Dad's Birthday

This year for Dad's birthday we celebrated it with everyone up at the cabin. Everyone loves it up there. Those who came were: Dad, Mom, Us, Grandma, Grandpa, Norm, Mindy, Richard, Dan, Elida, Josiah, Elizabeth, Frank and Willine. What a perfect way to celebrate a summer birthday.

Paisley, Josiah and Elizabeth

Making one of her famous faces.

She loves watermelon.

Happy Birthday Pah-pa Dodger!!

4th of July

We entered Paisley in the 2010 Riverdale baby contest and she won!! However, we're terrible parents and didn't get any pictures of that special day. We got a lot of video, but no photos. Probably because we were too busy showing her off. Either way, we got some pics of her and I in the 4th of July parade. She got to ride in a little train and throw candy and wave a little flag. We are in the 2nd car.

We lit some fireworks on the 4th at our house. The 4th was on a Sunday this year, but all the state festivities were held on the 3rd.

The Cabin...

We love to spend time at the family cabin. We try to go as much as we can during the summer. We've started taking my family with us once in a while. We love to go up and get away from the busy-ness of life. No phones, no tv, no traffic, just us. We also like to take Grandma Beth with us, and Sadie of course.

This is one of Paisley favorite things to do at the cabin. Find rocks and throw them in the river.

Then there's the swing.

And of course, you have to have a fire.

Breakfast at the cabin, on the deck, is a fun tradition.

Summer Fun...

Since we've moved into our house, we've made some really great, new friends. But if you asked Paisley who her best friend is, hands down she'd say Bo. We love the Wades. They live next door to us. They're awesome. Plus they have 3 cute, cute boys with a little girl on the way. Here's a picture of Paisley with the boys.

Mason, Paisley, Porter and Bo.

This little girl loves to play with the hose.

Memorial Day

Every year over Memorial day weekend we go to St. Anthony, Idaho. What's there? The Sand Dunes of course. All the sand, bikes and drunkerds you could ever ask for. The kids love the sand. The boys love to ride. And us girls, well, we're just there for the food. No, not really. It really is a fun weekend. It's a tradition that's been around for years. Have a look at our sand filled weekend...

She's her daddy's girl.

Hangin' out by the fire.

Our tent that my sister-in-law had to chase down. Thanks Beck.

The lake.

CCCHHHHEEESSSEEE!!

Awwww, kisses.

The whole gang.

Loving the sand and water.

All warm and dry by the fire.

It decided to pour on us the day we were heading home.

This is how we all felt after a long, fun weekend.

Baby #2

I can't believe how behind I've gotten. I've blogged nothing about this summer, at all. Not even the most exciting news. So while Chase is on the big deer hunt, lets see if I can get caught up. First things first. We're having another baby. We decided in the spring that we would start trying for another baby in the summer. Spare the details, lets just change my name to Fertile Mertile. Enough said. I took a pregnancy test at the beginning of July and it was negative. I doubted the test because I had been so tired and super hungry. We had a dentist appointment at the end of July, and it was my turn to get x-rays. I decided I had better make sure that I wasn't pregnant before they did the x-rays. So I took a pregnancy test. This one was positive. Super exciting! Chase and I both were a little unsure, so the next day, I took another test and that one was positive. I couldn't believe it. In fact, to this day, it still hasn't sunk in that I'm pregnant again. This pregnancy has been different than the last one. With Paisley I threw up a few times each day from about week 7 - week 16. After week 16 I had really bad heartburn. From there on out I lived off tums. I remember that I wasn't super tired with Paisley, just sick. With this one however, I've been extremely nauseous and, if I don't find a pillow and blanket right now I think I might die, tired. We're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel now, cross our fingers. We've been to the doctor twice now, and so far so good. I go again on the 7th of October and then next appointment after that one is the "big" appointment. That's where they do the 3d ultrasound and tell us the sex of the baby. I've felt like this one is a boy. So we'll see.
I don't think Paisley quite knows what's going on. If you ask her where Mama's baby is, she'll pat my tummy. But other than that, she has no idea. She'll be a big help though, when the baby arrives.