Ellie turns 7
Ellie finally got to celebrate her birthday. She has been counting down for weeks and she had a great day!!
She wanted muffins for breakfast so of course that is what we had.

Ellie has wanted a denim jacket for months! Every time she sees one she begs for it. She was thrilled when she got one!

I surprised her by taking her ice skating after school- just the two of us. It was so much fun!! I love ice skating and we had a all together. There were hardly any other people there so we basically had the rink to ourselves. It was awesome!!

We went to Ellie's class to share a poster about her and read her favorite book.

We had a family party at the park that night. Ellie felt special the whole day and that is all I wanted for her. All girls should feel special on their birthday. I love my Ellie!!

Montana Fun!!
We went to Montana a couple of weeks ago and had so much fun!! This is Rick with Ash and Brad. Ashton loved the sea doo. Brad warmed up and decided that he liked it too. Burke sitting on the slide that comes off the dock!

Brax climbing up the slide!

Uncle Ryan with Ashton and Bradley. They love his canoe!

Ellie, Aunt Leah and Briar sitting and relaxing on the dock.

Ashton waiting for a ride.

The lake is cold so the kids often came out to warm up. I love this picture of Landon. He is so cute and the sky looks perfect!!

All the kids on the dock. Brad, Landon, Burke, Dalin, Briar, Logan, Braxton, Ellie, Haley, Emily, Ashton.

I'm so glad I took this pic because I would have forgotten this moment. These four were so cute! They collected all kinds of rocks and made piles and piles. We all had to climb around them, but they had so much fun!

Ryan and Leah work at a fancy resort restaurant and the adults went one night for the yummiest food! It was so, so much fun. Ryan was working, so he took great care of us. We all loved it!!

Huckleberry Picking
We went up Crane Mountain to pick Huckleberries this year which we haven't done before and it was so fun! I loved it! It is hard because the berries are small and down low, but we all had a lot of fun.
Briar and Emily ready to pick. I love Em's scarf.

Haley workin' it!

This is my only group shot of anyone. We were all spread out picking in our own spots. If there were any bear's in the area, we were plenty loud to scare them off.

Em looking lovely!

Ash with two very small berries.

Lisa in her element. She is the expert picker.

Ricky in the sweet spot he found. There were berries everywhere.

Bradley was the cutest. He got excited over every little berry he found. He would pick them so carefully and put them in our bag. It was great to watch his excitement.

Beautiful view from where we picked. This is the Swan River that we float. This was such a great activity and we got lots of delicious jam.