weekend with my hubby!!!

on sunday brian and i celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary!  we both agreed that we have done a lot in 6 years...I wouldn't change a thing though!

we left the girls with their super fun cousins and headed east towards sisters.  we stayed up the metolius river and had an awesome time hiking, eating yummy food and enjoying some adults beverages while having uninterrupted adult conversations! :)

we had lunch one day on this deck at black butte.  the weather was perfect while we were there...sunny in the 80's with a slight breeze that kept the bugs away...perfect!!!!

 this cute little cafe on the metolius river was walking distance from where we stayed...the picture doesn't really did it justice,  it was so pretty at night with all the chandlers lite up in the open beam ceiling.  the food was amazing too!

 metolius river...one of my favorites in oregon!

 some very sweet cabins on the river that i want to stay in...maybe next year! :)

 we did a lot of this while we were away...just relaxing in the sun!

 happy anniversary to my best friend!  i feel so lucky to have such an amazing husband and even more lucky that he is the best dad to our two sweet girls!

i love you and 'm so glad i called you 9 years ago on that random spring day! :)

even though we thoroughly enjoyed our weekend away kid-less, we couldn't wait to get home and hug on these two cuties!  we missed these two silly gooses!

ps-i wanted to give a shout out to aunt amanda, uncle jeff, makenzie and tyler for watching our girls.  thank you, thank you!!!!!

pss-i have tons of fun pics to share from our crazy busy summer, so stay tuned, i will get around to it soon...i hope!!!

xoxoxxoxo

more camping fun!

last weekend we ventured our for another camping weekend of fun with some friends of ours that brian went to high school with.  they have four kiddos, but one was visiting grandma and grandpa for the weekend.  the campground was only about 45 minutes from our house, right on the river, it was a perfect spot for kids to have fun!

one day we ventured up the highway and went on a super great hike called, house rock.  it was the old wagon trial road so the grade was perfect for kid hiking. :)

miss e hiking her little legs off...

evelyn and grady enjoying the stream,,,

the waterfall that we were hiking too...

we hiked down to the bottom of it and had lunch on the rocky beach

brrr...the water was a tad bit cold, but it felt so good on our hot sweaty feet! :)

picnic spot with the betts family...

love these two to pieces!!!!

and i especially love all her silly faces she makes! :)

my little hiker!

what a great relaxing weekend spent with friends! i dropped my camera in the waterfall, so the pictures from the weekend stop here! :)  we also had a great time fishing for crawdads, swimming in the river and making banana boats by the fire!  

happy summer camping!!!!

4th of july camping weekend!

we met up with the douglas crew over the 4th of july weekend for camping fun at look lake.  we tubed, went crabbing at the bay, fished and just caught up with each other.  i'll let the pictures tell the rest...

these two are so much fun together...i love listening to them talk to each other! 

fishing off the dock was pretty succesful...the kids enjoyed checking out this bucket of catfish and blue gill fish...

we did a little salamander catching...

this handsome boy is getting way to old!  he turns 9 next month and i can hardly believe it!  he was just nailing the fish, every cast almost he got a bite!  

miss a transfering water from one salamander bucket to another...its the little things thst enertain her! :)

showing off her blue gill fish she caught with dora! :)

painting picture frames at the park...

miss a and i did a little tubing, surprisingly she didn't love it.  i thought my little dare devil would be in to it!

the last night we were there we headed down to a differnt campground to check it out and turns out the kids and mama kat had a dance party in the water! :)

having way too much fun!!

and this one loved every second of it!!!

ring around the rosie, pocket full of poses...

ashes, ashes...

we all fall down!

amelia and her pooch...

this girl gives allie more hugs then anybody! :)

the fishing crew!!!

thanks douglas crew for the great weekend, its always great to catch up and spend some time together.  although next year, i think we will head east! :)