Summer Time Fun

This what Kylie looks like most days of summer. She loves just a t-shirt and underwear. I can't keep shoes on her. She has picked every flower in my yard. We have yet to even have a raspberry, she picks even the green ones.

Kylie loves being outside. We sold this puppy, Kylie was pretty sad about it leaving, but we have new ones for her to love. This pup had a lot of spirit, it kept up with Kylie and gave her some nips as payback.

Our first family photo with the four of us.

Kylie watching the action at the branding.

Grady with his baby blues. He was riding in the stroller over to the corrals to watch the branding.

Kylie and Maddie taking care of Grady Ray.

Kylie with a new puppy, just a week old. She loves loves loves the puppies.

Grady with his Great Grandma.

Kylie and Grady with their Great-Grandma. We met her for lunch in Pomeroy and spent the afternoon with family.

Grady with Uncle Matt

Grady after he rolled over for the first time.

Kylie and Emma with the puppies.

Kylie and Emma running through the sprinkler. We got to spend Tuesday with Emma. She was able to come over and play for the entire day. The girls had a lot of fun. Kylie was exhausted. She went to bed early.

Grady took his morning nap in the swing today.

We have been enjoying our summer. We have been so busy with all the going ons. I am currently taking a online class to finish my certificate. We have swim lessons on Monday and Wednesdays in Ellensburg. I have been working on remodeling a house on the ranch to move into before August. It was has been a busy couple of weeks. We have had birthday parties, branding, doctor appointment, dentist appointment, and a shower to put on. I am loving every minute of it all.

Play House

We met my mom, aunt Teresa, uncle Dan, aunt Tammy, and cousin Danielle for lunch in Prosser. Happy Birthday to my aunt Teresa! Danielle has outgrown her playhouse and offered it to us for Kylie. We rented a forklift and loaded it onto our flatbed trailer to bring it back to the ranch. It was a major undertaking. He had to raise it above the house to clear the eve. It was shaking and everyone was crossing there fingers. It has made it back to the ranch. It needs a fresh coat of paint. When it is all set up and the girls are playing, I will post a picture.

Happy Father's Day!

Daddy with his new baby boy.

Grandpa and Papa

Daddy with Kylie and Ba at the roping in Ellensburg.

We started Sunday morning with some delicious waffles Kylie made for Ryan. Then he headed off with his dad to Ellensburg for some roping fun. Grady, Kylie, and I got ready and headed over to Ellensburg in the afternoon. Kylie got to ride around with Daddy for the entire afternoon. She was crying when I had to take her back to Grandma and Grandpa's for a Father's Day dinner. We were able to celebrate with my daddy (grandpa) and his dad (papa). It was a great day and all the dads were happy.

Grady did his first roll over on Father's Day. He was not even 3 months old yet, but he is pretty good at it. We have not yet figured out how to get back on his back, but he will master that soon enough.

Woodland Zoo

This is a Jaguar. It was sleeping when we visited the first time, then we took Courtney back to look before we left and it was awake and looking around. It was right at the glass. This was my favorite of the day.

Courtney's favorite of the day, the Hippo

Kylie didn't want to feed the giraffes. I was all up for it, but she said it was "dangerous."

This was Kylie's favorite of the day, Elephant.

After we visited Maddie at the Hospital we headed over to the Woodland Park Zoo. We met up with Courtney. We had the best time walking around the zoo trying to spy all the animals. We spent the most time at the Elephants. It was the perfect weather for being outside at the zoo all afternoon. We were able to see so many animals, I was impressed. Kylie picked a Zebra stuff animal, the only animal that we didn't get to see today.

Visit Maddie @ Children's

Maddie and Kylie in bed watching a Barbie movie together.Maddie has a monitor attached to her foot and Kylie needed one too.

Kylie and I were able to take a day trip to Seattle today. We got to visit Maddie at Children Hospital. She recently had her third open heart operation and is doing well. Today was a great day to visit. Kylie got to see Maddie for the first time since Easter. They were so sweet, they had really missed each other. When we got to the playroom, each girl painted a picture. We played and visited for a while. Then they had a therapy dog that both the girls loved. A wiener dog that did tricks, too cute. Kylie and Maddie watched a barbie movie, colored a picture, and waited for the Cath lab to take Maddie back to get her chest tube removed. We are so happy that Maddie is doing so well and feeling so much better. We are crossing our fingers that she gets to come home tomorrow. Good to see you Maddie and Katie!

Catch Up

Grady is such a happy baby. This was the big smiles I got today when we got home. (I think he missed me) He sleeps from 9pm till 5:30am then another feed then he will sleep till 7am. He eats all his bottles and then some. He loves to talk, but only if someone is talking back to him. He is getting to be such a big boy. Ryan and I met some friends at the Dwight Yokama concert in Chelan last night. We had a great time and the weather was perfect. I walked out of the casino $50.00 richer. I dropped Ryan off at a roping in Wenatchee this morning and he won a little money.

Kylie is a wonderful big sister. She has adjusted to the roll very well. She always wants to help. She loves to feed him, hold him, do baby talks to him, and do kisses on him. Grady loves having his sister in the back seat for him to talk to in the car. Kylie is officially potty trained. We have been two weeks without an accident. I am still getting the routine down myself. The public restroom this with a two year old is a challenge.

Kylie and I went to the CIRCUS today. Can you believe the circus came to Royal City? We had a great time and enjoyed all the excitement under the big top. I think her favorite was the lion. He was pretty cool.

Kylie and her friend Emma had a birthday party at their daycare last Tuesday.These two were pretty excited about their special day. They celebrate the summer birthdays in June before all the kids are out for the summer.

The first week of June we had Jace and Caden over to our house for a picnic lunch and ...

some fishing with Uncle Ryan. The boys eat caught a carp and had to put them in Kylie's swimming pool. These two are very fun, looking forward to this summer and all the activities. There sister Maddie is over at Children's Hospital and her third open heart surgery was a huge success. We are hoping that she has a quick recovery. Kylie is missing her best friend. Love you Moomers!