balloon stampede every Sept, so last Sat we headed out there with my parents (minus Brandon). So it turned out to be really lame. We eventually got them up though. This one came down right after I took the picture. Sadness. Then, the wind wasn't strong enough to do the kite portion. We eventually did get our kites in the air after a while.

I remembered why no one goes out to Antelope Island too. It was barren and the bugs were swarming. On the bright side, we did go for a little bike ride with the kids, had a yummy breakfast, and Canon loves Papa and Gigi so it doesn't matter where we are-as long their together. :) Honestly, I really did have a fun day with my parents!

Mylee had her first taste of chocolate, and LOVED it..... Canon left a bowl of cookies on the floor and of course Mylee found it. She was pretty happy about it, but I was not.

On Labor Day we went boating. It was fun, and yes super crowded. This is Canon after he got sun screen. I love his long hair!

Pickles For Breakfast?

Canon's new favorite breakfast food: pickles. Interesting.

We went to Bear Lake over the weekend. Thanks Binghams! We had lots of fun!
Loving Fall! It is my favorite season! I'm already sooo excited for Halloween! Brandon stop me soon, I am going CRAZY with all of the cute Halloween kids clothes out there!

Anyone have cute ideas on some craft, games, or costumes for the upcoming season? Let me know! Thanks!

Hmmm... this post is set up a little weird this time. :)

Happy 2nd Birthday!!

Can you believe this little boy is 2? I can't! His b-day was actually on the 18th, but we had a party on the 22nd. Thanks to EVERYONE who came!

Check out his SWEEEET cake! My sister, Michelle, was the mastermind and creator. After Canon got the cars off of the cake, that is all he wanted to play with.

What's a party without presents? Canon got hooked up too!

Our little family! What a fun day!

August Activities

Once we got back from Oregon, we started feeding Mylee cereal. She slowly eats it. She thinks it is funny and laughs the whole time.

Last week I went boating with my parents at Jordenelle. It was Mylee's first time on a boat, and she did pretty well. She HATED the life jacket though.

Yesterday we went up to Bear Lake to see Laurie and Colby. We made yummy fresh bear lake raspberry jam. I can't wait to gobble it all up!

We spent a little time down at the beach. The shallow water felt perfect! My kids loved it too...

My Happy Place: The Oregon Coast

This is the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. We stopped here on our drive to the coast- what a long drive! Luckily we had some books to read. We read the Fabelhaven series during the long drives. They are pretty good books!

One of my FAVORITE pictures of Brandon and Canon. This is at Cape Kiwanda.

Devils Churn- fascinating but a lot scarier with the kids. The waves crash against the rocks so if you fall in- your dead.

One of my favorite activities- tidepools at Neptune Beach! I couldn't believe how many sea stars there were!

The picture is too small to see all the detail, but there is a hermit crab and fish swimming around in this tidepool.

This is at the aquarium in Newport. Doesn't it look like the fish are staring at Canon? They had a bunch of underwater tunnels that were really cool to walk through.

Canon's favorite actvity- rolling in the sand and occasionally sampling it.

Isn't Mylee sooo adorable!? This is on the bay right by the house we stayed in at Lincoln City.

Brandon became the master kite flyer. I learned a few tricks as well, but I kept crashing the kite into people. Oops!

Muson Falls outside Tillamook. Part of the water flows through this log- pretty sweet.

I think this pictures sums it up. I love the Oregon Coast. Brandon and I decided we are going to move there someday....

Check out my sister's blog (Laurie Bingham) for more amazing pictures of our vacation!

4th of July in St. George

We spent the weekend in St. George, and holy cow it was soo hot!! It was a lot of fun though! The Prax family blessed their sweet little baby girl, Katelynn.

We did a little hiking which isn't the best activity to do in St. George- especially when it is over 100 degrees! Luckily this little hike was in the shade so we stayed pretty cool.

Aren't the Prax kids soooo ADORABLE?

All the grandkids together.

The sweet little ladies!

More Summer Fun!

We didn't do too much in June, but we have AWESOME plans for July. In the meantime, here are some pics of our summer fun!! Happy 4th of July!