Great Strides...

Every year we participate in a one-mile walk to help cure Cystic Fibrosis (CF). My cousin Brian's 4-year-old Brooklyn was born with CF and we've been walking every year since then. Brooklyn's doing great and we all love to come out and support her. Here's to another great year for Brooklyn.

For more information about CF and how to get involved in your area visit the Cystic Fibrosis website.

Brian, Brooklyn, and Julie

Brooklyn's cousin Brittany and her grandpa Rex
Annalise and Brooklyn got to cut the ribbon to start the race this year

Everly's Weekend...

My friend's Dave and Abby don't have any family that live in Idaho so I offered to watch Everly for a weekend so they could have some time off. We picked her up on Friday morning at 10:30 and kept her until Saturday night around 5:30. We had a really fun and full weekend. We started out with some shopping then went to play at Justin's parents house with the other kids. She loved the swing and being outside and when she fell asleep I didn't want to wake her up to move her, so she took a nap in the swing. Friday night we went to a card making party with my mom and everyone loved Everly! Saturday morning we drove downtown to participate in the Great Strides CF walk (more on that later...) That afternoon we drove to New Plymouth for Kaden's birthday party, then drove her home to Boise. She is one awesome baby! We only had one meltdown and that came when it was time for bed and she realized her parents weren't there. Justin got her calmed down and she slept like, well, a baby!

Sumpter Flea Market...

Sumpter Oregon has a huge flea market every Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day. This was our first trip, and it was crazy. The flea market takes up the entire town, which isn't a lot to begin with, and also covers the fair grounds. We found a booth right off that sold funny hats that look like you have crazy hair and had to take some pictures. We had a turkey leg for lunch and wandered around the booths all afternoon. It started raining when we got up to the fair grounds and tried to wait it out. We did walk away with some purchases. I bought a pretty cool, old Care Bears lunch box...in excellent condition...to take to work, and some cinnamon and caramel kettle corn. Mom bought a shape ball from a Tupperware booth. And we ordered some Tupperware that she didn't have in stock. All in all, it was a great day!

Watching Faith...

Tonight we came over to Mom's house and she was watching Faith. I had bought a bouncer from a girl at work for her and we had run down to the store to get batteries for it so we could try it out. I couldn't believe my mom had not ever given her a bath, we tried it out, and she did great! That girl loves to be without clothes, watch out Jen!!

Our Little Singer...

Since Sarah isn't allowed to take piano lessons yet, much to her dismay, she chooses to come listen to her favorite Primary songs. She finds the song in the book and asks Justin to find it online. She hits the play button and enters her own wonderful world of music.