Memorial day Camping

For memorial day weekend we went camping to the most beautiful place on earth...my parents have this camp trailer they leave here year round...we left Friday afternoon and came home Monday evening...here is out trip through pictures...not in order...

this is out camp...it was so green and the weather was perfect...this is the first time Hayden and Xander have been camping in tents...

Jeff my Mom and Xander did a little reading...

We picked some white irises that we plan to dig up in the fall and move closer to camp...

Good Times...Family Times...

We drove to 2 cabins that were built in the early 1900s...they are falling down but you can still see the outer walls...the cabins belonged to fur trappers...

The kids went for their first ride in the back of a pick-up...Xander wasn't sure about it so he road in the cab on the way back...

We sat around the fire at night...

enjoyed s'mores...

Shot the guns...

put almost 100 miles on the 4-wheeler...Hayden didn't want to get off...

Ate foil dinners for dinner...

played on the 4-wheeler while it was "resting"...

worked on a new hole for the out house...

digg and digggggg....

went on walks with daddy...

ate out side....

watched the humming birds feed all day...

and the kids fav part was the bear we saw...this was taken from the back of the truck on our ride...he was about 10 to 15 yards from us...we also saw a momma and 2 cubs from the porch of the trailer...

all in all it was a really fun trip...but its nice to be home and clean...

Sweet Find part 2...

So I made a discovery the other day...our train table is really bigger than I thought...It came with an extra board and I just though I was nice to have in case one got broke...well guess what...the table expands...now it is 50% larger than in the pictures...I'll post some when i take them...I love it...

Sweet Find!!!

I stopped by Goodwill to pick Mike up from work this week and decided to go in and look around...as I was on my way out I found this train table with a big box full of tracks and trains...I have been looking for one of these for months now and the best price i could find was $150.00 with only a few trains and tracks...So when I saw the price on it I was so excited...I said $24.99 for the whole set!!!...plus Mike got me 20% off so I only payed $20.00..My kiddos love it...Xander is obsessed with Thomas the train and insists on sleeping with a piece of track or a train...here are a few pictures of how we set it up...

Happy Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day Mom...

My mom is wonderful. She is always there when we need her. Anyone who knows my mom loves my mom. She is the greatest Grandma in the world and for that I am thankful. I love you mom thanks for everything you do for our family.

and May the 5th be with you also...

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May The 4th Be With You...

My New / Old Job...

Starting tomorrow the brand new Central Spokane YMCA is officially open for business...I will be working there 33 hours a week...That may not sound like much to a lot of you but there are 3 days that i have a 3 to 4 hour break in my shift that i will be just hang out at the Y...My goal is to work out for a bit on those 3 days...I am very excited to be working in a new building with new people and a wonderful boss...I made the decision about a month ago to transfer down town and I'm so excited it is finally time to open... I have had the pleasure of spending countless hours down there in the past month helping set up our room and getting everything ready for the kiddos to come play...We have had 4 open houses that have been wonderful and brought us new members....Today i took some pictures of our new Child Watch room...

This is out infant toddler area...It has a gate on it so the little kiddos don't get trampled!!!

This is the toddler loft...It was so much fun to build...

Here is our little library...and table...we are getting a small couch and chair for this area also but it has been back ordered...

This is our home living area...this little kitchen ROCKS!!!...we even have a washer and dryer so the kids can pretend to wash the dress up clothes...

This is one of my fav things in the room...Aaron ( co-worker) and I built this loft in about 2 hours...It was so much fun and didn't require any tools...we have another add on section but haven't put it on yet...we also have to wait for a cage for the sprinkler head before we can let the kiddos up in the top...

This is the kiddie pool... so much fun... I cant wait to take the kids there...

I also got to see a little of Bloomsday this year...It was the first time I have ever been down town on Bloomsday Saturday... It was really fun to see the racers turn the corner and sprint for the finish... about 5 min after I got there I saw my good friend Julie running...I snapped a few pictures but ill let here share them with you if she wants...

This is a picture of the runners running down the hill to the finish...