On the way to MT - July 2011

This time we stopped in Spokane for the night before getting to MT. It was a nice break for the kids. Brennan had a blast at the Riverfront Park in Spokane.
And LOVED the splash park. Too bad we didn't bring his swimming suit to the park - he had to go to dinner after with wet pants. But, when you are a kid, that's not too big of a deal.

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Cousin Madison
All the cousins helped me make Sangria.....don't worry, we made a non-alcoholic kid version too.

Snuggling with Madison

thumbs up at the carousel in Helena.

Fun with the Horses

Feeding the horses
This is my friend Lori, and her daughter. She and her family drove down from Great Falls to see us and they had a lot of fun with the horses too.

Striking a pose.....Grandpa brought the kids all water guns - they clearly had a great time with those.

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This is the only picture I have from my parents visit to the cabin.....

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Playing with cousin Brady's glasses

Cute beefy baby thighs....

She was literally doing pull-ups on the arm of this chair - her little feet were almost lifting off the floor. All in an effort to get it in her mouth, of course.

Bending over to get something. I thought this one was cute in B&W.

Asleep in the backseat -holding on for dear life as we drive down the gravel road to the cabin.

The crew playing the Michael Jackson Experience game on the xbox Kinect. So fun!

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Pretty girl who was up most of the night with two top teeth trying to pop through. You'd never know it from those beautiful blue eyes....

Our cowboy breakfast - Tammy set up the grill with bacon & eggs....it was all really delicious!

Caelan at the waterslide pool.....this is the first and last time she will be in this goofy ducky suit.

The waterslide that Brennan FINALLY went down with Sean -it took a lot of convincing and finally a promise that we would get him a transformer for being brave enough to at least try.

Breakfast at the Brennans

Its really become something we look forward to when we are "home" in Helena - Sunday morning breakfast/sing along with the Brennans. We had a big bunch this time - so we were outside. The WA visitors melted a little in the hot morning sun...but breakfast was delicious, and the sing along was, of course, fun for all including the kiddos.

Some good memories of Caelan's 7th Mo....

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This week Brennan insisted on taking his nap under our "palm tree" in th dining room - worked really well for three days....then it equated to no nap, so that is now done. Back to his bedroom for naps.

This weekend we went to the grand opening of our new Hospital and the Highlands Days carnival. This is Brennan waiting in line for a bouncy house obstacle course. I love his Star Wars t-shirt....and you can tell he was a little bit nervous.

Brooke's two sons - the little one being held like a rag doll is Caden, our godson.

Teddy came along with us to go to the Teddy Bear clinic. He had a small head injury that needed to be bandaged.

Our new neighborhood band....we decided to call them the Bike Helmets. This is Brennan and his friend Nate that lives across the alley from us.

Caelan very much wanted to get over to their garage to play with those toys, but that asphalt was hard on the knees.

Caelan pulled herself up to standing in an effort to get a book out of the bookshelf. WHAT! She just started crawling last week.....this is all going too fast! Holding on with one hand!

A trail of Cheerios....we ate dinner on the patio tonight, and I set Caelan up in her chair for dinner outside. She loves the challenge of Cheerios....and the lighting was so good for great pictures. Those blue eyes melt my heart.