On the Road Again...Montana

Okay, so we have been told that we are a little crazy for our many adventures with our 4 amazing children but the latest was truly our most ambitious adventure yet. We put all 4 kids in the car on Thursday morning at 3:30 am to make the 12 hour drive to Montana hoping that they would sleep away some of the hours. Nope, they were just as excited as mom and dad for our latest road trip. They may have slept a total of 3 hours on our drive there and totally amazed us with how well they traveled.

We made the long trek to attend my cousins wedding, it has been 10 years since I had made the drive back there. Man, time flies when you get married and have kids!! The last time the whole family was together was 8 years ago for our wedding. My mom, Aunt Jean, brother and sister made the drive as well. It was great to see all of our family and meet the new additions. The kids had a great time playing even though most of the time they were exhausted from getting up early and staying up late.

While we were there we mostly spent time with family at my uncle house/shop/car museum. His place is amazing and would be a favorite of any vintage car fan. We also had fun visiting Pictograph Cave State Park, where you can get about 15 feet away from ancient Indian cave drawings. Although the kids had a blast doing everything, especially staying up really late at the wedding, they probably had the most fun at Big Splash water park - the scene of the incident where Scott flew down the water slide with Owen and plowed over Bryson while going fully underwater with O. Despite the dunking, Owen still asked for more.

Happy 4th of July!!!

We left Wednesday for another long weekend at the cabin and to enjoy their 4th of July show...on the 3rd. Some of our family came down from the other side of the lake to enjoy the show that was in front of the park this year. The kids loved it and Bryson didn't cover his ears this year. We spent some time on the lake but the water was really rough from the not so pleasant weather and the lake being over crowded by visiting guests. The kids got to light their own fireworks on the 4th and were so excited about it.

Camping at Potholes

We took off Wednesday for a long weekend of camping in Eastern Washington at Potholes State Park. There's nothing like camping in record breaking heat on the East side. I think they were at 105 on Saturday. Thank goodness for air-conditioning.

Our friends the Marecle's met us there on Thursday and we had so much fun. The kids had a great time playing with each other and begged not to leave again. They all did so well considering they were up until about 10:30 every night having a campfire and smores and up the next morning about 7 am for breakfast. Someday I'm sure they'll be so tired that they want to sleep in like mom and dad.

We tried to keep them busy all weekend. They have an amazing new playset that the kids enjoyed. We both had our boats there, so the kids got to experience tubing on the lake at the park and then the dad's took them fishing at one of Jamin's secret spots. Bryson and Kara both caught their first fish and were so excited.

Weekend at the Cabin

We took off to the cabin this weekend for some fun. We had a couple of 1st's this weekend. The morning after we got there the boys woke up early and came downstairs to climb in bed with us. As Jaden was watching himself do some Karate in the mirror he fell off the bed and hit above his eye on the dresser and split his eyebrow open. Sooo, Scott got to drive back to VM in FW to get Jaden his 1st and hopefully last stiches:)

After Scott got back we put the boat in and the babies took their 1st ride. Since neither of them like to sit in one spot for 5 seconds anyway, they were not very happy when they realized that you have to sit when the boat is moving (notice Owen's not so happy face in below photo).

For the last 3 summers we have been trying to convince Bryson unsuccessfully that he would love the tube if he would try it and he's been convincing us that he would do it when he was 4, then when he was 5, then when he was 6. Well this weekend he finally went on his 1st real tube ride all by himself and was loving it. Scott was cruising and he kept saying faster, faster! Jaden wanted to go, but couldn't get his stiches wet so he'll have to wait until next time. All in all it was a fantastically fun weekend and the kids begged not to leave.

Enchanted Village!

Today we spent the morning at Enchanted Village. The poor twins spent the day in the stroller AGAIN, but the boys ran, jumped, flew, hopped, drove and spun their way through the rides today. They had so much fun on all the rides. Bryson was just a tad too small for all the big ones but he wanted to go on them which is an improvement from last season. Hopefully by the end of the summer Bryson will have gained that 1/2 inch that prevented him from doing most of the big rides. Next time we may try the waterslides if the weather is a little nicer.