Friday, March 20, 2015

hiking the metilous river in the sunshine!

we made a quick day trip to bend last weekend and on our way home we hiked the metilous river in the 70 degree sunshine...it was amazing!

our littlest lady is obsessed with her tongue lately! in fact sometimes she hangs in out and can't get it back in! :)  silly girl! 
 amelia trying to help! :)
 oh these three ladies really melt brian and i!!!
 there's that tongue again! :)
 chessy poser! :)
 of course little sis had to get in on the fun too!
 such a gorgeous place to be on a sunny day!  absolutely LOVE the metilous river!
 after hike picnic!
 and an ice cream face just to prove it! :)
 we actually dropped this old girl off in bend...brian was in need of a bigger boat! ;)
 and there is that tongue again! ;)
happy spring hiking!  i hope your getting outside to enjoy some of this fabulous weather we have been having!

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

siblings trip cont.

just a few action shots from our snow trip to sunriver!






 tubing hill at mt.bachelor....


 here come ev and dad...it was 19 degrees with an incredible wind chill, so it was COLD coming down the hill!

 up, they go again...
 brr...its a cold ride down!

 this one pretty much just had an all day picnic in the back of the truck! :)
 colton catching some cold sun rays...
such a great siblings trip!!!

Thursday, March 12, 2015

siblings trip in sunriver

we had our annual siblings trip the first weekend in march.  it was charlie and tiffany's year to plan it, we stayed at sunriver in a huge log house on the deschutes river.  we had lots of sunshine and even got a few inches of snow while we were there!  between bike rides, long walks, sledding, and eating yummy food we stayed pretty busy catching up with everyone!

checking out the geese at the nature center in sunriver...
snow at mt.bachelor...
it was 19 degress with an incredible wind chill on the moutain so aunt lucy, miss olivia and the dog took a nap in the truck while soaking in the sunsine through the windows! :)
tailgate picnic...
we ate dinner at a really great restaurant in bend for aunt lucy's birthday...loved the log entrance to it!
happy birthday aunt lucy!!!
dessert at the candy shop!
this pic of miss a cracks me up...love those crossed legs with her cowboy boot on! :)
these two can get pretty silly together!
who doesn't want their pic on a snow grader?! :)
sunshine on the dechutes river...
crazy cousins!!!
looking good birthday girl!
log ride!
ev and payton were so cute together over the weekend, at one point we were out for a hike and they were holding hands just telling each other their life stories! :)

this pic was taken right before payton decided to strip down to his sweatpants and let the girls throw snow balls at his bare chest...crazy kid!
and this little lady was our dream baby, so good all weekend, just basically along for the ride!  i still don't know how we got so lucky, she is the sweetest easiest baby!!!
she has already stolen her daddy's heart too! :)
taking a break with aunt sas...
i have lots more pics on my big camera from the tubing hill, so stay tunned for some action shots form the awesome weekend!  thanks again charlie and tiff for such a great time!

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

baby calves!

its always a fun day at the ranch with there is sunshine and baby calves...


 and lots of eggs to collect...
 this was the calmest calf i have ever seen...she would just lay there and let you pet her!
 mule rides are always a must, notice who is driving...
 miss e was feeling pretty big time!
 look at that proud smile! :)
it was a quick day trip, but a lot of fun was had!  amelia was in a bit of a funk, so i wasn't able to snap any pics of that little rascal! :)  maybe next time...she can be a tricky one!