Landing Days

Just some Quick picts from our adventures.  Saturday the 22nd is Landing days in Umatilla, where they celebrate the founding of the town, they started with a Parade, complete with 2 fronted Jeep

Robotics club

Candy for small children

in between the parade and the carnival The Guptills stopped by, but unfortunately we did not get any photographs to prove it, so others may not believe, but it's true. 

at the carnival there were ball pits and bounce houses

and some little carnival games

and bunnies!!

Snowcones

This is photographic proof that the Guptill's came, because they got the girls some little presents, including 2 punch balloons

there was a fireworks show that night, and we also got some little glow wands from the guptills. it was a happy landing days and it was good to Emily, Scott, Matthew, Anna, Grant and John. thanks for stopping by

Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice...

...That's what little girls are made of.  After waiting a really long time, we were finally able to have the ultrasound last Friday and we found out that we are having another girl.  So we will be dusting out all the little pink clothes and getting ready for another little girl.  We are excited for the news.  Whitney is still deciding if she wants another baby sister because "she already has one".  But the rest of us are excited.  

Happy Father's Day

We are thankful for our great husbands and fathers.  I think Will had a good father's day.  Here are just a few pictures.

I helped the two girls finger paint their hand prints for Dad.  I was a little worried that it would take a lot of tries to get them, but the girls did pretty good.  Rachel wasn't too sure about getting her hands dirty, but she still did well.

We made a special Father's Day breakfast for Will.  It was yummy coffee cake.  The recipe is pretty simple and it was a tasty treat.  Here Whitney helps stir up the topping.

And the opening of presents is the most important part of the day.  Whitney "helped" dad by unwrapping them with him.

Will got a new key and some almond roca and a big c.d. book for some DVD's.  He also got a Nintendo Wii Nunchuck from my family.  We went back to Pasco after church and had a delicious steak dinner.  So he had a great day.

Thanks to all husbands and dads everywhere.  We love you guys and are grateful for all the hard work you do.

A Quick Visit

We had a great weekend with the Jensen family.  It was so fun seeing them.  Here are some fun adventures.

We went to the park for a barbecue Friday night.  Magnus and Whitney hit it off immediately.  They followed each other all over the playground while waiting for the meat to cook.

Rachel enjoyed her hot dog and doritos.  She thought the soda pop tasted a little funny.

We went to the fish ladder right next to the dam after our tasty dinner.  The last two times we only saw a couple of fish, but this time there were a ton of fish.  All the kids were super excited to see the fish swimming around.  They kept laughing and jumping around.

On Saturday, we went to see Hat Rock.  It is a rock shaped like a hat that was found by Lewis and Clark in their famous expedition.  We were able to climb a little hill to see the rock closer.  It was cool.

There was a little pond at the park next to the big Hat Rock.  The kids loved throwing grass into the stream to watch it flow down.

There were a lot of hungry geese at the pond.  We even got to see some cute baby ducks and some funny looking adolescent geese.  The geese would hiss at us if we got too close to the babies.

That afternoon, we went to Walla Walla to see the Whitman Mission.  There was a visitor center where we were able to watch a video about the Whitman mission and see some ancient Cayuse artifacts.  So that was really neat.

The kids liked going inside the tepee and didn't want to leave their new "home".  

There was a big wagon on the settlement to represent the Oregon Trail.  There were even ruts in the road where the wagons would have crossed.  So that was really neat.

Will and Dana climbed to the top of the mountain to see the Memorial made for the Whitman massacre.  So it was a good trip.

We did fun things around the house too.  One of the kids favorite was "the wagon", which was really pushing and pulling Magnus around in the empty cooler.

Will got out the bubbles for the kids.  They had so much fun chasing them.

Everyone is looking and mostly smiling at the camera, that is all we can hope for.  Thanks for coming to visit us Ruth and Dana and Magnus.  Whitney no longer wants to name the new baby Rachel, or Rachel the Boy. She now wants to name the new baby Magnus.  So she definitely made a new friend over the weekend.

Back for graduation

We went back to Pasco this last weekend to see my little sister, Kylee, graduate from high school.

My family had an awesome party for Kylee with lots of yummy food and some fun games.  Whitney tries her hand at throwing a dart at a balloon.  All the high school kids really liked this game.

Whitney met a new friend named Emma who jumped on the trampoline for awhile.

Because the weather was so nice, a lot of time was spent outdoors.  Whitney really liked playing on a scooter.  Everyone really liked my parents' swing.

The question is, can you find Kylee in this crowd?  There were over 400 graduates, so it took us awhile to find her.  Good luck!

Kylee right after getting her diploma.  The picture isn't great, but she was doing some kind of cool hand sign. Congratulations Kylee!

Rachel wasn't impressed with all the fanfare.  She was impressed, however, with all the cheese puffs that we brought.  She had a very orange face.

And trying to stuff another one in whole.  What an accomplishment.

We went down to the stadium field after the graduation to congratulate Kylee.  Whitney got to try on the cap for a minute.  You have just like another 15 years to go little girl.

We went  out to eat after the graduation.  Whitney and Rachel got to be cows.  Anyway, it was a really fun trip.  Good job Kylee making your way through high school.