June and July 2016
Headed off to Girls Camp they go!
Ellie and Bella ready for a fun week of roughing it outdoors.
Before camp, Ellie sent Matt and I to Walmart with a list of last minute camp items for her and Bre. One of Ellie's musts was a bucket hat. We didn't find any in the ladies dept so we went to the guys and found three for her to choose from so dad was the model and we text her the options...
Number three was the lucky bucket hat of choice. Too funny. The girls also wanted fanny-packs to carry around small essentials with them, who would have guessed those would ever be back in? Ha ha.
Adorable Camp in action pics :)
Ellie and her friends taking her bed air mattress down the river at camp.
Since we were in Arlington to pick Ellie up from Girls Camp (a day early so she could head off to yet another camp for drill/dance) we stopped off to take a peek at my Great Grandma and Grandpa Ellis (Gram and Cliff's) old home. I loved to go visit their home when I was little. We have such fun memories namely the 4th of July's with the parade and eating Cracker Jacks with the fun prizes found in the bottom of the box and then we would stay the night for Christmas Eve's on occasion and sleep in sleeping bags under the Christmas tree, my favorite Christmas when my mom made me a doll with a week's worth of clothes in a little pink chest that we got to open Christmas morning was here back when I was little. I like to see all of my Gram's fancy hats and sit in Cliff's massage chairs. Their house wasn't kept up as nice as it was in the past but it was fun to take a peek at it with a drive by!
Ellie and her Team before heading off to Camp.
Brooklynne and Bre at mini-cheer camp, playing a get to know you game with their group. I helped with check in and there were 70 little cheer campers attending this year!! Such a great fundraiser :) The squads other Summer Fundraiser is the Cheerleader's Cheer Box Ads that they stand on to cheer on for football season, they rotate their boxes every quarter to advertise their companies then they are also posted in the season's football program, Here's Bre's ad's for this year:
Of course her personal Box Ad
Artistic Solutions
Matt's Business Renovation Resolutions
Brooklynne in action at camp.
Bre wasn't in this group picture because the YCL's left earlier in the morning and forgot to snap a pic of them before they headed out on the road.
Bre got a bee sting on the bottom of her footsie,
Bre and her friend Brendan at a M's game. He works for the Mariners so he has connections.
Jarom and his friends Layton, Dashawn and Austin hiking Mt Si in prep for High Adventure.
Victory, all the way to the very top! They all made it in one piece.
Ellie's Dance/Drill Team at University of Puget Sound Dance Camp.
Ellie did a great job and received two Superior Ribbons one in each of her dances she performed in both kick and pom, she was so happy and did such a good job! The instructor said she had the highest kicks and she had such a nice smile through the entire routine.
And Sumner RV Center from the Birrer's in our ward
I only had my zoom lens on my good camera so I couldn't take a pic of the entire group in one pic.
Bre and Brooke were on this side of the group pic.
Here's everyone with my phone camera.
The girls had a fun week of cheer camp!
What my lil' guys do when they are bored...they make goo and string it from upstairs down below.
When the weather doesn't cooperate and all else fails, indoor s'mores to the rescue.
Celebrating 19 Years of Lovey Doviness.
Happy Anniversary to us~
We spent our Anniversary with reservations in Snoqualmie again overlooking the Falls from our back porch at the Salish Lodge. We absolutely love this place, such a relaxing getaway in our neck of the woods.
We did the Spa Treatment this round, looking so adorable in our cozy robes.
Brunch, this was the 4th course of our Country Breakfast...so full!
Matt's hot rod fit right in- in the line up of valet parked cars, lol.
This couple sat across from us at Brunch, they were so sweet with their parked walkers, and he in his military suit with rose petals on their table. We thought for sure they were celebrating their anniversary when as they were leaving they told their waiter that they had just gotten married the day before...to cute!
His and Her's, aren't we adorable in our helmets? For our anniversary we got ourselves some bikes at our local Sumner Bike Shop and have been enjoying riding the trails here in Sumner. We also got a trailer to tag along on the back for Saydee and she LOVES to take her bike rides, it's so much fun and rewarding for the waistline!
Josh's new ride.
Matt and the kids filling the garage up with fireworks after a stop at the Reservation with Uncle Brodie and their cousins.
Happy 4th of July.
Red, White and Blue Spirit!
I love getting everything in the 4th of July Spirit!
Saydee, Emily and Bre filling their plates up for some picnic fun.
Jeana, Ben, Bailee, Ellie and Saydee.
Michael, Brodie and Matt gathering around the Barbie Q.
Jackson
Gracie and Josh with the fireworks.
We had our traditional Firework, Swimming, Food, Family and Fun Fourth of July event again this year. Good times!
Spencer and Josh.
The entire day for these kids consisted of fireworks. But in the evening when the sun goes down...that's when the big kids have their fun!
