weekend fun!

Swan Island Dahlia Festival

look how cute gwynn is!

she was taking pictures of all the pretty flowers, while wearing her spicy backpack, she almost could pass for a tourist! :)

payton was more interested in the irrigation pipes then the flowers!

there was acres and acres of dahlia's in bloom...they are one of my favorite flowers. someday i would love to have a cut flower garden with lots of dahlia's.

brian was hunting/backpacking all weekend so evelyn and i decided to have a slumber party at grandma's. gwynn and payton even joined in on the fun while charlie and tiffany had a night to themselves celebrating her birthday. we picked blueberries, went to the dahlia festival, and did lots of playing.

grandma and evie...

payton loves to pick grandma's green tomatoes! :)

2nd attempt at getting a picture of the cousins together...i think we will try for a better one :)

miss gwynn playing at the park...

gwynn had so much fun playing with evie over the weekend, she keep calling her her "sweetpea"...she is so sweet to her!

i love to eat!

uncle chuck and miss evelyn...

lucy stayed the night with us on friday, we had lots of fun spending time with her. it was almost like having a live in nanny, she is so good with evie and super helpful!

wish us luck...miss evelyn is sleeping in her crib tonight for the first time! i will keep you posted on how it goes...we are hoping for a full nights sleep! :)

sleeptight!

yummy!

look what we picked yesterday...

and then i made this!
the blackberries are finally getting ripe up north and brian had some hot spots picked out for us to pick. berries are probably one of my favorite foods, i love anything berry, including this awesome cobbler i made last night. it was soooo yummy!!!
hope your all getting a chance to enjoy some summer berries, they will be gone before you know it!

sweetness!

guess who i got to meet for the very first time yesterday?

this little sweetness!

Natalia Carlyn Alonzo

7.30.09

6lbs 8oz 18inches long

evie and i made a quick trip to tacoma so we could meet the newest little munchkin...she is so sweet. i think she slept the whole time i was there! it is crazy how fast your forget how little they start out. evie looks looks huge compared to miss tally! i love the picture of them above, they will have so many fun times to look forward to in the future
it was so great to see you jess, congrats to you and your very cute family!

enjoy you time with you sweet girls!

campin'

cousins...

we had an awesome time last weekend camping with the tenbusch clan, we had a great time relaxing and enjoying the great summer weather!

tyler was showing us the way his dad dances!

the ladies...

grandpa and evelyn...

what sweet kids they blew up our air mattress!

master chefs! we had an awesome seafood feast to celebrate tony's birthday.

happy birthday to tony!!!

enjoying the campfire...

gettin' sleepy...

grandma and baby evie...

we got in a few games of volleyball...

too cute!!!

the dogs loved swimming in the river! brian and his dad took the pontoon boats down the river one afternoon, they had a great time!

auntie amanda....

evie's first camping trip was a success! she sleep through the night in the tent and enjoyed watching the fire at night! i can't wait until she can enjoy smores too! we might try and squeeze in one more camping trip before summer is over...if we can find a free weekend!

3 months already!!!

we can't believe our baby girl is already 3 months old! it has been so much fun watching her change and grow daily, i know we have so much more to look forward to...we can't wait!

she is full of smiles and watches every move that mommy makes!

look how big i'm getting!

(for some reason this pic won't download rotated...dumb blogger)

she sat like this the whole time i folded laundry...what a silly girl! she will be sitting up on her own in no time!

look i can hold my head up!

she is still sleeping through the night and we are loving it!


evie's new trick...she sucks on her upper lip! see for yourself below...

(don't forget to turn your volume up)




she has been talking a ton, it is so fun to listen to her whoot like an owl and her facial expressions are priceless! (you can listen to her "talk" in the two videos below...enjoy!)






i feel so fortunate that i get to stay home with my little sweetpea, i can't imagine giving her up, she is just too much fun. sometimes i think we entertain each other, which can be a little scary because i know a few of you know how silly i can be. i'm just glad nobody is video tapping us during the day! we will just keep our silliness a secret!

i just made some chocolate cookies with some bob's red mill muesli, they are super healthy and really good. since there healthy that means i can eat twice as much...right?! i have been baking a ton since the weather has felt a bit like fall. last night i made blueberry zucchini that was to die for! well anyway i better get back to eating them and enjoying a big glass of milk! hmm, what will i make next?!

hope your all having a fabulous week!

i couldn't just choose one!

i took these pics after a long walk while we were at summer lake, she was totally being a ham and i couldn't stop taking a pictures of her nor could i choose just one...enjoy!!!

summer lake visit!

we had LOTS of fun over the weekend visiting with family at my aunt and uncles fish farm in summer lake. the weather was perfect...blue skies with temps in the low 80s, and a light breeze to keep the mosquito's down.

i was trying to get a picture of the three kids together, but this is the best one i got....they look like they have stage fright! :)

feeding the pigs...

gwynn and aunt sasa...tiff was out of town for the weekend, and charlie had a presentation to do for work in bend on friday, so sarah rode over with him and was their nanny for the weekend :)

payton trying to tickle baby evie...

uncle chuck and his kiddoes at the cowboy dinner tree...

aunt karen, sarah, & gwynn...

payton, uncle tom and cousin megan...

the clan!

papa eddy and gwynn...

payton showing off his figure!

cuteness!!!

hey grandpa your hat is off to one side! :)

evelyn's first horse ride :)

getting ready for bed at the cabin after a long day of playing...

collecting eggs...

fishing for trout at the fish pond....

gwynn's first fish!!!

the land is so flat in the desert, you can see forever

gwynn wanted baby evie to take a nap with her in the front lawn, it was so cute watching her make the perfect little nest for them to cuddle in! notice that she is tickling evelyn's check with her finger, every time she sees evie, she points her little finger at her and says, "oh baby evie your so cute" and then tries to tickle her with it...gwynn is so sweet with to her!

brian with uncle tom...

we had awesome bbq tuna one night that we were there...

that's brian in the distance perfecting the load for his gun...i swear that boy is obsessed with it!

what cute little ladies...

hey wait, i think she has me in a head-lock :)

hanging with uncle brian...

charlie had just put payton in some clean clothes for the ride home, but he decided he needed to cool off in the ditch!

oh how i wish summer would never end, we have had such a great time this summer spending time with family and friends and miss evie has been such a good little tyke keeping up with us. she did great on the trip, i was totally impressed with her because we did a LOT of driving.

we have been trying to re-coop from the great weekend although monday afternoon i came down with a super bad flu bug. i have had a fever of 100, and lots of abdominal cramping, nausea, diarrhea, you name it i think i have had it. brian was able to come home a bit early yesterday to help out, i tell ya its a whole different ball game being sick with a baby. i'm just hoping miss evelyn doesn't get it, and i get better by the weekend. we are going camping this weekend with brian's family to celebrate his mom's birthday and we would hate to miss it.

ps-sorry it took so long to get the pics up, i know there was a few of you who were patiently waiting! :) the only reason that i got them up today is because miss evie feel asleep in my bed while i was laying down being sicky, what a sweet girl she is! we are hoping tomorrow is a better day!

XOXOXO