SUNRIVER!

The long awaited trip to Sunriver lived up to all expectations.  First off, Happy 40th Anniversary to my parents.  It was just so cool to have all the cousins together... and of course be with all three of my brothers (who if you know me well, you know I adore) and of course their wives (you too girls :).   I have never heard so much laughter, and seen so many smiles and cuddling from 8 little kids as this past week.  Goodbyes were hard and we are already being requested by ours to go back.  By the way- be sure you catch the bike race video :)

First Dinner

The ultimate bike racetrack (around the culdesac island).  Ready Set Go!

What happened next:

Aunt Karen & Annamarie

Cousin Luke

Annamarie's first time down

The sunbathers (Kylie and Zan)

Aunt Janna (Zan's wife due in September- YAY) with her god-daughter (Anna)

Brian with his daughter Brinn

Luke's Big Smile

Kiddos amidst a big water fight

Camden and Popi

Happy Tyler

Tossing Kids

Back: Carter, Luke, Camden, Holden, Tyler
Front: Annamarie, Elena, Brinn

Our men

Annamarie and Brinn

Gigi and Popi took Camden, Holden, and our boys bumping!

Travis and I and kiddos on the sledding hill.

Uncle Zan on duty

Holden and Carter- sums up cousin love this trip.

Fourth Festivities

Little behind I know... but need to post this before I get to our Sunriver pictures!  Our Fourth celebrations took us from Bend (with the Cooks) to the Beach (with the bunch).



Boys with friend Kaden discovering an Ipad for the first time in Bend





A visit with Great-Grandma on the way home

Celebration with Nana, aunts and uncles, and cousins on the Fourth



Annamarie & Elena

Sparkler Time!

Carter

Cousins and the floer.  Love the reactions.

  

To the Beach:

The Bunch Bowling.  Yes, that's one of ours (Carter) upside down :)



  

Haystack Rock with Gigi

Tyler getting a good ol' Popi ride



As June comes to an end...

It's been a play play play all day for these three this month:

We love our playdates with the Balls.  Below is one- strawberry picking!

Ansley, Anna, Jesse, Tyler, Carter

 

The girls.

They just wanted to be dragons one morning?  Yes, that's Annamarie on the bench with Tyler :)

Happy Father's Day!

We love our wonderful daddy and husband.  The best role model for the boys they could have in a man.  Honest, kind, hardworking, genuine, respectful, and just so loving to all of us.

Travis' Father's Day present.  Kind of like a little massage?  The kids decided what to put on "The Mack Track"... so there is a frog swamp, car wash, snakes, and of course a road leading to dragons.

Popi was in Croatia for Father's Day... so this is all he got :)

Uncle Bill and Aunt Devon's Garden.

Travis' aunt and uncle have made this great garden area for the family to come and plant vegetables for the summer.  Excited to see how it turns out!

Uncle Bill, Annamarie, Carter, Tyler

 







Just cracks me up.  Carter LOVES salsa.  But before he started eating it he asked me for a cup of water.  He had it down.  Dip, eat, drink.  Definitley my son loading up his chip.

 Zoo Day with the Van Pelts - Thank you Jenise for taking the picture.  She felt so bad that the kids weren't looking... she needs to look at this blog a little more:)

 Pool Day with Kelly!! 

The boys were so excited to go to Kelly's pool.  She was our nanny last year when I worked a couple days a week, still watches them when we need her and we all adore her... as you can tell. 

Tyler, Kelly, Carter

with Annamarie

Wings and Waves

The happiest of days.  The kids were beaming ear to ear- we had the best time. Pure fun!

We were one of the first people there and had the park all to ourselves for that first hour.

Happy Carter

Me and Tyler

Creative Carter. 

The things he comes up with.  I took them to the fountains and he said "Look Momma!  I'm making Skeletons" ... as he got wet, laid flat on the ground and stood up to see his body print.  Tyler and Annamarie quickly joined.

attempting to make one

after- so proud.

 Funny kids

Carter/Tyler