The Neeley's

Aug 31, 2011

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

Aug 25, 2011

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!

Jul 20, 2011

4th of July

We were trying to remember how long we have been going to Port Townsend for the 4th of July and we came to the decision that it has been 7 years. It has become a tradition that we have grown to love. My mom's cousins have a house that is right on the water that is just absolutely the best place to go and relax. Now that we have kid's we love to go here even more and make great memories. It is a tiny community that is on the water and every year on the 4th they hold a little parade for the kid, well actually the kids are the parade. It is so fun to decorate the bikes and strollers and have the kids be a part of this. There is even a local fire truck that comes for the parade. It has been fun to see Elliott's progress every year. It started out him in the stroller and then it was daddy pulling him on his tricycle and then him riding his tricycle and then this year it was him ridding his big boy bike. He was so proud that he was able to do it all by himself (little help from daddy). This is a tradition that we hope to continue for many years. Thank you Ross family for including us every year, we love you guys!

We stayed at my cousin's house and one night we found Elliott like this. He never woke up!