Seriously, again.......

Ok, the weather has been beautiful here (finally) and so there has been a lot of this going on around here.....



Annie loves riding her bike! Papa has had it at his house and it mysteriously made it over to ours. She loves riding with Gloria, her pet hippo. So I made this....




cute bag so she can carry her "babies" where ever she goes. Now, he also likes to ride his bike.....



Especially with his brother-in-law Pete. They get away whenever they can.... Which is great until .............


this happens.....(warning kinda gross, but not too gross:)



So our awesome friend Dustin, is a plastic surgeon, and is kind enough to take him down to his office at 10:00 at night and give him one of these and ......



13 of these and send him back home. You can imagine how happy I was to see my hottie of a husband limping home covered in blood and bandages. We had a little chat on hobbies that aren't dangerous or hazardous to his health :)We will see if it worked, probably not, but for now he is resting his leg and getting pampered by all his girls!




And Macey is just cute.... so she gets a picture too :)

A little light reading............

This is what I saw when I was checking on Annie in the bathroom a couple days ago... nice :) Rex was so proud that she picked up that magazine. My sweet baby....oh well, she is so cute she can pull it off!!

Fun with the Pitts

Brianne and her kiddies came down last week and we had a blast! We were so happy to see them and spend time with them. I love when Brianne is here. She is my BEST friend. We can talk about anything and we have so much in common. Having her around makes me happy, makes me feel better. We talk about mom, crafting and all our dreams about the future. We got lots done including: a bbq with Sweet Home friends, a 10 mile bike ride (including all 4 kids), shopping, cooking and baking, movies, yard work, and lot of laughs! I love you Brianne and thanks for taking the time to come spend time with us!

P.S. these are totally random pictures :)


The girls figures out the could hang under the table.... they thought it was so cool!

And Macey and Ezra too :)

This is how Ezra felt about wearing a helmet :) HA!!

My first paying gig! One of my friends asked me to make U of O graduation cupcakes for her hubby! They turned out great!

On Peterson Patrol

Well we got back from camping and 2 days later we went to our friends house to house sit and watch their kids while they went on a lovely warm vacation. We had a great time pretending we lived in a big house, with a bigger car and 5 kids. It was smooth sailing. Everyone got along great, we made dinner every night, watched movies, went on hike, played Wii, and lots more! They are great kids and we love the Peterson family!

A full car! We took a quick trip to Sweet Home and took the kids out to lunch at A&W, played at Rex's parents house, and went on a hike!

We went hiking on the muddiest trail ever!! What good sports! We also had our nephew, Kase, who turned into Hayden's new buddy. Grandma Basting kept Macey so she could nap :) Thanks Guys!

Little Buddies.....really they get along great!

At Soda Falls, pretty huh?

Annie striking a pose, cute!

Tents, dirt, fire, smoke......

Yes! We went camping with Rex's family over the weekend. We drove to Grants Pass and camped at Indian Mary. We had a blast! It was so much fun! The kids got so much fresh air and sunshine, lots of yummy food and we had a chance to hang out with family. A fun filled weekend that included........
Setting up our little tent, which fit us all just fine, nice and cozy... then

'SMORES!! No camping trip would be complete without making a huge sticky mess right?
The girls loved them! The minute I said "Smile", they both shoved marshmallows in thier mouths... lovey
Dad too!! He loves a perfect 'smore :)

This campground was awesome! They had a big park for kids too! A huge hit for my girls.....

We also went on a hike right next to the Rouge river. It was beautiful! Except for the bushes and bushes of posion oak and jagged rocks that if you slipped off the path you could end up floating down the river..... but very fun. Ok next......

An awesome parade that was HUGE!! I mean giagantic! It lasted 2 hours and was packed full of great floats and tons of candy :)

The kids had front row seats :)

They had a great time with thier cousins and we had so much fun with our family! Thanks to Seth and Amber who planned this great trip and mom and dad for all thier hard work and yummy food! Love you all