Going on a camping trip....

Once Greg finished the Bar Exam, we headed off to the mountains for a campout with our friends Ben and Arianna and their little boy Skylar.

It was the girl's first time camping and Brooklyn was sooo excited about everything! When we first got there we had a small rain storm and after a few minutes it was sunny and we were good to go.

 Brooklyn LOVES Ben and just had to steal his hat to wear around camp.

 Ben, Arianna, and Skylar

After dinner we took a walk to see the lake,

 and then the kiddos decided to take a quick dip!

 Even though she couldn't get in too, Bostyn loved being by the water.

After the kids all went to bed we stayed up so late talking and laughing around the campfire. Anyone that knows Ben and Arianna, know that they have the best stories and can keep you entertained for hours!

The next morning, Greg took charge of making breakfast.

 We were all starving and luckily Greg can whip up a great campfire breakfast.

 After we cleaned up camp, we headed back to shoot some guns! Brooklyn was so excited to be able to shoot a real gun and had so much fun with Ben and Arianna.

 I didn't get any pictures of the girls in our tent while we were in the mountains. But a few days later, Greg and Brooklyn had another campout in the backyard so we brought Bostyn out and snapped a few pictures of them before they went to bed.

 

Being back in Oregon has been a lot of fun and we loved our first family campout.  We had a great time with our friends being here in Baker with us this summer! We loved hanging out with them and were so sad they had to head back to Florida 

4th of July

I love summertime, especially when we get to celebrate the 4th of July!

Every year Greg's family has a special breakfast outside.

 Then we all headed to Haines for the 4th of July Parade. Brooklyn loves running after the candy.

 Bostyn was pretty content hanging out in the stroller though.

 We even had cool 4th of July toes!

 Pattie is one of our best family friends. She adores the girls and snatches up Bostyn any chance she gets!

 After the parade, Brooklyn got her face painted.

 She just had to have a pink and purple butterfly, it was so cute!

 Grandma and Bostyn after the parade.

 We snapped a few pictures of the girlies after the parade-These two are Bff's.

 Love this!

 We took Brooklyn and Bostyn to their first rodeo! We all loved the bull riding the best.

 Someone even caught a few Zzzzzs.

 It was so sunny and hot, Brooklyn just had to have an ice cream cone!

Look at those little chubby cheeks!!

It was so hot that by the end of the rodeo she had sweated off most of her butterfly.

 Our attempt at a family picture after the rodeo.

 Later that night we had a few friends over for dinner and fireworks. 

Our friends from Florida the Hostetters were in Baker for an internship. Poor little Skylar was so scared of the fireworks, he wouldn't uncover his face at all.

 McKenzie on the other hand, loved them!

 My favorite part of the celebrations, of course, are the fireworks!

 I even had a chance to sport my light up flag hat!

Michelle made this awesome cake. She wouldn't tell us what kind it was or anything, we just had to wait and see what was inside. 

 Brooklyn was pretty excited!

 Time to unveil the cake!

 We all thought it was so awesome! No wonder she kept it a surprise!

 After we finished doing all of our stuff at the house, we geared up and headed back to Haines to watch their firework show. Brooklyn was so excited to go watch them! 

We are definitely proud to be Americans and love celebrating this great holiday!