Sun River Fun

This last week we packed up and took the long drive to Sun River, haha long.. ya right.  Try 15 minutes!  AMAZING!

We met my sister and her family for 4 days of sun, laughs, water, bikes, laughs, good food and did I say laughs?  We had a fantastic time and the boys were in cousin heaven!  I mean what little boy wouldn't be in heaven here?!  

Some highlights of our trip were defiantly the bike rides and the SHARC.  We rented 2 bikes with trailers so we could all cruise around together.  The boys loved riding to visit the horses riding to the pool and to pizza.  The SHARC is Sun Rivers new aquatic center.  Water slides, lazy river, activity pool, giant sand area and kiddy pool.  3 days spent outside makes for some tan little men! 

Sun River may be a new annual must do.

Perfect

This is the perfect picture to go along with The Dreaded Phone post

What to do when my 3.5 yr old is at Grandmas

Dinner out with my hubby & Blake

Curling my hair

Painting my nails

Catching up on gossip mags & watching some tv

Overhauling Cade's room

And lots of play time..

 Stories & snuggles with this man.

Enjoying our time but missing Caders! 

The Dreaded Phone

I HATE talking on the phone! 
I hate it not because I don't like the people that call or I don't want to talk to or call people.  
I hate it because of the battle and hurdles I have to jump through while making a call.

Here are some of the reasons it's nearly impossible to talk on the phone:

Blake LOVES phones.  He loves pretending he is talking on the, playing on them and just carrying them around.  So anytime a phone is out he thinks he needs to use it.  Try having a conversation with someone while you have a 14 month little monkey grabbing at clawing for the phone.

Cade LOVES the phone.  He loves playing games, watching movies and drawing on the phone.  
He thinks he is ruler of the phones and can have them whenever he wants.  So when I get the phone out to make a call he all of the sudden thinks he needs and wants to use it.  Sorry buddy your not the boss!! 

Cade loves attention.  When the phone rings or I go to call someone that is prime time for Cade to want or need something.  Or excuse me think he wants or needs something.

The best time for me to talk would be nap time or in the evening when the boys are down for a nap.  
However when that finally happens there are a million things that need to be done and a phone conversation usually slips through the cracks.  

I am trying to do better at making time to catch up with people.  
Bare with me and please don't be offended if I don't answer and it takes a day or 2 for me to get back to you!!  

However, text me and I am super good about getting back to ya!  :)

Tourists should not have all the fun!

WARNING!!  Forgot camera, this blog post contains no pictures of our adventure!! 

One of my favorite things about Tyler is his love for adventure and anything fun!  He always has great ideas to do as a family and loves to be on the go... ALL THE TIME! :) 

On Sunday after the boys and I took naps he decided it would be fun to go rent a bike at the Old Mill.  

Seriously SO MUCH FUN!

If you live in Bend or are just visiting we would highly recommend doing it.   You can rent them right in the Old Mill at Wheel Fun Rentals and the single bike is only $20/hr.  We had it out for pretty much exactly an hour and Tyler and I were exhausted after the hour.  It's a lot of work to keep that bad boy moving!  The boys loved it!  Blake was saying "ooo!!" almost the entire time and Cade got a kick out of helping with the breaks.  We totally felt like tourists, but like our waitress at Gregs Grill that night said; why should the tourists have all the fun?! 

Thanks Tyler for always being up for an adventure!

Possibilities

Living in Bend has been amazing for our family.  Tyler and I moved here immediately after we got married, when I say immediate I mean immediate.  Tyler had moved a few things over the month before but we literally packed up all of our stuff before getting married and the day we got home from our honeymoon we made the drive over.   Tyler has 2 aunts and uncles that live here in Bend but we don't really see them, so we pretty much moved over here alone.  It has been amazing for our marriage and now our little family.  It has given us a chance to define our marriage as well as our family and rely on each other 100%.

I have always thought it would be super fun to have my sister and her family in Bend with us.  I mean how amazing would it be to actually have our boys grow up in the same town.  Up until about a month ago I would have never thought it would happen.  I mean they talked about how it would be fun but for Jay to actaully get a job here seemed far off.  Plus it's a big move and huge changes.  But it looks like it may be more likely than I thought.  Jay applied with Deschutes County sheriffs office/corrections and took the test as well as a physical.  He passed both with flying colors and now has an interview coming up in August!!

So crazy and exciting!! 

 It will be a huge change and adjustment for them, coming from Dallas and all! :)  We now anxiously wait for his interview and to hear if he gets the job.  They could use a lot of prayer though it all.  It's a huge decision for them.  We know it's in the Lords hands and his will and plan will be perfect for them.    I can't help but imagine how great it will be in the mean time..  I mean look how much fun we all have together!! 

Wordless Wednesday

7 Years Baby

On Sunday Tyler and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary!

So cool and amazing to have spent 7 years with my best friend.  This last year was one of our best years, hard but amazing.  We have come a long ways together and every step is better than the last. 

We spent the afternoon paddle boarding in Sun River.  After 45 minutes of sitting in our car waiting for the thunder/lightening/hail storm to end we gave it a go.  It wasn't the clear blue skies were were hoping for but it was fun nonetheless.  The storm must have scared everyone one off because we had the entire stretch of river to ourselves!  Perfect!   We didn't get any good pictures of both of us while paddle boarding but I did browse though our archives and found some real winners of the 2 of us over the years.  I realized that after the kids were born the amount of pictures of just Tyler and I became next to none :(  Goal for this year is to capture more with just my hubby! 

Enjoy these beauties!

So blessed,

San Diego Fun

We are back from an amazing family vacation to San Diego.  

The thing I love the most about vacations is I don't have to worry about whats for dinner, laundry or cleaning.  I get to spend all my time playing with, loving on and just watching my little family.  

I could go on and on about everything we did but I will spare you from that and just do a re cap.  

We hit up Sea World, the San Diego Zoo and 2 amazing beaches; Coronado (google it it's amazing) and La Jolla Beach also a great beach.  Sea World was by far our favorite.  The look on Cade's face when he finally go to see the Orca whales in real life was PRICELESS and worth every penny of the trip.  Second favorite was the beaches.  It took Blake a while to warm up to the beach.  He wasn't a fan of the sand at first but once he got the hang of walking in it he was digging and playing right along side of Cade.  

Enjoy some pictures of our trip

 Can't get enough of my boys faces!  Who knew we would create such beautiful faces?

 Check out those castles behind him

 Ready for fire works in his hillarious 4th of July shirt

 Waiting for the Orca show to start at Sea World 

 This is how excited he was to see Orca whales!! 

 Surfer dude

 Watching the other kids do the ride because he was too short :(

 Driving the boat

 Cades favorite part of the zoo was the "Melvins" even a baby Melvin

 B finally was let out of the stroller to run!!

 Wave jumpin

 La Jolla Beach

 Bake trying to decide if he is going to move off the blanket or not 

Fun at the Beach

Time for laundry sand sand removal!!