Matt's trip to the Oregon Coast

Matt took off on a fishing trip with my Brother in law and sister who go every year.   I wanted to go but it was the very week school started for the kids and with Rendon being a baby still, I decided not to.  But I"m really glad Matt went, he really enjoyed himself!

This is the house they rented that was right up from the beach.  Matt said the view was terrific!

Patrick (my brother in law) his sons and Matt doing something CRAZY on the beach!

Matt went out and caught a 23 lb. Tuna and a 28 lb. salmon.  They are so delicious!!!

The beach was covered in starfish.....zillions of them!

I'm coming next year for sure!!!!

Jaden's Arrow of Light Ceremony

Jaden received his 'Arrow of Light' award in scouting this past week.  He has been working hard with his leader and the boys in his pack to achieve this.  The ceremony was really cool and Jaden felt special as his Grandma North and Grandma and Grandpa Brown were able to come support him.  Here he is receiving his feathers.  He is sitting second from the right.

Trying not to smile for the camera.

Look at the cool boards with a real arrow and arrowhead each of the boys received.  This part was so exciting for the boys!

Feeling the love!  Left to Right:  Matt, Grandpa Brown, Jaden, Grandma Brown, Maddie, Grandma North, Me, Rendon.  Way to go, Jaden!!!!

ECLIPSE!

So if you know me at all, you know I DO enjoy the Twilight series.  I enjoyed the books a lot, and I enjoy the movies mostly because the books were so good.  The movies never quite compare to the books, but hey-whatever!  I mostly enjoy all the ridiculous chaos that people tend to create when the movies come out so I go and be a part of it because that's half the fun, right?!
And of course reading the books and watching the movies has been something that Maddie and I do together and it's kind of a fun way to 'bond'.
I have a very obsessed, over the top friend, Amanda who really gets into all the mania.  Her daughter, Kamri is one of Maddie's really good friends so we decided to 'Eclipse it' at midnight on opening night.  Here I am with Amanda, her sister, Hannah, and Rendon.  Notice his shirt: "Twilight Baby".  I got that for my baby shower!  :)  (No, he didn't attend the show with us).

Amanda (my obsessed friend on the left) scored us some tickets to an earlier show before our midnight show with our daughters.  Here we are in the car on the way.  Getting excited!

The movie is about to begin.  Notice the cute cups?  They were $5 each dang it, but how could you pass that up?!

And here we are at the midnight show.  Actually it started at 12:35am...crazy?  Yes!  Will we do it again?  Definitely!!!!   Kamri, Amanda, Me, Maddie.

All in all the movie was really good.  They get better and better and it's a lot of fun to be a part of the craze!

Home from the Mission!

On June 18th we all headed to the airport to pick up Grandma and Grandpa Brown.  They had served in the Mendoza, Argentina Mission for 18 months and we were so excited for them to be coming home!  Here we are anxiously waiting for them to come down the escalators. 

THERE THEY ARE!!!

Meeting Rendon for the first time.

There's no place like home!  (And in Grandpa's case...'There's nothing like a ding dong to eat when you get home')!

Fast fingers

Well I feel horrible because I was straightening my hair on the couch with Rendon nearby.  Of course, he's at the 'grabby' stage and boy is he quick.  He grabbed the flat iron for a split second as it was going through the air up to my head.  I swear it was so fast, but he still reached out just enough to grab it.  He cried such a horrible, painful little cry and I just felt absolutely awful.  Luckily we iced the fingers and he seemed to calm right down but the pain came and went for two straight hours.  It seemed like two straight days.  Poor baby.

And here is after the blisters popped.  The hard part was keeping his hands out of his mouth and keeping his fingers clean and dry all the time.  Rest assured I will make sure I do my hair in the bathroom away from the baby from now on!!!

Family Pictures

Okay so I posted three new blog posts since I've been a little slacker so feel free to scroll down and see what else we've been up to!

We got our family pictures taken a few weeks ago and are really happy with the way they turned out!

  The Boys: Matt, Rendon, Colton, Aiden and Jaden.

The girlies: Me and Maddie

                                                       Colton, Amber and Aiden.

                                                               Aren't we wacky?!

Little bit of Lagoon...

Our Annual Morton Salt Lagoon day came again in June this year.  Unfortunately, our family didn't win anything during 'Bingo' again.  This is the third year in a row that we haven't won and the kids were kinda bummed out.  

Anyway, my friend Amanda and her daughter, Kamri had season passes and joined us for the day.  It was perfect weather and not too hot.  

Here's little Rendon surrounded by all the loot that Colton, Jaden and his cousin, Seth kept winning.

Colton claims he only spent three quarters to win this....not sure I believe that but it was cool and huge anyway!  He brought a date, Lacey.

Jaden w/ his cousin, Seth, packing up to go home!  They were on a cotton candy sugar high at this point.

And Maddie with her friend, Kamri trying on funky hats at the gift shop!