Flaming Gorge Vaca....... And a Late 4th.

As sad as it is, I have practically no pictures from the 4th of July. Things were so crazy that day I didn't have time to stop and catch a snap shot. These first couple of pictures are from the baloon fest on the 3rd. It starts a great 4th tradition for me. Then the day of the 4th, we ran the 5K in the morning which took us 29 min 35 sec(of course I didn't get a picture of this memorable moment), then Eva J was supposed to be in the grand parade by 9 am for being a baby contest winner, then we had a baptism for Jo's niece at 10 am (crazy day to have a baptism) then we had a Family picnic at 12 pm then lunch for the baptism at 1:30 pm. We found time to stop at home for a short nap, then on to clean the church,(Jo's calling and of course we end up with the weekend of the 4th). We then came back for chatting with the fam and on for fireworks! Jo's mom was able to spend the week of the 4th with us so Eva J spent a little time with her Grandma from Cali.

And then this last week we spent up in Flamming Gorge, a yearly trip taken by the Bonnett Family. This year was fun, all my siblings were able to come up and spent a little time, along with the Thurbad family:) (shout out to ga-ne-a) It was Eva J's first time camping it the great out doors along with the Girls.
For those of you who know Flaming G, the water is might fine (cold I mean) and Eva J didn't mind too much. Took a few short wines to warm up and then she was fine.
Eva J in her cute life jacket.
When weren't out on the boat, we were on the beach playing in the sad and relaxing on the tube. Dad was giving Eva J an enjoyable ride.

Isa and Thurbad #2
Just playing a good game of uno.

Ela, Thurbad #1, Madison, Isa.
Eva J got a lawn chair for her Birthday that we took with us and she loves crawling in and out of it.
Notice: a week of camping calls for no make-up. Can you tell?

Eva has just been getting the walking thing down, has been for about a month but is still a bit shakey. So the whole trip she had someone glued to her finger walking her in all the uneven dirt, cement and sand.
This was our last day on the beach.

Having a little lunch.
Braden and Ciara floating in the raft.

Madison, Isa and Braden
All the girls playing on tube.
My brother and his sexy body in a completey undersized jacket.
A little tube action: Isa and Madison.
Megan and Ciara
On our last night in the Gorge, we head to the smallest town called Dutch John and have us a Dam Burger. There were 23 of us and we filled up the whole dinning room. They made their quota for that day in 5 min.
Like I said, camping requires no make up.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my 1st place Baby Contest Winner!

Wow! Two great things happened this weekend. We celebrated Eva's first Birthday with family and close friends. And on Saturday I entered her into the Freedom Festival Baby Contest and WON FIRST PLACE! She took first in the girls ages 10-12 months.

Her birthday party was themed under the sea. I wanted it to be mermaids, but couldn't find anything mermaid except for a pinata.
This her birthday outfit, and below are her shoes. They are soft highheels, so she can't walk in them very well. But super cute!
This is a picture of her birthday, we put blue cellophane on the ceiling to look like water and my sister and I made these paper mache fish (that took forever!)to hang. It was all worth it!
I had this balloon made at party land along with the fish below.

Preping for the party.....

Enjoying the party.

I can't believe my baby is already one year! Thank you to all the family and friends that came and shared this special day with us!

Living in TWILIGHT!

For all those Bella and Edward lovers, I made it to the home of TWILIGHT! Jose was on a business trip in Washington state, and decided to make a va-ca out of it for me. Its just how I imagined it, the sun was shining every where else in Washington that day, except for in Forks.

Welcome to Forks, Wa. The town is only about an arm stretch wide. Its tiny, and in the last two months they have recieved over 7,000 people alone for Twilight.
Bella's red truck. We asked for directions to the Chamber of Commerce and the lady said, "Its the last building on the left, Bella's truck is parked there, you can't miss it!" Twilight is there life here now! There is a picture of Edward and Bella in every business window.

The little sign says "Home of the Swan's". This is just how i imagined her house when I read the book.
This is the Cullen's home. It actually looks like Bella's home in the movie.
Charlie's cop car.

This reserved Dr. Cullen sign is really at the Community Hospital. I tell you, everyone is involved.Before we even got to Forks, and the only way to get there, you have to catch a ferry. We had to be there an hour early so we were taking some fun pictures to kill some time. Jo is catching a few waves, well...ripples.
This was the ferry we caught to cross the bay. This is actually a small ferry and only a single decked, others are double decked and carry triple the number of cars.
This was while we were on the ferry.

Port Angeles!

We stayed in Port Angeles one night. It is a beautiful and quiet town. We ate at a resturant right on the bay the night we stayed called Downriggers and ate fresh fish and shrimp.

This is the view from our Hotel room.

This is the Hotel we stayed in, with a view from the pier.
This was a store in Port Angeles, the picture with Edward, they have this whole meadow set up in the display window that you can lay down with him and take pictures. I didn't have the guts to do it. After hiting all the hot spots in Port Angeles from the book (not pictured) we headed for forks which highlighted earlier but here are some fun pics.
This is my Edward! We stopped on the side of the road to catch a few pictures.
These last two are just pictures of beautiful scenes from our drive. The picture of this beach looks just like La Push, but its not of course. We ran out of time and its the only place in the book we didn't make it to.

Family Pictures

Our pictures were taken by the none other Janne Thurgood Bonnett!

The whole Bud and Delaina Bonnett Family.

All the Bonnett Grandkids.

Easter

Better late than never! HAPPY EASTER!

This is my only easter decor, and I made it so I had to post it. It came out really cute.
Ciara, Alexie, Eva Jane, Isa, and Matthew.
Ella, Isa, Luke, Eva Jane, Ciara.

Eva's First Easter Egg Hunt!

She doesn't enjoy the grass much.

Collecting the easter goods.