4th of July- Boulder Cave

We enjoyed the beauty of our area for the 4th. Hiked to Boulder Cave and enjoyed the water fall with cousins.

Kellen, Payton, Aubrey, Kyle, Kaleb, Jakob

Alexis & Ugi the dog. 

 

Got the Glow lights- Ready to enter the cave 

Made it out alive 

 

On the trail 

 

Playing in the water

Up at the waterfall (behind me taking the picture) 

Jakob's 6th Birthday & Kellen's 1st Pinewood Derby

My mom, Sara and the kids came out for a week to check out the new house. My mom helped me spend my money on decorating the house. They were here the week of Jakob's birthday so it was great timing! This is my nephew Rhett, Riley's little boy- You can see the resemblance.
Opening presents.

He got all the candles out!
His Star Wars dirt cake!

Kellen's Pinewood Derby!
Working hard to get it just right.



Kellen decided to go with a Star Wars Derby Car... did that surprise any of you? Luke is driving with R2D2 in the passenger seat. He did not win any races that mattered, however he did win some races against the others boys that they set-up for fun.

Lexibug is 1!

So I am only 2 1/2 months late...pretty good I think.
I can't believe she is already 1! (2 1/2 months ago)
For her birthday party we went to our church building. It worked great. We played a game in the gym, had cake in the kitchen and played games in a room with closed doors! No one escaped!This is Alexis' friend Lydia.
This is her BFF Dayna. They are 11 days apart and hung out a lot in primary before we moved.

Alexis had many helpers opening presents.
It was a little chaotic!
MORE FRIENDS!!
Hannah playing "pin the dot on the ladybug".
Alexis pinning her dot!
The kids decorating their bags
Friends playing Winter BINGO
THE CAKE
At first she was being very picky with her cake.
She eventually figured it out...
and started digging in.

The final product of the cake...

and the final product for her. And umm yes, I forgot a bib.

Kellen gets baptized

Kellen was baptized in November with his cousin Abby. They are 2 weeks apart, so we had a very special day for both of them. Kellen is a great example to his brother, sister and friends. We are so proud of him, he is a blessing to our family.

STAGES OF OUR HOUSE

We have been going out to our house every week since September when they broke ground. The boys are tired of going out but are excited to finally stay. It has been fun to see the progress. We are very excited to move into our new house, but are sad to leave our friends in Richland. I guess it's a good thing Pasco is just the next town. We will move the end of January.