Family Pictures!

We finally had family pictures and it was a lot of work getting everyone ready!  We had fun and I was so happy to get some updated photos of our family. The kids have grown so much!  We took the pictures at Heritage Park near Lacamas Lake.

My cute girls!

Shoes!

A boy and his dog :)

Avery

This is how it usually is...

Adyson

Sydnee

Rick

Love this guy!

Miss Abigail

Is this what they mean by stair-step kids?

Family!

Real Life...

Mt. Adams

We decided to take Rick and Adyson up to climb Mt. Adams.  It was so beautiful, so hard, and so fun!  Rick and Adyson were rockstars!  They did such a great job keeping up and leading us at times...they carried their heavy packs and didn't complain a bit.  We hiked up to lunch counter on a Friday and camped overnight.  We got up and headed to the false summit before trekking across a saddle to climb up the true summit.  That last bit felt sooo long! We had a blast though and made great memories. We got to glacade  down which was a blast. I wore too thin of pants so it hurt my backside like crazy! We then had to pack up camp and hike all the way out.  We were sooo tired!  Totally worth it though.

All ready to go!

Hiking through the burnt forest.

This was one of the steeper slopes we hiked

Camp!  Cold!

Would have been a great picture except for that hat...

Rick ended up with a poop bag on his head :)

We felt buff on the summit.

My Love

Rick attacking me while glacading...

Beautiful Mt. Adams

Honor Society

Adyson never ceases to amaze me as she strives for excellence in all she does.  That girl juggles so many extracurricular activities and still manages to get straight A's in advanced classes.  She is a joy and a wonder.  It is so nice to have a child that you do not need to worry about doing her best in everything!  She got invited to a special ceremony where they invited her to be in the National Honor Society. We are proud!

Adyson and her cute friends Kaylee and Sydney

Goofy Girls!

Proud parents

Close up...

Being 8 is Great!

I cannot believe that four of my children are baptized!  We had such a fun day celebrating Avery's birthday and baptism all in one.  We rented out the whole stake center and had a party and dinner after she was baptized.  Too many people to fit in our house :)  I am so proud of Avery and how serious she took this big decision in her life.  We really enjoyed teaching her about the importance of baptism and sharing our own baptism experiences with her.  A few of Avery's favorite things are, Food: Beef Stroganoff crepes, Movie: Cars 2,  T.V. Show: icarly, Book: Tales of A Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume, Color: Turquoise, Sport: Basketball.

Avery got a journal!

Avery and her Daddy.

They are getting so big!

Love this one!

The whole family!

Avery asked for a cake with color balls inside so we made it a skittles cake :)