One Last Night...

Tonight is officially the last night this mommy will be in her 20's...

Here's to a new decade!

Annual Camping Trip

It's now officially an annual camping trip with the Rickey, Evans and Westerlind families! This Memorial Day Weekend our friends, Sam and Belinda, let us stay with them in their RV camper - so much fun!

We went to Fort Tuthill in Flagstaff. While the weather made things "exciting" with the intermitant thunderstorms, we were still able to get in all the things we wanted to do inbetween the downpours. Here's a photo summary:

The boys and their own little tent

Jacob took this photo of his feet while on the hiking trail
Josh playing foosball in the rec center on the camp grounds

Josh wasn't diggin' the s'mores... oh well - more for us!

Sam and Belinda!

Chubby Bunnies Jon and Sally

Hiking through the forrest (Josh was napping)

Jacob couldn't wait for the marshmellos!

Kyle and Ali!

Jacob led the group on the hike - what a stud!

There were some fun memories. At one point, it started hailing with thunder and lighting! We thought the boys would be gonners in their tent outside, but it dried up enough by nightfall. We feasted on hot dogs and hamburgers, homemade cole slaw (Belinda is the best!), corn salsa, and the ultimate egg/cheese breakfast burritos all weekend. The girls pranked the boys by hiding all the campfire cobbler in a tupperware inside the RV and saying they "ate it all" after dinner (hehe). We had a rousing game of Catch Phrase after dark. We even had time for a girls/boys volleyball game with the kids cheering us on. The boys won... well, there's always next year.

We're thinking of another trip at the end of the summer. It's so much fun!! Cheers to camping and a great family/friends weekend!

Camping!

We're going camping tonight through Sunday. Should be fun and interesting, as this is the weather report for Flagstaff, AZ: Look for pictures/stories coming soon...

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

Wheeeeeee!

Ah, youth. The joy of riding down a slide. What more is there in life, really? Case and point: here's Josh enjoying the park slide across from our house.

Happy Mommy's Day!

What a WONDERFUL pre-mother's day we had today!

Jon let mommy sleep in (yes!) while making mickey mouse pancakes for the boys (what a dad). Then, the boys gave mommy some nice cards and several presents hidden throughout the house. After opening some boxes with a few summer outfits (again -- what a dad!) we decided it was warm enough to bust out the swim stuff and our new turtle kiddie pool for the backyard. As you can see, we all got into the action:

Kids

Mom

Dad

Then, mommy got to lounge around in the sun and read some magazines (another fun treat) while the kids all got ready to go to a baseball coaches party for daddy and his team. After some pizza and games, we ended the evening with one more treat: the new Benjamin Button movie for mommy! What more could a girl ask for?!?!

Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies out there! Families are so amazing and I have the three best boys in the world to prove it.

I Heart Bike

Thanks to our great aunt Cathy, Jacob is the proud owner of his very own BIKE! Complete with training wheels and a killer dinosaur horn. So cool! So far, we've been riding around the driveway every evening before and after dinner. He loves it.


Gotta love these memories!