Cox Family Visit

Our dear friends, The Cox Family came out for a visit last weekend & we had so much fun with them! They brought their 4 kids & Spencer's parents, Steve & Cyndi along for the family roadtrip to MT in the RV! I swear the kids never stopped moving~between endless games of tag & water fights in the backyard, to hiking to Palisade Falls & tennis lessons for the kids from Steve! Here are some fun pictures of our time~Brady has not stopped talking about his buddies & we are already looking forward to next summer!

Slip 'n' Slide time with Logan (Brady's new BFF!) & Kennedy

Logan & Tatum in the pool

Picnic time!

Steve teaches tennis lessons to kids in Iowa & he was wonderful with them! Liv of course always has to be involved in whatever her big brother is doing so she enjoyed it too! I love her stance in this picture.

These two were inseparatable!! Logan is 8 yrs old & was wonderful with Brady~

Traveling around in the RV was the huge hit of the weekend!

The big kids leading the way on the hike! I never got any pictures with their youngest girl, Harper, who was as sweet as can be & such a little trooper!

Our little sweetheart slept the entire hike...







...and woke up when we got to the base of the waterfall! This was her "where am I??" expression!

Stopped for a snack break along the trail...Livvy's favorite part of course!

The whole group in front of the RV~Liv hates group photos right now!

I'm sure our neighbors were pumped when this bad boy rolled in!

Our buddy Kyle loaned them his RV~it's main use is hauling our Iowa friends to & from the Hawkeye football games...pretty hilarious!

Our New Favorite Pastime...

...Riding bikes! Brady really loves riding his big boy bike so Livvy & I decided to join him! I bought her a little seat that goes in between my handlebars & she absolutely LOVES it! We get to visit about the things we see & she loves riding up there with the wind in her face. We are going on family bike rides every day and having such a blast. Last week we took our bikes out to Nana & Papa's house to show them and here are some pics!

Ooops! The helmet was a little big here on Liv...pretty funny!

Nana checking it out!

Papa gave it a whirl too!

New Babies to LOVE!!!

Well we have had a busy couple of weeks with several of our good friends having babies! Here are some pictures of the precious little ones~enjoy!

Here is little Taylor Mae Johnson who was born July 9th at 8 lbs 10 oz. She is the 2nd daughter of our very dear friends Nick & Jenny! I get to meet this little sweetheart in a couple weeks when I come to visit them in Seattle! I can't wait!

Big Sister Maddy with Taylor in the hospital
Jenny with Taylor

Here are a couple of pictures of little Harlow Lynn Vancleeve, the first daughter of our good friends Brandon & Anna! She was born July 6th at 7 lbs 12 oz & is such a little honey! We got to visit the new family at the hospital so that was really special.

I love the little yawns!








And here is sweet Miss Ellie Grace Fischer who was born June 25th (her stats are on my now defunct laptop!) She is the first daughter of our good friends, Jay & Brandi! We got to spend some time with them when they got home from the hospital & she is such a doll! Brady & Livvy were very excited about meeting their new friend & mommy was very happy holding a newborn again!

To sum it up, Mr. Brady has many more little ladies to be protective of! :)

Brady & Daddy's Camping Trip

Jeff took Brady on a special father-son camping trip last weekend & they had an amazing time! They went up to Hyalite and were able to fit in a hike, fishing, eating around the campfire & hanging out in the tent (it rained for a bit.) Jeff took great photos of their adventure so I will do my best to narrate! :) My computer is toast so I am going to try & blog from my work laptop for a bit until we get a replacement...


A self portrait in the tent!

Thumbs up! Tent is set! Jeff said Brady was a huge help getting it set up...not as interested in taking it down on Sunday...:)

Starting out on the hike to Palisade Falls~it was a perfect hike for a 3 1/2 yr old because it was relatively short & paved!

Getting closer!

He thought this was really cool!!

Hot dogs for dinner

...& smores of course!










It's good to note Brady's face got exponentially dirtier as the weekend went on...guess Daddy wasn't into wipes!

Oatmeal with blueberries for breakfast

On Sunday they went fishing on Hyalite Creek & caught a fish! Brady is really getting into this fishing business~he's caught one up at the cabin, at Nana & Papa's & now camping! :) Like father, like son...







He likes to give them a kiss before he sends them back swimming in the river

As I said I will try my best to keep this blog up...I still have a ton of pictures from our multiple cabin weekends & our fun trip to Iowa on my defunct laptop...