Cali Continued

We spent the next week doing an array of fun activities and really relaxing. We we to Huntington Beach to hang out with Justins brother, James.

The shooting range with my brothers.


Got pedicures with the girls.

Went to the movies and shopping.

And had a lot of cousin time.

Happy Halloween

This has been the best Halloween ever. It is so fun to do halloween with kids. And it is even more fun once they get whats going on! We have been to 2 trunk or treats, a costume party and then trick or treating tonight, and he has gotten the hang of it.

Road Trip [cont.3]

We went to Waterton for the day, which is in Glacier National Park on the Canada side. It's only about an hour away from my families house and was a beautiful sunny day. We roasted hotdogs, threw rocks in the lake, went to a splash pad and playground for the kids, and had a great time with the family.
The whole family was in on the rock throwing.Rhys and Talan. They are buddies. Rhys would do everything Talan did. Mom and Aunt Jan

Road Trip '11 [cont.2]

We spent some time out at my granpas ranch. Thats his house above the field. Gorgeous! I love it out there. I have so many memories of this place, it was great to get back. I would love to live in a place like this.

Luckily it was Beckhams nap time, so while he slept we went quading around the pastures. Rhys loved it! He was scarred at first when we would go right next to the cows, but he did great and was soon saying hi and bye to every one of them.

My awesome mom and sister. I love that going back to Canada lets my mom let loose. She just walks out, jumps on the quad and goes. She was leaving my sis and I in the dust. You can tell she grew up working on the farm. Shes fearless. Rhys got a ride from grampy. He loved it! "Tractor! Another tractor! 2 tractors! Look at all the tractors! Lots and lots of tractors" Did I mention he was in heaven?

Camping at the Coast

This weekend was amazing. We all had so much fun, even Koda thought she was in heaven. We went camping with our friends the Wilkinsons and had a blast. And considering we didnt have spots reserved, we found an amazing place that we will definitely go to again.

We were going to go to this great lake in the mountains that is first come first serve (hence the lack of reservations), but due to a wild fire 15 miles from there, the campground was closed. With a day to re-plan, but a horrible reservation site, we decided to just go anyways and hope for the best. We woke up early on friday morning to head out towards Tillamook. We found this awesome county camp site called Barview Jetty just north of Girabali. It was great and we got some big awesome spots.

He was so tired by the end of the day.

We set up camp and poked around the campground. We found a cool sand dune that we had to climb. And I got this tent for my birthday to help make Camping a bit more comfortable. We called it Hotel de' Aida. Its a sweet 10 man tent that Justin can stand up in. Yes, I know we are only a little bunch of 4. And no, I am not going to have 8 kids to stuff this thing full. Its just roomy and comfortable and I love it.

We went to the beach on Saturday and it was perfect. It was 75 degrees, sunny, beautiful and no wind. It was perfect. The Oregon coast is beautiful. Beckham was loving the attention from their girls. Tin foil dinners and bon fires. Its what camping is all about right. That and Rhys lounging in their hammock. He loves to chill. And Koda took it upon herself to make herself comfy around the campfire after the kids went to bed.