Our Trip to Utah and Idaho on the way

We decided to take our first road trip with 3 kids. We really wanted to visit my Grandma because we were not able to make it to my Grandfather's funeral and we left as soon as we could. I was really worried about this trip to take with a new baby (6 weeks) but it really meant a lot to me to be able to make it there as soon as we could. Kyson and the boys did so amazing. We stopped in Idaho and spent the night then the next day we made it to Springville, UT were my grandparents home is the next day and met up with my family. We took a lot of stops so we could feed Kyson but we found really neat places to stop. One was this air museum.

We came to visit my mom's side of the family but we were also able to visit with some of my dad's side. We had a family night at my cousin's house and had so much fun. BBQ, family, and bounce houses what more could you want!

It was really fun to see some of the Adams side. It had been a really long time for me.

We spent lots of good time with my amazing Grandmother. I love her so much and so do my boys!

We went and watched Cars 2 movie together.

Picnic by Hobble Creek.

We also got to spend sometime with my Aunts, Uncles and Cousins. We love hanging out with them.

While we were there Kyson went to church for the first time.

We are so blessed to have such wonderful families and extended families on both sides and love spending time with them.

We were also able to spend some time with Orrin's Aunt Debbie and Uncle Garth and his cousins in Idaho.

His cousin Mike and his family had a cat that had just had kittens and the boys (especially Brad) loved the kittens. Brad would carry them everywhere. Poor kittens.

We love his Aunt and Uncles yard. They have a huge garden and Orrin loves to go and find some snacks.

Uncle Garth got out the tractor and drove the kids around. They had so much fun.

Did I say how much we love coming and visiting them!!!!!! We always have a blast.

Orrin's brothers, Vern and Joe, and their families met us up in Idaho on our way back from Utah. It was so nice to see them and it reminded us how much we miss living so close to them. They were so nice to make their trip a few days earlier so that they could see us. They boys loved playing with their cousins.

Fathers Day

We had a really nice father's day with Orrin this year. My sister Emily also got to spend it with us too.
We have lived in the Rose City now for 3 years and have never gone to the Portland Rose Test Garden so we really wanted to go and decided to go on Father's Day.















The garden is so beautiful. It was a beautiful Day (no rain). The boy had so much fun running up and down the rows of roses and rolling down the hills.

We loved it so much we have been back 4 more times.

This rose hill reminds me of my Grandpa's Garden.

It was a blast and smelled so sweet.




I have such a wonderful husband/father to my children. He is such a great example to them and always makes time to spend with them. He is so wonderful that he made his own Father's Day dessert, strawberry pie. Perfect ending to a perfect day.

Sisters

My sister came to stay with us to help me a few weeks after Kyson was born. It was such a blessing. The boys had so much fun having her here. She was a great help to me. I had so much fun with her here.

We were able to go fishing at Hornings Hideout. We love fishing here with the boys because you can catch a fish in just seconds. We got 4 fish in about 15 mins. They also have wild peacocks and salamanders that are always fun to find and play with. This was the first fishing trip for both Kyson and Emily. They did pretty good. Emily caught a fish and was so excited, but check this video to find out what happened.

Those of you who know Emily check this picture out... She is holding the fish!

Kyson in his fishing hat.

We also went to try out one of the millions of food carts they have in Portland. The food carts are pretty famous in Portland and this one looked fun for the kids. It was the grilled cheese grill. You grab your food from the cart/trailer and eat it in a double decker bus. It was really fun. We had grilled cheese, Capri Suns, and a pickle.

We also got to go pick strawberries with Emily. We went a little early in the season so we had to look really hard but we found some good ones. Strawberries are so good farm fresh!

We loved having Emily here and miss her a lot. Thanks Emily for all your help with the boys!

We also received this beautiful Quilt, made by my sister in law Mandy, for Kyson.
Thanks Mandy! Its getting some good use from all the boys.