Summer 2009

Does anyone really have time to blog in the summer? We have been so BUSY trying to hang on to whats left of summer, with no time left to archive them...boo. Here is a brief rundown of our 2009 summer highlights. I still need to blog about our annual Lyman Lake trip, but thought the post was already long enough! I hope everyone has had a happy, safe summer, here's to holding on to it for a least one more month!

=Yuba camping trip: This is the first year we have done this trip, but this group goes every year, hopefully we can be part of the tradition. We had a blast, especially on the girls tube ride, I think we had seven girls on two tubes, jumping back and forth.

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=Lava Hot Springs: We went with some of our best friends - Steve, Samara, and Brooklyn. We camped out at a cool RV park, rafted down the river on tubes, learned how to dutch-oven, went to the big pool, and had a relaxing fun time. Samara and I tried to make Max look "cool" with a mo-halk, poor poor Max just looked scalped. Poor boy.

Shaylee is really into how she dresses lately, below is her outfit she HAD to go to the pool in... geez. This girl never leaves the house without some sort of funky shoes and/or hat... oh and her purse of course! I think I'm in trouble. (You can also see Max's embarrassing haircut in that picture.)

=Indigo Girls Concert:

=Lagoon: Shaylee LOVED Lagoon! She could ride nearly every ride in kiddy land and had a HUGE smile the whole time. This was Grandma Judy's idea, and it was very much appreciated by her little bug. :)

=Fun in the Sun - - Lots of boating trips: Our favorite thing to do! I wish July happened three times a year, it is the best boating month of the year. Shaylee is now a professional tuber and has been tubing with me, her dad, and Uncle Jason. Ryan even went on his annual "boys boating trip" they had a great time!

=Kenny Chesney and Suite Night: I had a lot of Hilton points from traveling for work, so I cashed them in for a sweet suite at the downtown Hilton for our 6th anniversary. This is the only pic we got at the concert, I wish I would have taken some of the suite, it was like a big, fancy condo! One could definitely get used to that! We had a great anniversary.

=Our Hill Billy Pool: We got a cheap over-sized inflatable pool, and LOVED it. Ryan even chlorinated it.. HA! We lounged in it every spare second we had this summer, loving it just as much as if it were a real one!

=July Fireworks: It is probably safe to say that Chloe and Maddy (our next door neighbors) are Shaylees very favorite people in the world, we got to share in their fireworks this year.

Happy 6th Anniversary!

I love that I married my best friend. Thanks for everything Ryan, you make me a better person and I love you. Happy 6th Anniversary!

The Parade with a Little Bug and Paddy Cakes

We went to the W.B Parade with our best buddies Steve, Samara, and Paddy (Brooklyn). We had a great time and feel lucky to have them as friends. We can't wait until Paddy is big enough to run around with Shaylee!

Fireworks Party

Steve and Samara had a great fireworks party, they can get a crowd together! I wish I would have taken more photos! Shaylee loved the fireworks and would say, "BOOM! Yayyyyy!" so cute. I wish that July came around three times a year, I love this month. Thanks Steve and Samara for the fun time!

Shaylee and her peeps! :)

Big Sky Hillclimb - Fun and Lots of Rain

The event was great, it is a nighttime hillclimb with a big fireworks show at the end. It rained A LOT on Saturday, it was amazing that they even finished the race. I was happy to have our trailer there just to get out of the rain. Jason did awesome, winning 1st place in two classes. Speed Vision was there taping it and got a good interview with Jason, there was also an awesome write up on him in the Billings Gazette: http://billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/06/18/sports/local/21-hillclimb.txt



Mom and DW7 "ya, ya, ya, yaaaa"

Shaylee got to ride around in the golf cart with Great Grandpa Chick, she was very happy!

We got to go shopping on Friday, the best thing about going to hillclimbs! We had a pretty big group this time; my Grandma Jennie, Vicki Tingey, my Mom, Shaylee and I.

Fathers Day 2009

We were at the hillclimb for fathers day, perfect place for Ryan to be on his day. He got a bunch on motorcycle related stuff, I really wouldn't know what else to get him. He is a the best dad and really takes the time to be a great dad. Shaylee calls Ryan "daddy" half of the time and "Ryan" half of the time. It is hilarious when she calls him Ryan, he always says, "I'm DAD!"

Lucky Shaylee to have Ryan for her Dad. One day she will know just how many "Dora the Explorer" episodes he watched with her, how many tantrums he used his patience through, how many days he had to put every shoe in her closet on her, how many books he read, and what a great Dad he is.

I didn't get that great of pics, but Shaylee was very excited to give him his gift and card she worked so hard on. She even sang "happy birthday" to him as he opened his gift.

Yellowstone

We stopped in Yellowstone on the way up to the Montana Hillclimb, it is so beautiful there. You really need a week, we went on a great walk and had an awesome BBQ. My mom came with us, which made our drive a lot easier and Shaylee a very happy girl. She has started to call "grandma Judy" just "Jeu-DEE" all on her own, I'm not so sure grandma Judy likes it so much! We saw plenty of animals and Shaylee loved the "BAfffff-Lo" (buffalo).