UW Football!

Yesterday Michael's dad drove over from Cheyenne so we could all go to the UW football game. He had an extra ticket so I was able to get in, and we bought a student guest pass for Joshua. The game was good and the company was wonderful, thank you Papa for the tickets. It was great to see you again, thank you for coming!

Will did great at the game, he just isn't used to the noises and wind so he had a melt down around the end of the 2nd quarter but once I was able to get him calm down he did great then he fell asleep at the end of the 3rd quarter. Joshua could have done better, and I should have brought things for him to do. I usually bring some books and something for him to color but I forgot this year so he was bored a lot and complained a lot. Hopefully the next game, if we go, will be better. I am exhausted from the event, I had fun but am glad it is over.


Our family all dressed up in UW clothes. As you can see Joshua wasn't pleased about having our family picture taken. This is how our picture sessions usually go. I hope that changes soon!


Will




Enjoying his toy.


My silly boy


Finally a nice family shot.


avoiding the noise.






3 generations.

Third stop Oregon...

Okay... I am so sorry it has taken me FOREVER to get my Oregon Pictures posted. Here they are. The pictures include pictures of my sister with my boys, my dad with my boys, Oregon mountains, and my sister and I. We had a great time in Oregon, even though we were there only two days. It was great being able to see my dad, step-mom and sister again. It has been way too long since our last trip out there. Joshua LOVED seeing all the animals my family have chickens, two horses, and three dogs. Joshua was 'farmer Joshua' whenever he would go outside with his Grandma. I thought he looked cute in the hat and had to take some picture. I thought the picture of him in the hat turned out rather well. :)

The night we got into Baker City we drove to LaGrande to see my sister. It was great to see her and have her meet Will for the first time. The mountains were beautiful driving in, Joshua and Will fell asleep on the way over. Joshua in his BK crown was too cute to pass up taking pictures of him. We were able to see my sister's place and hang out there for a little while before heading back to my dad's house. We had some good conversations, lots of games of hide wood eggs and find them, and lots of good food (as always thank you Linda for your wonderful hospitality).

On Friday we drove to Boise ID to see some GREAT friends of ours who used to live here (you are greatly missed). We had great conversations, games, and food. Thank you for entertaining us, we look forward to our next visit. For the fourth of July we went to a parade downtown and ment to light fire works that night and watch the local fireworks. I came down with a sore throat that as of TODAY is finally going away. So I went to bed and the guys played games. The 5th of July we lit some sparklers and smoke balls. One of the green smoke balls rolled under our green jetta. It looked like our car was melting. :) It was great fun.

We took the entire 9 hour trip home in one day, however, it took us 12 hours to get home. It has taken some time to get on a schedule again but I think we are finally back to a normal life here. Enjoy the pictures.

Our trip to Idaho... First Stop Utah...

Will in my new sling.


Joshua swimming like a big boy.






Our hotel bathroom

Our trip to Idaho went very well. Will and Joshua did great the entire way. There were a couple sad moments (Will wanting to be out of the car) but other than that we did great. We decided to leave on a Thursday June 25th instead of that Friday. That way we could break the driving part of the trip into two days. We found cheep prices for the Hilton on priceline.com. We were very pleased with the hotel, it was SO nice and Joshua loved the pool. He can now float his way around the pool all by himself. He is such a big boy. That night we asked for a crib to be brought up to our room (we were on the 5th floor). When the bell boy came I thanked him and shut the door. Later Michael said we probably should have tipped the guy. I felt bad, but I had never tipped anyone before for bringing stuff like that to my room. Now we know. :)

That night we ordered Olive Garden, that was located right next door, I walked over to get it so we could eat in our room. Here are some pictures of our hotel stay and Michael and Joshua in the pool. Will and I decided swimming wasn't our thing this time around, that and I didn't bring my suit.

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