Hey my blogger friends!
I'm back!! =)
awhhh. Sweet, sweet Summer! Idaho has not had very warm June weather! It's been rain. rain. rain! But today, the sun broke through. It was gorgeous today!
Last thursday, some of our family friends from North Dakota came into town so we had a birthday celebration for my dad on Friday! I made a tiramisu layer cake and it was quite delicious if I may say so myself. It must have been a hit with everyone else also since I sold my first cake the next day to some other great family friends! That was a busy day, but a lot of fun! The more and more I spend in the kitchen, the more I want to keep baking and cooking. It's so...I don't know..Wonderful being in the kitchen, baking, knowing that I'm making people happy with my food! Wasn't it said, "The way to people's hearts, is through their stomaches?"
Well anywho, got a little off track. So Dad, mom and our friends left this Sunday for a fishing trip! They will be back Tuesday.
So Taylor and I are home with all of the kids! We were worrying about how it was going to go with Challis and sometimes Jadyn but, actually it's gone quite well! Challis and Jadyn slept through the night and have been great during the day!
We met Alesha at the park today for a picnic! It was so sunny, warm and nice! It was a beautiful day and a wonderful day for the park.
Well, guess what?!?! I figured out how to get pictures on here!!! Actually Taylor figured it out! It is so easy! I can't believe I didn't figure it out earlier. So...yep! You guessed it. I'm going to post pictures. I'm going to post a few pictures of my sweet 16 on the "Sweet 16" post and then just random pictures of our family!
I hope everyone is doing great out there. Enjoying their summers. =)

Romans 11:36- "For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.

I got my new camera lens just a few weeks ago. It's a 55-200mm sigma lens and I LOVE it so much! This is one of the pictures that I took with it! 

mama and Challis! We all went to the park one day and Challis LOVED it! =)

Nolan got a ripstick for his birthday(May 11th) The day after he got it he was already AMAZING at it! It's crazy how good he's gotten in just a short amount of timeHere's Nolan on his bike! He got it about a month ago and he really enjoys getting out with Dad and going for some rides! Shea loves tennis! She started, I think last month and she really enjoys it!! She's being taught by one of our great friends, Colleen Barrett! If you're interested in doing tennis go to her facebook page(Boise Tennis Academy)
Taylor and I took some tennis lessons from her last summer and LOVED them! I would love to start back up again! Colleen is such a great teacher and I really had fun at the lessons!

Taylor and Dad! Dad got 2 cakes for his birthday this year! =O Taylor made him this butterfinger ice cream cake and then I made him the tiramisu layer cake!

A couple of weeks ago, Mom found a box full of 12-18month clothes for Challis! It had the swimsuit that they got for Taylor and all of us wore it(well except for Nolan!) This tie-dye outfit was in there, also! I think it's been around since Shea! =)

Sweet 16

Hey Bloggers! I know, it's been such a long time. I love having this blog but I never seem to be able to get on here and just write! But, I'm here now!! =)
May has been pretty busy for us!
Let me tell you all about my birthday weekend in Cascade!! We headed out there Thursday(29th of April) but had to make a few stops first! We ran to Albertson's and got some sparkling cider, then to the bank, then to Les Schwab to get new tires!
We got to the cabin around 6-6:30pm, and went in to check it out. Pepper Spray all ready, of course! The cabin is so adorable! Very cute and cozy! We turned the heat on and started bringing all of our stuff in!
Once we got all of it in, we headed into town and got some Subway for dinner.
We got back to the cabin, ate our dinner, and watched a movie!
We didn't do much the first night. We watched a few movies, drank our sparkling cider, laughed, talked, took pictures, and finally, at midnight, did a "cheers" for my birthday!!!
We stayed up and finished our movie, then headed to bed.(the pepper spray sat right on the nightstand by my bed!)
We were planning on sleeping in the next day(my birthday!), but, our plans got changed when 7:50am rolled around and I got a birthday call from Victoria! ha ha! Needless to say, I "ignored" it! ;)
After that, we got up, got ready, and then took off for the day! By the way, we woke up to the snow, so that was pretty awesome! We went to the Pancake House for breakfast. We had heard that if it's your birthday you get a huge cinnamon roll for free! It was delicious and HUGE!
After breakfast, we went to a few thrift stores. It was a lot of fun, just walking around McCall shopping with the locals! Once we had gone to a couple stores, we headed to a little "beach" by the lake and took pictures. The view is gorgeous!
All day I had been looking around for a few candles so we could have a candlelit dinner, but to no avail! Finally, at the last thrift store we found some!!!
We shopped around for a little bit, then headed back to our little cabin! We watched another movie(man, we're watching a lot of movies this weekend!) then Taylor made a delicious birthday dinner, which we ate by candlelight!
After dinner, we cleaned up, then started another movie. A little ways into the movie we decided we should go get some ice cream! We went and got some birthday cake ice-cream. Once we got back to the cabin, Taylor tried to find some birthday candles but could not find any! We decided to hurry and stick a match in there! ha ha! =)
Saturday morning, I got up and made breakfast. I made french toast but with cinnamon swirl bread! mm mm mm good!
Once we were ready, we headed up to Brundage Resort where we met Hudson to snowboard with! Brundage got a lot more snow so they opened the resort up for a bonus day! The snow was AMAZING! Powder everywhere! I took a few nasty falls because of it but it was definitely worth it.
We went in, got some lunch, then went back out for a couple more hours.
We took off around 3-3:30(they closed at 4:30pm)
Taylor and I headed back to the cabin and Hud headed back to his hotel. Taylor and I both showered and got ready and a couple hours later met Hudson for dinner. It was very yummy!
We were planning on heading back home after Brundage but talked with our parents and got to stay another night!
Sunday morning, once we were ready, we went outside for a walk and took pictures! We headed back to Boise around 2:30. We were excited to get home, but still were definitely going to miss the little cabin!

Well there you go! That was my amazing "Sweet 16" weekend! I hope you enjoyed reading this!
Well this will probably be all for now but I will hopefully be back within this week to write more about our month of May!

Isaiah 41:10- "So do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Here's my cinnamon roll! It was SO good! It was so huge we pretty much took almost the whole thing back with us! haha