The Beach

The Pickering family has a tradition to go to Imperial Beach on Labor Day weekend. They rent out an apartment where we can walk out on to the beach. The whole family plays and swim together. I had so much fun and can't wait until next year.

Swimming in the pool

All the girls got their toenails painted, including Maddie.


All of us on the beach

Eric and LaDawna boogie-boarding. I've never boogie-boarded until this trip, and I love it. All you have to do is catch the wave at the right time, then ride it.



We went to the tide pools and found starfish, crabs, and even a baby octupus.

I loved this vacation. It was so fun to be with the Pickerings and to play with them. Thank you so much for having me in your family. :)

Ode to Summer

This summer has gone by too quickly! I have had so many things to blog about, I didn't know where to start. So I decided to do one big summer blog and try to include everything.

For the 24th of July, we went to Enterprise for their big celebration. We participated in the 5K and Steve was in the rodeo (he wasn't riding a bull this time). We swam at the resevoir and played in the rain. Eric brought out the Johnny Popper for the little ones. That Sunday we went to Tyson's homecoming and visited with the Darrington side. It was such a fun weekend!


One day, Hyrum, Jen, and Riley were visiting and playing over at my house. Hyrum was in my garden and had dust all over him. So Jen let him play in the water to "clean himself." Trace thought that it looked fun, so he also headed towards the water. Their moms stripped them down so there wasn't too big of a mess.



Steve and Trace playing soccer one afternoon. They both look so handsome with their jerseys on.

(Other events that we did and I didn't have my camera):

We went to Lagoon with J.C. and Sara. We got a lot of sun and enjoyed the time off work.

We also went to Malta for grain harvest. We mostly hauled straw bales. Steve is so proud of his two stacks he built. We enjoyed Mom and Sara's cooking and everyone else.

So, goodbye Summer. We enjoyed the nice days and playing out in the sune. Until next year.