Cascade

This Memorial Day weekend was spent with some amazing friends at an amazing cabin in Cascade, ID. We rode the rhino, went fishing, made s'mores, looked for Bigfoot in the forest, played with two cute babies, and much more!!! 

The kids could not get enough of the Rhino. What a fun toy for kids of all ages;-)

Marlee loved holding baby Parker! She wants a baby brother of her own.

We found this rock on our hike through the woods and the girls had a blast climbing up on it to pose for the camera.

You can't see how steep this hill really is from the picture but trust me when I say it was STEEP!

No hot tub? Don't worry, a bathtub will work just fine. Thanks Castletons and Tingeys for a great weekend!!!!

Picasso

Harper has developed a love for painting. She loves making messes everywhere but when she's painting she's very careful and precise. 

She probably gets it from her uncle nick who is a fantastic artist. It fun to watch her concentrating and making what she feels are true masterpieces.

Easter Time!

I always have these grand expectations when it comes to holiday pictures and since Easter is my favorite holiday my expectations were soaring. Then I realized I'm not a photographer by any stretch so I needed to be happy with what I got. Luckily my girls decided to all look at the camera for at least one picture:-)

I love that I have all girls for the simple fact that Shae gets to be their dad. He loves them all so much and would do anything for them. This picture only captures a small portion of his relationship with them. 

Spring fun

We are loving this warm weather!!! The Utah cousins came up for the week and we have loved their company. I don't think my girls have gotten more than 7 or 8 hours of sleep a night, which doesn't seem too terrible but when they are use to 12 hours a night you can imagine how tired they are by the end of each day. Harper has loved all the "new" activities that she's been able to take part in because now she's old enough:( Fourwheeling, lawn mower riding, side walk chalk drawings, hot tub swimming and many more. 

Rhaegan and Brooklyn enjoying some barbie time outside.

Harper and her new best friend; the four wheeler!!

Flip flops and painted toes!

Orange cream pops.....and of course the hot tub!!! Marlee lives it there! She is perfecting her back float so she's ready to show grandma and keeka her skills!!!

Spring Break Fun

This past week was our spring break and since we weren't planning on going on a fun vacation to some tropical paradise we needed to be creative with our free time. On Thursday we decided to go bowling! Grandma treated us to a day filled with bowling, games, lunch, etc. 

Even with her walking boot Marlee was able to have a great time!

Harper loved watching her sisters while she are he'd goldfish. It was a great time! 

Our cows...

We have three cows in the pasture out back and everyday Harper loves to go see them. The other day she wandered on out all by herself because she couldn't wait for us any longer. I was able to capture the moment from the back deck. That black cow is scared of everyone. He is constantly by his mom's side. However, Harper has some special powers because he immediately came over to her. I love that my kids love animals almost as much as their mom does!!

Marlee's 5!!!

Well the day arrived and it was definitely bittersweet. Marlee has always seemed older than she is because she is constantly trying to do whatever Rhaegan is doing. But today she seemed 4 going on 5 because I would not allow myself to admit anything different. I don't want any of my kids to get older but when it comes to Marlee, I get teary- eyed thinking about her aging. She is such an amazing little munchkin and everything she does or says makes us all smile. 

Her birthday party had to be spectacular this year, according to her, and it had to include horses/unicorns. She LOVES horses and unicorns and even asked for a real horse as her only present. I tried to do my best to give her the party of her dreams while staying within a very strict budget:) Her cake was my favorite part of the whole event. I love making my kids' birthday cakes! She was so excited to see this beautiful unicorn on top.

The next best part was watching her greet her guest, all three of them:) From left to right: Rhaegan, Marlee, Savannah, Emalee. (Missing from the picture: kaylee and memselle).

She received a lot of wonderful gifts!! Unfortunately we weren't able to get her a real horse this year but we told her not to lose hope for one another year;-)

This was as close to a real horse as she got!

I love my little gooser!!

I hate that she's a year older but I love the wonderful little lady she's becoming!!! Happy Birthday, Marlee!!!