Very Cherry

The tree in our backyard has some of the most delicious cherries I have ever eaten. I don't like cherries that much but I liked these ones a lot. The girls and I had a good time picking cherries of the tree and eating them till we were sick.

Kamryn LOVED holding the bowl for me while I picked the cherries. She looked cute doing it too.

Brynlee of course LOVED just sneaking cherries while we were working.

Mmmmmmm.......tasty good!

4th of July

We had a GREAT 4th of july this year. It was pretty low key and relaxing but still fun. We started off the day by going to our ward parade where the girls rode their bike and walked in the parade. It was really fun!

Kam was a little trooper and was doing her best to keep up with everybody. She did great and did not want to get off the bike to share with Brynlee, even though she was hot and sweaty.

The parade interfered with Tayson's nap time so he was a little tired for the activity.

Bryn also did really good at riding her bike but had a tough time keeping up with everyone. She pedaled as fast as she could but just kept getting behind. But she could care less, she was having a good time.

Here are the kids with their cute little friend Brody.

We had to stop half way through the parade and just hang out (and of course snap a pic hehe).

Eating some festive popsicles and enjoying every little lick.

Tayson could barely keep his eyes open at this point.

Later in the evening we had our friends Heather and Tyson join us for a BBQ. I had to get somewhat festive for the day so I decorated the table a bit.

Washington does not allow any fireworks whatsoever (no sparklers, no nothin'). All we were allowed to do were throw the snaps and pop the poppers (you know the poppers with the confetti that shoots out, ya really fun let me tell ya). But we made the best of it and the kids had fun. We also just hung out in the backyard and visited and let the kids swim.

Around 9:30 we decided to go watch some fireworks. They had 3 locations to choose from and we chose to go to Liberty Lake and we got sooooooo LUCKY. We arrived at just the right time when a drunken man came out of his house and invited EVERYBODY to join him in his backyard that was right along the beach. He had a BEAUTIFUL lake house and a great backyard with an amazing view. We were so close to the fireworks and could not have gotten better seats. It was AWESOME!

Tayson LOVED the fireworks! He smiled and smiled and clapped a bunch. I thought for sure he was gonna freak. Instead he was having a great time.

Hope everybody had a great 4th!

Spokane Falls and Riverfront Park

We went to Riverfront park and the river falls one last time before we head on out of Washington and make our trek back to Utah. Spokane has so many beautiful sites to see and we are gonna miss them. Here are some pics of the falls and of the park which has a BIG radio flyer wagon slide. Also at riverfront park they have a massive splash pad for the kids.

Brynlee being silly.


Tayson sneaking out.


Trying to be brave but not really knowing what he is getting himself into.

Mr. Cool Guy.

The kids were freezing so we had to pack up and head out and they had to bundle up in their little dresses cause I forgot towels. Ooops!

This is the water that comes down on all the kids at the splash pad. This sucker is powerful and I don't know if I would want to go play in it. It was like a waterfall pouring all over the kids.

Let's go fly a kite.........

While Taylor had a 10 day break from school we decided to make the most of our time (hence the million pictures I have been posting lately) as a family. We took the kids to fly a kite and it was a HIT with the girls. They loved it!

Kamryn was really into it.

Here she is pouting while we made her share the kite with Brynlee.
Now she is ok and can pose for the camera.

Daddy and Tayson flying the kite. Tayson didn't enjoy it as much as the girls did.

Observing.

Brynlee got pretty into it as well. She was running as fast as she could to keep the kite up. It was funny to watch her cause she couldn't go fast enough to keep it up for a long time. She did good though.

I love to see the TEMPLE.....

I love being able to see the Spokane Temple every sunday when we attend church. Our church shares the same parking lot as the Temple and I enjoy (as well as the girls) looking at it's beauty. I am gonna miss this view and had to take a few pictures for myself so that as a family we can look back and remember what a beautiful Temple it is.

1 last visit to Couer D A'lene Lake

Since we are moving the end of July back to Utah we have decided to go see some of our favorite places here in Spokane. We had to make sure to hit up Couer D A'lene Lake since it is SOOOOOO beautiful and such a fun spot to visit. We have had some great memories here!