The Kids Favorite Day in Washington

Our last day in Washington was the kids favorite. Talmage proclaimed it "the best day ever".
We went hiking at Nolte State Park. The first video is Talmage and Evalyn (Carley's daughter) playing in the parking lot just after we got there. They still get along great. Talmage wishes he was as big as her.

The kids also enjoyed picking daisies by the handful.

After hiking we met up with the King family at Carley's house for some swimming and yummy food. The kids loved playing in the pool with life jackets on. Talmage did amazingly well. He usually clings to an adult the whole time we are in the water. Anya is fearless and actually jumped off the diving board several times. This video is her first jump into the water with out Aaron catching her. She was excited when she came out of the water to tell Aaron about how she had "drownded".

Family

While is Washington we were able to get together with my parents and my sisters and their families. We were only missing Taylor and his family. Cinnamon was so kind to let us all get together at her house. The cousins had fun playing while the adults ate, visited, and ate some more.

Grandma and Grandpa Dazey with Diesel, Kelsey, Ivory, Chase, Anya, Kamden, Kenna, Jett and Talmage.

We also got together with all of Aaron's family. All five siblings and their families. As you can see we enjoyed dressing the cousins in matching clothes. Anya misses Rochelle because now she doesn't have anyone to play "princesses forever" with. Talmage absolutely refuses to play her made up game.Talmage, LaMar, Sierra, Liliana, Sophie, Rochelle, and Anya all dressed up for church. It was Liliana's baby blessing.

The boys didn't mean to match, but they did.

The boys holding their boys. All matchy, matchy.

Aaron, Brian, and Justin all holding their fluffy pink girls.

Sophie, Anya, and Rochelle looked so cute together.

HoneyGram and Papa with their seven grand babies.

Hurray for Green

Hurray for Washington. Hurray for green forest. Hurray for hiking. Hurray for being able to hike. Hurray for arthritis medicine!

Notice the rocks in Anya's hands. She hiked nearly the whole way around the lake with these. She loves rocks!

Home

We're home. Just wanted to let everyone know we made it back safe. We had a great visit in Washington and will post on it soon.

A Real Mommy

Today while Talmage was at piano lessons, Anya and I ran to the store to pick up a few things. Anya enjoys shopping and talking my ear off while we do it. Today she was talking about babies and mommies and how she is a good mommy to Elmo (her stuffed animal she carries everywhere I let her). Then she said "I wish you were a real mommy." I asked her what a real mommy is like. She said, "A really mommy takes care of babies and doesn't wear braces." I just smiled a big braces smile and kept pushing my cart with a preschooler (not a baby) in it down the aisle thinking how fun it will be to see her as a "real mommy".