Trip to Missoula for a wedding

Caleb and Graham having fun at the reception
The three amigos!
Hanging out with their dads at the reception

Halle is 6 months!

Wow! Time has flown by- our little girl is already half a

year old, and what a wonderful half a year it has been!

Halle Rose is such a delight and a real joy! She is so cute

and her personality is realing starting to show. She

absolutely loves to watch Caleb-she follows him with

her eyes wherever he goes, and when he talks to her or

dances for her, she just giggles- it is so cute! She also likes

peek a boo, and "where's Halle?", she still loves to stand

and jump- especially when her brother comes near. She

is becoming more mobile and is getting very good at

turning on her tummy- it won't be long before she is

crawling. I have started her on some solids, I got

these little net food things at the store and you can

put veggies and fruit in them and she loves them! She

really likes food a lot so when we are eating I sit her in

her little chair and she eats right along with us. We don't

swaddle her anymore for naps or bedtime and it is really

cute because she takes her pacifier out of her mouth

and then she tries to put it back in and can't and it's

really cute to watch her try and figure it out! The rest

of the family is doing well (a little sleep deprived). We

started Caleb in his big boy bed last Monday and he is

doing surprisingly well(most the time)but the last

couple mornings he has been up before 6- ahhh! One

morning I woke up to him standing at the side of our

bed with a smile on his face saying "momma"- I looked

at the clock, it was 5:20 am. Hopefully as he gets used

to his bed he will sleep a little longer!

I will try and put some pictures up of the last couple

of weeks, we have been so busy, and we are entering

another busy time! On July 2, Landen and I celebrated

our 4th wedding anniversary! It was great we went to

dinner and then kayaking on Lake Union with some

friends. For the 4th we went up to my Aunt and Uncles

for dinner and watched fire works. This coming weekend

we are heading to Montana for a wedding and then the

next weekend we are having Caleb's birthday party! He

is turning 2 on the 22 of July! Well, It is a little after 9 pm

and I should hit the hay because I will probably be getting

up early!

Hoopfest Weekend

It was so cute- Hudson and Caleb wanted to

stretch with their dad's before the game
As you can tell, Halle is definitely fascinated
with the basketball game

Caleb and Hudson watching their dad's play.

(It won't be long before they can have a team!)

Me, Mom, and Halle on our way to Hoopfest

Caleb wanted to sit with Landen while he got

his ankle taped- the lady there thought he was

so cute so she gave him a sucker!

BBQ at my parent's

It is our tradition now, to have a bbq at my

parent's Friday and Saturday night during

Hoopfest! We had such a great time- we

invited a bunch of people, ate a lot of food,

played some volleyball, and had a lot of fun!

(above:I can not believe Caleb and Landen went

in the pool- the water was freezing!)
Halle with her grandma DeDe

Halle and her auntie Kristen on the trampoline

Our family watching the boys on the trampoline.

Some competitive backyard baseball

Waiting for Hudson

Hudson (aka "huddee" or "Huds") was coming

over today and Caleb gets so excited whenever

he gets to see his best buddy! I thought this

picture was so cute because he wanted to wait

at the window with elmo and Amy (yes, he

named his bear amy- don't really know why?)

We love our daddy!

We had a wonderful father's day, but first I would like to say

how much of an asolutely wonderful daddy Landen

is to our two children- I think Fatherhood comes

very natural for him! Caleb and Halle are so lucky to

have such a loving dad who is so active in their lives.

It is so cute, because it is so obvious how much

Caleb adores Landen and how he wants to do

everything his daddy does. I thank God every

day that our children will grow up seeing Landen

display for them how much their heavenly father

loves them!

(above: Caleb and Halle love their dad)

and yes, I hate to admit it, but I did

bribe Caleb with chocolate to not knock

the blocks over :)

For Father's day we went to the beach for

a picnic dinner with Jay, Nikki, Hudson, and Grant!

I thought this was such a cute picture of the dad's

with Hudson and Caleb on thier shoulders.

After dinner we walked to a cute little
icecream shop for some yummy icecream!

Here is the after-shot!

(we think he got some in his mouth?)

Here are the 4 cousins- so cute

(Hudson, Halle, Grant (trying to tackle Halle), and Caleb)

Girls weekend in Wenatchee

This last weekend, Halle and I met up

with my mom in sister in Wenatchee for

a fun weekend! Halle and I didn't show up

till about 6pm on Saturday so when we got

there we went to a nice dinner, went for a walk

on the water and stayed at a wonderful

Bed and Breakfast that night. The next day we

went to church then drove to Leavenworth for

lunch and some shopping (and of course- icecream!)

(above: me, Halle, and Kristen in Downtown Leavenworth)

Grandma trying to eat Halle's hand

Halle playing on the bed at the Bed and Breakfast

Halle is very fascinated with Auntie Kristen's hand