Camping - Hobble Creek Canyon

Evan, Rick, Oakley and Belle went camping to celebrate the warm weather we've been having this week. Rick took off work and headed to Jolley's Ranch with the girls to snag a campsite.

Evan headed there after he got off work. Addie and I are both fighting colds, so we only came to eat hot dogs and hang out for a minute, but we didn't stay the night. Evan made spicy hot dogs and Rick made a campfire dinner with ham, potatoes, cheese, and rolls. It was tasty!

Oakley loves Addilyn sooo much. She wanted to sit by her, hold her, and talk to her the whole time we were there. It is seriously so cute. Addie just watches Oakley and smiles at her when she talks to her. I hope they grow up to be best buddies like they are now!

This picture makes it look like Addie is mean mugging Oakley... but she's not! She had just woken up from her nap in the car, so she was a little disoriented.

Belle is so funny. She spent a lot of time off by herself playing. She was digging a hole in the ground for a really long time. When I asked her if she found a snake while she was digging (trying to scare her) she said, "No, but I'm pretty sure there's one under my bed that will get my feet at night."

Haha, where does she come up with this stuff? :)

Addie's first campfire. She looks so shocked!

Evan's determined to make Addie his camping buddy... he's starting her early, that's for sure! :)

Park Day

Today Addie and I spent the afternoon at the park with Steph, Oakley, and Belle. The weather was gorgeous and it was so great to be outside! I'm ready for winter to be over!

Steph packed a lunch for the girls to eat at the park and then we all played on the playground. Oakley was a great helper with Addie. I'm so glad Addie will have so many older cousins to help her!

Oakley helped Addie go down the slides for the first time. I'm not sure if she liked it or not, but at least she didn't cry, right? :)

Oakley was scared of this twirly thing at first, but she was a pro by the time we left.

Addie LOVES the swings. She just smiles and squeals while she is swinging. I love watching her grow up and try new things. It's amazing to me how quickly she picks up on new things. She is really social, too. She smiles at everybody and makes new friends everywhere we go.

It was such a nice day. I wish we could get together and go to the park every day, I just love it!

Grand Canyon

We visited the Grand Canyon on our drive back from Arizona with the fam.

We'd never been before though so it was fun to see the sights, and the highlights for the girls were getting matching Grand Canyon bracelets at the gift shop and walking up extremely close to some deer.

Celebrating Dad/Grandpa

We headed to Arizona to celebrate Dad/Grandpa/Great Grandpa's life.

A great husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather

93 years old and a WWII B-29 pilot
It was a bittersweet time but we loved seeing all the cousins and catching up with everyone. It was fun watching the slideshow of pictures of his life.
Of course Grandma Sanford was ecstatic to see all of her grandchildren and great grandchildren in one place.

We enjoyed family dinners and fun with all the cousins while we were there.

Funerals are a sad time, but they also bring people together.. it reunited everyone.

We're also grateful for eternal families so that we can see grandpa/great grandpa again someday.

Evan's 34th Birthday

This year we just kept our birthday celebrations small since we had a trip to AZ planned at the end of February right between our birthdays.

For Evan's birthday I got a pie from Village Inn and we played games at our house. Pretty low key... it was nice!

Even though his outdoorsy-ness and obsession with love for all things Oregon drive me crazy sometimes, I love Evan so much! :)  I am grateful that he is willing to work to support our family and I love how much he has grown as a father and husband this year. He is so attentive and caring and always tries to have a positive outlook on every situation. Thanks for tolerating my craziness!!! Love you!

New Years Eve

We got to spend New Years all together!

We all played games and snacked on goodies (I printed off this New Years Bingo for the girls and played it at least 30 times with them).

The girls did a parade all around the house with their noise makers and had a dance party.

We let them stay up later than normal, but not til midnight yet. We put them to bed and stayed up til 12:00 to count down to 2014!