Naomi and Bailee/Ellie.
Spencer
Spencer, Matt and Saydee.
Uncle Brodie and Noelle.
Saydee Baby.
Josh and Uncle Mike.
Brooke and Noelle.
Taking a pit stop on the workout equipment while riding the trail.
Happy Father's Day Daddy-O.
Best Dad Ever T :)
I did these A&W Mugs of Rootbeer with a fun fill in the blank letter to the girls dad's that they put together for Young Women's. I shared the stories of my dad growing up in the A&W Business with Grandpa Noble's shop.
Dad Noble and his huckleberries that him and Wes picked.
Matt and I hit up the Root Beer store in Puyallup before Father's Day, we love that place! Good old fashion drafted root beer.
The girls are training Saydee at a young age to give them foot massages, too funny!
Fun in the Backyard Water.
Brooke with her friends Klohie and Katlyin.
Visiting Grandma and Grandpa on Father's Day with the cousins. Gma and Gpa Jackson's in Black Diamond is one of our favorite Sunday places to visit as a family.
Dad and his kids blowing bubble gum bubbles with Grandma's traditional bubble gum blowing contest.
Saydee eating one of her new found yummies of RICE KRISPY TREATS, she's pretty much addicted to these things these days. She will sneak them out of the pantry.
Lighting the candles for the June B-days.
Happy Birthday Grandpa and Kids!
Mormon Night at the Mariner's Game, a big Win for them!
The kids had so much fun, they especially loved the dance karaoke firework sing along after the big win!
Final Score.
Wrestling Camp
Jarom
Spencer
The two older boys Spencer and Jarom attended the SHS Wrestling Camp for a week and participated in a little tournament at the end of the camp clinic. Spencer being 79 lbs and the only 6th grader who attended wrestled 8th graders that weighed 10-20 lbs more than him but he held his own and still gave the guys a run for their money. He didn't win any matches but he learned quite a bit and that's what we were going for. Jarom never got pinned but learned that he really needs to work on his cardio and endurance so he's started running and biking this summer for the coming season.
Cub Day Camp
Brooklynne even got in on the action on Family Day at the end of the week.
Rallying for Flag Ceremony at the end of his 1st Day at Camp.
Saydee finally upgraded car seats out of her baby carrier since she weighs 20 lbs now :) As her nappy shows, she has grown right in to love the comfy new seat and she feels like such a big girl now facing forward...it's less of a fight to buckle her in now which is a simple delight.
A mommy and Brooke Selfie, Brooke loves to take selfies with any willing candidate on her ipod, we were waiting in the car and I had fun looking through all of her funny selfies.
Ellie and Bre with the Young Women of our Ward at our Pre Camp Overnighter and hike at the Terry's Home,
Brooke and her friend Aleni got to tag along for the evening with the older gals.
Roasting Hot dogs.
Bre went to Bonney Lake High School's Graduation and saw her dance friend Reagan from her dance days, good memories, cute girls are growing up.
The unveiling of Bre's 2016-2017 Cheer Uniform and Gear Day...this is always a big deal in the cheer world, the coaches and Seniors surprise the cheerleaders at their doorsteps.
Oh happy day...
Just like Christmas in July.
Cute...
Cute, Cute...
And more cute.
Matt and Josh working on his quad.
The Kinsey's stopped in to visit our family on their way home from their week long eventful trip to Oregon. It was a nice visit and fun to see them all.
Dalieeah with Saydee and Ella with Brooke.
Daemmin with Spencer and Daphaney
Matt and Charlie dishing up some food.
The little ones eating some dinner.
Josh pulled out all stops for the Kinsey visit with his snow cone machine lol.
Josh with his CSI Investigators Cub Day Camp Unit #4 Bears Year.
The girls had fun tenting, roasting hot dogs, s'mores, having ice cream and playing games then hiking in the morn to work up an appetite for some fruit, OJ and muffins for breakfast.
The young women in our ward did journals in a jar with tissue paper decoupage and had fun being creative. We have Makenzie Conine and her friend then Aby Fry, Ellie and Bella Johnson.
Then there's Briana Mosley, Elizabeth Mosley and Esther Feller in the back row with Ruby Pierce, Braylee Conine, Arwen Pearson and Caydance Conine in the front row.
Driving through Seattle.
Josh and his Superhero Friends.
Dalieeah with Saydee and Ella with Brooke.
Dinner Prep.
The Kinsey's before they headed out on their trail back to Spokane Valley. Leah and Charlie and their five D's (number 6 on the way! Yeaah :)
The kids cousins came to visit from Minnesota Ethan and Owen, I think they were playing around hog-tying in this pic?
Jarom unpacking from High Adventure. They did a 50 miler hike up the Northern Loop of Mt Rainier. More pics to come on this one...Breath-taking pics.
