Fun in Washington!

We had a great time in Washington with my parents this last weekend. We took advantage of the kids days off school and went and road horses, made applesauce and had a great time with family.
This is Ella combing Wendy. The kids all took turns laying on Wendy. Aaron sporting the riding helmet

Ashton being a cowboy

Aaron riding Danny

Grandma getting Livia!!

Ashton is loving riding Danny all by himself this time!

Me and my handsome hubby

Livia and I rode together on Danny

Ella is a pro now. :) At least she thinks so

Preston didn't know what to think of the horses at first.

But pretty soon he was sitting on the horses too.

Ashton and Ella with Grandpa

My mom spending time with her grandkids. :)

My mom and Livia. :)

Family pic on the hay!

We spent an entire morning making applesauce. And at the rate we're eating it, it will be gone next week. hahaha

That's a pot of applesauce YUM!

My parents got a new horse "Ruger" while we were there, so that was exciting. He's a great horse, and really good with the kids.

Here's some family pics we took while we were there. No one wanted to take them but me. Oh well.

And Preston is flying! Love that grin!

Thanks mom and dad for spoiling us this weekend! We made many wonderful memories.

Runner's club champs!

Ella and Aaron participated in the annual Runner's Club Race!!In Aaron's group there was probably at least 60 kids from the 1st- 3rd grades! I should have counted. Aaron is lining up here 4th from the right. (Look for the cast. :) ) Aaron behind his friend Britton in the red. (he tells me later, "I let Britton pass me mom". hehe)

Almost there! Aaron got in the top 10! I thought he did great!

Ella's group only had 9 girls in the 4th and 5th grade

Go Ella!

Coming in 3rd! Good job!

This video is a little crazy at first, but this is the start of Aaron's race. You can get a feel of how many kids he was racing! He told me later he was bumping into everyone with his cast! haha

I think Runner's Club is a great program. They run a half mile every day. It's a great way to stay in shape...hmmmm...maybe I should give it a try! I'm proud of my runners!

Getting out of the house!

This week has been so rainy and cold! We took advantage of some "decent" weather on Saturday and went to the park. I really hope this wasn't our last trip to the park this year. But if it was, we sure had fun- and it was a much needed outing for everyone! (especially me)


I think Preston spent a good hour in this swing. :)
Hello Ashton

Aaron sporting his cast

Liv was digging rocks and cooking me macaroni

Ella even enjoyed the swings.

Cute boy!

Then that evening we went to town and had pizza. Everyone had to try a lemon- so I got some pictures of them trying. It was pretty funny.

Here's to hoping that fall/winter hasn't started for real yet!! We need a few more nice days!!

Free Zoo day---and a not- so- free break

As noted in the previous post, our weeks are very busy! (I've had some people tell me I haven't posted for a while, but hey- I think I've been doing pretty well actually-the last post was only last Friday--and we've had a few things going on that have slowed me down more--in fact--Dad- when was your last blog post? hehehe)

Anyway---

I do have some fun pics- It was free zoo day up in Idaho Falls last Saturday and of course we took advantage of that! Kim and I were brave (or crazy) and took our kiddos to the zoo. Between the two of us there were 9 kids!! (Soon to be 10!-Kim is having a girl in January!)

I'd never been to the Idaho Falls zoo before--I was impressed!! They even had lions.

Livia liked the zebras

This was an African safari tent

There was even a petting zoo!

Preston hung out in the stroller the entire time and did great!

Livia and Marshall (They are inseparable!)

The boys

Thanks for a fun time at the zoo Brown's!

And this is what has happened this week to add to our crazy week----we've had our first bone break!! Aaron was climbing some playground equipment at recess and someone slid his fingers off and he fell down. Rude!!

I was actually there at the school when it happened because I was dropping off Ashton for afternoon kindergarten. So I just took Aaron home with me.

And we waited until the next day to have it looked at, and yes, he broke his wrist.

Cool blue cast Aaron! It should heal quickly- hopefully he'll only have to be in the cast for 3-4 weeks. He has been a really good sport about it though, especially because it's his right arm!--I think he's loving the attention! :)