YAY for the Tree House being finished!

We bought this great looking tree house the beginning of May and I was so excited. But then the box arrived and it was literally in THOUSANDS of pieces! My heart sunk and I thought it would never be finished! Thanks to Ryan, he worked hard and now the kids have a great time playing on it!



Breakfast in the tree house!


Popsicles under the tree house.


Waiting for the tree house to be finished.



First time down the slide... and LOVING it!



More popsicles under the tree house, this time with Ava.



The swings got attached!



Brinley was outside first thing the next morning enjoying the "big" swing, she is so good and pumping it (?) all by herself!



But the fun really started when Kylie joined her! Go girls!

Memorial Day Celebrations!

Our good friends the Browns invited us out to Floyd Lamb park for a picnic lunch. We had a great time with them and several other friends!



Casen had a chocolate donut for an appetizer :)



Even though it may not look like it in this picture, Brinley has a blast riding around on her bike. It is such a great place to ride with out cars and roads.



Casen loves riding in his "by-see-cul" (really it's just his bike trailer).


I love this little oasis in the middle of the desert, with a beautiful view of the mountains!



We had a fun fondue dinner with the Winwards, Plickas, Wilburs, and Kinghorns. The food was delicious! Thanks Klisa for making the yummy sauces and Karrissa for hosting!


The kiddos enjoyed their food in the backyard... especially the desserts.

While we were in AZ, we were so excited to take Brinley to Ella's birthday party! She had been talking about it for months... and it was everything she had built it up to be!



Brinley called Ella on her way to the party, they were both so excited!


Princess Ella the birthday girl arrives!


Brinley loved the Make-Over




Brinley and Ella loved the Tea party!



Life Long Friends :)



The Royal Princess Chair



Pretty Princess Pose



Despite sleeping through the entire Princess Party, Casen still had fun hanging out afterwards.



Group photo! Out of half a dozen photos this was the best we could get. We love you Peggs! Derek, Ella, Cassie, Becca, Casen, Brinley, and Ryan

Trip to AZ!

The middle of May we made a trip down to Arizona to visit the Judy family. We had a great time as usual!



Grandma had to help keep Casen in control. He was pretty excited about all the "dinos" at the Dinosaur Meseum.


Brinley and Grandpa


Brinley and I had fun pretending to be bodiless weatherman :)


Casen and I got thrown in the real... old... jail!


Thanks for a fun trip to the Museum Grandma and Grandpa Judy!


Kids, Cousins, and Aunt Brooklyn had fun riding around in the John Deere trailer.


Our adorable nephew Landon turned one while we were there and we were excited to get to celebrate with him!



Casen wished he could ride the ATV's all by himself!



My younger brother Andrei has several goats he raises. One of the goats had a baby about 5 days before we arrived to AZ, and the kids were very excited to see her!



Casen LOVED the baby goat... but I am not so sure the baby goat loved Casen's hugs.


Wait! Come back!


Both Brinley and Casen love riding ATV's, and I love getting to take them!

Summer trips to St. George begin!

Last summer we had quite a few fun trips up to St. George and Sand Hallow Reservoir. The end of May we headed up for our first time this season and we were excited to be back! We stayed the night with our friends the Jolley's at one big fancy house! The next day we headed to Sand Hallow and enjoyed the lake with them and the Andrews. It was so fun to get to have one last little trip with the them before they headed off to New Orleans! We will miss you guys!



Brinley had a ton of fun swimming and jumping from the hot tub to pool. She LOVES swimming!



Casen stole his girlfriend back when it was movie time!



Brinley got to sleep in a huge "Princess Bed". She had so much fun. Even though when I peaked in there she was out of bed taking a drink, multiple times, she still never left her Princess room :)




Casen wants so badly to wakeboard! Even though he couldn't get puller behind the boat, he had fun pretending :)



Lunch on the beach! Thanks for yummy chicken salad sandwiches Casie!

Left: Brinley, Melanie, Bently
Right: John, Casie, Derek Ryan




I think this may have been Casen's favorite part of the trip!



Brinley is such a brave little tuber! Derek was a little scared, but she helped him still have fun out there!

Good-byes to Good Friends!

About a year and a half ago I ran into my friend, Afton (Kuzdas) West from highschool, at Old Navy here in Las Vegas. It turned out we lived only a couple blocks apart and had little girls the same age. Ever since then we have had so much fun catching up! She invited us right into her group of friends and we have loved getting to know all of them! All of them are Dental Students here at UNLV and will be leaving eventually. Sadly Afton's husband, along with many others, graduated last month and have all moved away! We had one last party to say good bye. We will sure miss you Afton, Melanie, Amanda, Nichole and Meghan!



Dayna, Afton, Amanda, Colette, Melanie, Karrissa, Camille...
Raquel, Klisa, and Me



Ryan, Jeff, Carson, Eric, Joe, Dane, John, Cam...
Jeff and Kyle



We had planned a bbq at the park, but with Vegas' awesome wind... The Winwards decided to open up their house to everyone. So we had a picnic in the family room. Thanks Karrissa!



Brinley and Kylie had a lot of fun playing dress-up.



Brinley, Kylie, Ava, and Kinley. Now that Clare and Carolyne are gone, it will just be these four "big girls". They always have fun together, they are a creative little bunch.