Silent Auction for Carol

Carol and her oldest daughter, Chloe!

For any of you interested, a friend of Carol's has put together a silent auction for Carol and her family to help pay for about $80,000 of inpatient treatment that IS NOT covered by their insurance. The auction starts Thursday at 6:00 P.M. There are some really cute things. Take a look, and feel free to bid!!! It is definitely going to a good cause!
http://www.auctionforcarol.blogspot.com/

Thanks,
Amy

Last days of summer.....

We had a fun, long weekend. First went to the WW Fair and Frontier Days parade on Saturday. The kids had a blast......lots of candy and horses!! On Monday we headed over to Pendleton to go to the aquatic center there. It was the last day of the season and we hadn't been the whole summer, so we thought, what the heck!! It was a cooler day, but that didn't matter to the kids....they had so much fun! We are trying to upload a video of Brock practicing his forward rolls in the pool. Having a little difficulty so we will try and post it when we figure out the problem!

Mommy couldn't resist letting Ella have a little taste of a sucker!

Ella on the bouncy swing.....loved it!

Emrey conquered her fear of the water slide....yeah!!!
She was so relieved she could touch at the end!

Emrey's first day of school!

Last Tuesday Emrey started first grade! She was so excited for school to start. She really likes her teacher and the kids in her class. We know she will have a great year! She is such an awesome student...keep up the great work Em! We love you!

Emrey and her hair!

So Emrey wanted a new haricut for school. I took her in on Monday to get a cute little "A Line" cut. She loves it and it looks adorable! She had the best time being pampered at the salon. I'm pretty sure the stylist got an earful for an hour!! One of the gals asked me, "is she REALLY only going to be in first grade??!!" That is my girl, 6 going on 16!!

Big sis, Emrey with little Ella!

A Couple Clips

I have been trying to get the hang of this blogging thing, so here are a couple video clips...I hope they turn out! The first one is of Ella and her big accomplishment.....she is a crawler now!! this one is especially for the grandparents!
The second one is of Brock on the monkey bars. He mastered this huge undertaking last week. He is so proud of himself and he NEVER ceases to amaze us! (don't mind the dude in the background...I have no idea who he is!! He was nice though, cheering Brock on!)
Enjoy!!

Fundraiser for Carol

For a lot of you, you have heard the heart-breaking news about Carol. If you haven't, I have a link that will take you to her blog. I have just found out that her dad is putting together a golf tournament next month in Tri-Cities as a fundraiser for her and her family. Since I want to help out in some way and feel so helpless, this is my plea........PLEASE pass this information on to your friends and family, any business owners, or anyone who loves to golf. As you can imagine, the medical expenses are astronomical and this is just a small way to help out. Thank you so much everyone and PLEASE continue to pray for Carol and her sweet little family!!

Wild and Wet Weekend!

We had another eventful weekend! First of all, our awesome friends from Nevada, the Staffords, were driving back from Canada. They met us in Moses Lake and we took them to the water park and then out to John's Grandparent's house for a corn feed. About this time every year we go up there for Grandpa's YUMMY corn!! He has a beautiful garden and grows the best corn in the Northwest!! We had ourselves a feast with a good old fashion BBQ with all the fixins!!! Nothin better than Family, Friends, Food and FUN!!!! Brock just kickin it on the "lazy river!"
Emrey getting ready to take the plunge!
A little water in the face! Just chillin!
Even daddy gave it a try!!
Of course Brock HAD TO try it!

Not too bad for a rookie!!

Dallin
Garrison
Sydney

This was the highlight of Brock's trip.........
Getting to ride on Uncle Skip's Harley!

Collecting worms to go fishing in the pond.
Emrey, Brock and Tanner catching goldfish!
One of the lost fishies!

Brock and Jonathan playin around!
Taking a break to say cheese!!
Boys will be boys!
Even Emrey wanted a ride...shocker!
Hang on tight sis!