Family trip

Four wheeling


Horse back riding
Jayda and Ella

Roasting Mallows


Ranger rides


Mindy and I ready for the zip line
Jayda
Asia and Alice
John and his mom at the temple
Kaden and Alice having lunch at Red Robin


The Washington Rec


I know there are a million pictures. I have been putting off this post for a while because I had so many it was over whelming. So believe it or not, this is just a few. John's mom planned a family reunion with her, her kids and grandkids at a Zion resort so we made a trip out of it. We started off staying at the ranch. We went four wheeling with Rachel and Richards family, ate popsicles, picked melons, went shopping, and had a good visit. Then we headed to Zion's for the weekend. It was SO beautiful and the resort had so many things to do. We had ranger rides, horse back rides, rode the zip line, roasted marshmallows for s'mores, soaked in the hot tub, played at the park and the list goes on. It was such a blast. The cabin was huge and had two rooms full of bunk beds. Alice loved playing and falling a sleep on the top bunk with all her girl cousins. It was so fun eating every meal together and having late night talks. John even squeezed in a trip to the temple with his mom. On Tuesday we went to the washington rec center with the Schaefermeyer family to swim and had a blast! It was so good to see everyone. We had such a fun trip and cant wait till next time! Love you all.

Puyallup fair

So happy to be at the fair

Ella so happy to have her own

Alice and Ronan loving their ice cream

John's last show was the Puyallup fair. It was 17 long days & our little fam ended up going 4 times. Now about every other day Alice will say "I want to go to the fair". She loved the rides. Her favorite was a pink car that followed a track and coming in a close second was the giant slide you ride down on a gunny sack. They have something at this fair I have never had before. It's called an elephants ear. It's a big thin piece of fried dough covered in butter and then sprinkled with Cinnamon and sugar. Yum. Ella loved the animals. Especially the petting zoo. She would get so excited and squeal, but didn't really want to touch any of them. We had a blast! So thanks to Dan and his family and also Bo and Melanie (who cleaned up Alice's puke the first time..I am forever in your debt! And the second time we came out after the fair to a dead battery. Luckily John was not pitching and came to our rescue.) For hauling me and the kiddo's! Good times.

Granny's visit

Where's granny? The girls fighting for her attention

Talked her into a butterfly this time


The beach was SOO cold, but watching the sunset was worth it!

My mom came to visit and stayed for about five days. We were in heaven the whole time. Being away from my mom ( as well as John's mom) and sisters has been the hardest part about living here, so having her visit was so much fun. We did a lot of fun things: went to the zoo, the beach, site seeing, and even had time for a pedicure. Alice HAD to have granny sleep in her bed and she slept on the floor beside her. She loved having her here and getting the one on one attention. She cried when we dropped her off at the airport. So sad and so cute. I love you so much mom. I am so grateful for the time I got to spend with you.

Woodland park zoo

We went to the zoo a couple weeks ago. We lucked out because almost every animal was out where we could see them. We passed a face painting booth and Alice had to have her's painted. She was so cute how she held so still. I tried to talk her into a pretty butterfly, but she had her heart set on being a pink cheetah. She is the cutest cheetah I've ever seen. She practically ran the rest of the time we were there because cheetah's are fast! It was such a fun day and we will defiantly be visiting the zoo again. (ok we already have when my mom came to visit. I'm a little behind on posting so those picture's are coming soon.)

look at those cheek-ers

Mariner's game

Last weekend we went to my first ever pro baseball game. I have to say I am defiantly a fan. As you can tell we had great seats....ok maybe just great food. It was such a fun night and I will for sure be back for more!