Horseback Riding

Elliott has decided that being a cowboy would be pretty cool. It all started last year when we took him to the rodeo and all he asked us for was a cowboy hat, a real one! So a good friend of ours from church has horses and invited him to come out to her house and go riding we we finally did. He was in seventh heaven. She showed him how to brush the horse and even gave him a snack on the trail(their yard). He is now asking all the time when he gets to go again. Here are the pictures from his ride.

Checking out Ms Kathy's Horses

Brushing B to get ready to ride.

Saddling up

Heading to the field







First time petting a chicken.



Got to the very top of the tree fort but then had a hard time getting down.

Plum from the trail. Not to sure if he liked it or not

First Camping Trip

Ever since Elliott was little we have wanted to go camping. He is now 4 and Edith is 17 months and we finally did it. It was a lot of fun. Wes' parents have some property on the Cowlitz River and they decided to have a family camping trip. In preparation of the trip Wes and I were talking about what we had to do with the kids to make it like we remember. We had to roast Hot Dogs over the fire and have Hobo Pie's. the kids had a blast and so did we. We are going again for Labor day weekend since we know know that it is not that bad. We did not tent we used my parents Tent trailer so a little better. We even made it to Mt Rainier for a day trip. Here are a few pictures.

Edith in the morning!

This is one happy daddy! He loves snuggles


This was a playground at the Mt Rainier Visitor's Center


A Helicopter that was in the visitor center


Trying to get a good picture of the 2 kiddo's is somewhat impossible anymore!


Edith Loves to play in the back of Daddy's truck

Roasting Hot Dogs for dinner

Hanging out with grandpa

In deep conversation with Grandpa

First T-ball Game

For the past year Elliott has been saying that he wanted to play baseball so this summer he was finally old enough to play and had a blast. For his birthday is Auntie Molo got him is very own T-ball stand and a bat and ball so we spent a lot of time out playing according to a 4 year old. Here are a few pictures of his very first game. We learned one thing about our son while he was playing. 1) He needed permission to be aggressive and go for the ball and 2)he wants to be where the action is. He kept asking his coaches to be out on 1st so he could get all the balls. He can not catch the ball very well yet but it was his first time so we will see what next year brings.

Getting ready to start the 1st game.

Waiting for our turn to bat


1st time hitting in a real T-Ball game.

First time out in the field

I am ready to get the ball!