Thursday, July 22, 2010

FAMILY!!!!


So Eve and Niki were her from July 3rd through the 19th. It was so much fun having them. I was so excited because they hadn't met Cooper yet. We picked them up July 3rd at midnight (they had been traveling all day there time so they were exhausted). Cooper was great on the way there. He slept the entire drive thank goodness. On the way back the girls gave him a bottle. When Eve and Niki got here we showed Niki around the house because she had never been here before and then they went to bed, but they didn't get very much sleep because we had church the next morning at 9am. Sunday night we went and saw fireworks. It was fun but we were all way tired and it was cold outside we were all bundled up in hoodies and blankets. Monday morning we got up really early to go fishing. Niki caught her first fish.
The girls were so helpful while they were here, doing laundry and dishes and helping me around the house. And they were really helpful with Cooper in fact he is totally spoiled now, because while Eve and Niki were here he was held constantly and now he expects to be held all day long.
On thursday Blaine decided he wanted to go camping and fishing so we quickly packed everything up and drove to Lake Roosevelt and spent two nights camping. Blaine brought his dad along, so friday morning they got up early and went fishing. The girls and I slept in and hung out and talked back at camp. When it got hot we put our swimming suits on and headed down to the water for a nice refreshing dip in the lake but the lake was FREEZING!! so we did not get in. We decided to set up an awning that Blaine and I bought instead. It was quite the chore for three girls but we finally figured it out. It had bug netting and a wind shield that made it more complicated but next time we will be able to get it up no problem. When Blaine and Bruce got back we all went out on the boat for some wakeboarding and tubing. It was a lot of fun I even got to wakeboard and the water wasn't so bad once you got used to it. After we ate dinner we all went back out on the boat for more fishing. I have found I prefer fishing in the evenings to the mornings. We stayed another night and while the men fished the women packed up camp.
The next week we went to Leavenworth, were Niki has decided she wants to move to. After walking around Leavenworth we went down to the river and took pictures in front of the water and on an old bridge.
We went and toured the Candy factory in Cashmere and went to the museum which has a little pioneer town.
The girls went to the Young Men/Young Women's activity and got to do some more boating; they did a lot of tubing. and Eve jumped off the old bridge.
We went back to Leavenworth and found a neat little store where everything was $12.99 and the girls got Leavenworth hoodies.
On thursday night we went to the drive in movies. We took our big flat bed truck and took air mattress and made some stadium seating a whole lot of the family came with us. we had a lot of fun but everyone fell asleep during the second movie.
Saturday we went boating again and my sister in law Jamie came to take pictures she is a photographer. Sunday we had church again and hung out with family. Monday morning we got up and went to Denny's for a girls out breakfast with all the girls from the family. Then we came home and packed a lunch and headed for Snoqualmie falls. When we got to the falls we walked to the look out point that over looks the falls and then we headed over to the path to hike down to the bottom of the falls. We were planning on this all week and Blaine said it was really pretty down there and a fun/ but slightly difficult hike but when we found the path that led to it, it was closed for construction! What a let down!! We still ate our lunch there, which I really enjoyed. The girls made delicious sandwiches. Then it was off to Seattle to see Pike's Place Market. We arrived in Seattle at 6pm and walked up to Pike's only to find out it closes at 6pm!!!! It was so disappointing! I felt bad for the girls. We walked around for a little bit and then headed over to the airport. We ended up dropping the girls off at 8pm, three hours before their flight left. It was sad to say goodbye and we already miss them. But we had a lot fun while they were here!! :)
niki jumping off the bridge
touring the candy factory
fishing on our camping trip
photo shoot fun

In Leavenworth