Random Fun

When we took Greg back to his truck, we wanted to show it to Ainsleigh. She had been very excited earlier in the day to see it, but was a little overwhelmed. We had to wake her up from her nap, and it was at a large truck stop with lots of truck and lots of noise - she didn't want me to put her down. It wasn't a big deal, except I know otherwise she would've loved it, she always want to see them and touch them whenever we see them. So, these are the only pictures we got of it becuase she was not so sure about the whole thing.



Playing in the water with Tate & Eliana at a friends BBQ.



The hospital I work at has a big blowout family party every summer with food, bouncy houses, horse rides, and other fun things. We didn't even make it to the face painting!! We went with the Hansens, Michael works at the hospital as well, and it was really nice to have other kids for Ainsleigh to be with the whole time. It was warm, so we rested in the shade fairly often. Brody had to work most of the day, but met us at the end, and we were literally the last ones there. The kids had a blast!!




Ainsleigh in the bouncy house:









climbing up one side of a different toy, she made it up no problem the first time, but all of the 5 or so times after that throughout the day she required help - she kept trying toonly climb on the red & yellow squares and she couldn't reach!!

Friend from Florida / Silver Creek Falls

Our dear friend Greg Grantham from Florida got stuck in the Portland area without a load out over the 4th weekend. He is a long haul trucker. So, we got a great visit, lots of visiting, and catching up on nearly everyone from our ward in Florida. It was great. We loved having him here, Ainsleigh adored him, and we hope he'll come back and stay with us again soon, maybe even with some additional members of his family.

On Saturday we all went to Silver Creek Falls with the Hansen family - we had a great time. The hike in was steep, so instead of all of us backtracking Brody & Michael backtracked while Greg, Emily, Brock, Tate, Ainsleigh and I continued on. We thought it would be flatter, easier, and shorter. Overall it was not as steep, but more of a continuous climb, probably a little longer, but tons of fun none the less. We were tired after it, but I think we'd all go back again next weekend.


Ains & I

Brody & Ains - she was always trying to talk the Hansen boys, so it was hard to get a good picture

Greg, Brody & Ains

Greg

Some beautiful falls.

My only regret - we didn't get a big group picture - I've just got to remember those kinds of things.

4th of July

Well, we weren't near as camera happy as we should have been on the 4th - this is the ONLY photo we took, how sad is that??!! None the less, we had a great day. I had taken call the night before and didn't get home until about 4 am, but did amazingly well throughout the day. We went to a flag raising ceremony and breakfast at the church - the program was good & not too long, the pancakes were hot and amazing (Ainsleigh ate like 5), and all of Ainsleigh's favorite friends were there (mostly other little kids, the 10-11 year old girls, and the Larimers) - so we were all in heaven - they played and we didn't have to worry every second where she was. Then we went to the park and played with the Hansen family, home for naps (mandatory for more than Ains that day), dinner, visiting and playing outside. And for the the finale of the day we went to the Goesch's home (thanks for the invite Sam), and watched fireworks over the river - it was a wonderful fun filled day.