Family Fun at the Fair

Last Friday we had a special day trip to the Puyallup fair.  Brian took the day off of work to hang with his girls!  We really enjoyed having him for another three day weekend!!!  My Aunt Becky, cousin Jessica, and her son Jensen were also headed to the fair so we all met up and had a good time.  We decided to make the most of our trip and get caricatures done of the girls.  They turned out adorable and we plan on having them framed and put up in their bedrooms. They are now framed and hung up in their bedrooms....(I am a little slow on blogging now that I am back to work.  Saved this as a draft last week)

Ashlyn and her caricature, she is a fairy

We somehow didn't get a pic of Kelti's being done, but she is a ballerina princess

 Ashlyn and Kelti both got to go on some rides, Ashlyn for the second year and Kelti's first year on the rides.  They both had a wonderful time and Brian and I sure enjoyed watching their faces light up with excitement on the rides. 

 She was soooo excited....all she was talking about were the rides!!!

 So crazy to see my little baby on a ride at the fair...at least she picked a cool car to ride in! :)

 I L-O-V-E this one.....classic Kelti!  She is sooo into throwing he arms up when she is excited! :)

 Jensen and Kelti cooling off!  They were too short for this ride :(

Kelti and Jensen holding hands...they didn't seem to enjoy this too much but neither one would let go :)

 Brian and Ashlyn on the kiddy roller coaster

 Wheee!!

 Rocket Fun for Kelti!!

Last but not least the "horsey ride"...(that is Ashlyn's name for it) :)

Of course we ate some fair food and did some people watching....which seems to be very doable at the fair.  Quite an interesting crowd...

Camping with Grammy Bonnie and Papa Dennis

This past week we spent some time on the Oregon Coast with Grammy Bonnie and Papa Dennis.  We went camping, played a ton and had a wonderful time with them. 

WARNING:  There are quite a lot of pictures!  Sorry, we were having too much fun to cut it down any smaller.

 Making Marshmallow rhubarb cake with Grammy...yes, it was delicious and I ate way more than my share....pretty sure I gained a couple pounds over the course of the week!

 Grammy explaining the finer points of being safe around the mixer....too bad she didn't have this convo with me before I had my little incident with the mixer....my poor finger! 

 Almost there!

 Lounging poolside!  I love these little chairs! They did too :)

 Grammy and the girls! Murph too!

 shooting papa before he heads back to work!

 Papa getting Ashlyn back!

Teaching Kelti to use the squirters too!

 I love these two sweeties sooo much!  Aren't they cute in their surf shirts?

 Grammy and Ashlyn in a shoot out!

 Kelti acclimating to the water temperature...it was freezing at first!

 I was going to do a separate blog about her earring, but I will just tell you know.  Ashlyn decided to get her ears pierced on 7/31/11.  We had decided to wait until she asked to have it done.  That Sunday after I put her hair up and told her how pretty she was she said "I want to get my ears pierced"  This pic was taken on 8/2/11 and shortly after she tumbled out of the hammock chair and her earring came out.  Sadly we didn't see until her ear had closed up.....so now we are facing paying another $50 to have one ear repierced...seems ridiculous to me!  Any tips on cheaper piercings would be appreciated.

 Ancient stump that washed up from the Pacific

 Look what we caught......a whole bunch of flip flops!

 Love this running shot!!

 Listening to mommy's ipod

 My soccer girl!  She can't wait to take lessons next year!!

 Wheee!!!

That was fun! 

Checking out Spencer Creek! 

These crazy trees were everywhere!  (Your roots are showing!) Yes I am a dork.....whatever you know you love me :) 

 Enjoying a morning cracker with Papa and Murph

 Our little visitor...He stole the muffin liner!

 Sunny day at Beverly Beach

 This funny girl LOVED putting her head on the sand....it was really warm so maybe she was just enjoying the heat!

 Ashlyn at Beverly Beach....she looks like such a big girl to me!

 Me and my big girl!

 More running shots!!!

 Exploring....what is this stuff?

 Obviously enjoying herself!

 The water was super warm here and she and I were having so much fun wiggling our toes in the warm water!

 Huge smiles even when she fell down!

 My little runner girl!!

Kelti enjoying the warm water!

 We were having a splashing competition...Kelti might have won....look at that running splash!

 Scooping the sand and shaking it off!

 This was my view on my runs........beautiful and so nice and sunny :)

 Excited to have some lunch at Mo's!

 Hanging out with Daddy and Papa at the car show

 riding around with Grammy and Papa

Kelti turned this watering can into a trumpet!  Such a creative girl!

We had a wonderful weekend.  Quick trip down and home, so lucky that we had great traffic conditions. Wonderful weather and lots of good memories made!  We love you grammy and papa!  See you soon!