Alissa got a new pet this weekend, Zig Zag. She is a North American Alligator Lizard. She eats crickets and likes the warm weather. A cat had bitten her tail off and Alissa rescued it.

Justin and Papa Dave took the kids up in the woods to go shooting on Saturday.  They came home with lots of stories, Alissa said if there had been any animals she would have hit them because she shot really well that day.  She hit her target a bunch of times.  I love the last picture, the one of both of them posing the same and holding the gun the same, too cute!  Our little hunters :)

Miss Ali going to riding lessons :) She got new riding boots from Nama Una and she was VERY excited to show them off! They are pretty neat!

She is doing really well with her riding, she's been riding Western Seat, Huntseat, and Saddle Seat :)

"We must become the change we want to see."

-Mahatma Gandhi

I love this picture and I love this quote, its going to inspire me today :)

Alissa is BEYOND excited that 3 girls have moved in next door. The girls are 7,8, and 9 so Ali is enjoying making friends :)

I got to watch our cousin Kayla's little guy Cash for the week so we took him to the creek too, he didn't enjoy the water as much as the big kids, but he did enjoy watching all the kids and dogs play.

For the past few days it has been gorgeous out! We have taken full advantage of the sun, and have been packing up our beach bag with snacks, towels and water and hanging out at the South Prairie Creek. Its a perfect spot for the kids to swim, it is shallow and the current isn't strong at all. There are always a few other people there but the kids enjoy making friends.

The kids really enjoyed NW Trek. We learned about red-tailed hawk, and a spotted owl. We were also able to see the cougar, bears, lynx, bobcats and moose all out and about. It was a really fun day!

These are some pics of the kids after family day at Boeing. Alissa and Dylan really enjoyed seeing where Daddy worked. They got some neat paper airplanes, coloring pages and stickers to take home.

So it's been WAYYYY too long since I've update this blog so now I'm going to slowly update it and try to make at least one post per week, this week will probably have more than that though :)
These pics are of Alissa, Dylan and Uncle Kellin on the trail. This is Alissa's first time on roller blades so she was VERY happy to have Uncle Kellin helping her.

The kids and I went with my sisters and brother to the Science center. It was a fun day together while Amber was home on leave before leaving to Japan :)
Alissa loved the butterfly room and Dylan loved the dinosaurs :)