Camping in Deep Creek

We went camping at the Deep Creek Campground over Dakota's birthday. We took all of her presents up and has a little party for her. She loves to camp and so we rented a trailer and Ryan and Marie came with us. The kids had an absolute ball. There were little guppy fish in the creek next to our camp so we caught a lot of those. Then we went fishing up to the Moose Ponds and didn't do so hot there. I think we only caught three fish the whole time we were there....(All by me..of course) other than that we just hung out and had a good fun time. Happy 6 birthday Dakota!








Dakota and her guppies










These two boys crack me up. Oakley is always asking for Cecil and Cecil is always asking for Oakley. When they get together though they fight! They fight over everything....and when one of hem leaves the other is always asking where he is and when they get to play again!







Marie and Rylin






This is how we spent a lot of our time! Look at that perfect loop!









Two Heels and a Belt Buckle!!!!








James cooking up Dakota's b-day dinner! Oh, do I love dutch oven!!!!!







Dakota and her cake












This is how the boys stayed entertained. It was so funny to watch and they did this for so long! They wore them selves out!

I am so spoiled!

It's not everyday that I get a visit from my best friend! Two visits in one month though is pretty awesome! Even though she enjoys watching me struggle with parenthood(we are talking evil little laugh and smug look here folks) and she spoils my kids rotten( she learned from the best) I still love her! We go way too long with out seeing each other and I am so grateful that I was able to spend a little bit of time with her this summer! Hopefully I will get to go to Texas and visit her next time....Hopefully we won't have to go 4 years without a visit again! That would be awesome! Thanks Cody for taking the pics!

It Runs in the Blood

I think it is safe to say that Oakley takes after his mom a little bit!!!!












Okay....Okay...so he takes after his dad a little too!

Fun Family Nights!

This is how we spend our family nights. It is simple, it is cheap (if you don't count the horses, feed, trailer, truck, gas, cows, arena....you know everything) but it is fun and our family has a lot of fun here. We build a lot of memories and enjoy the company of some of our best friends!
I am amazed at what our kids learn here. Dakota has become quite the little rider and is very brave. The other night one of the horses got spooked by something and she held onto Oakley and managed to keep them both in the middle of the saddle while the horse was acting up. Her confidence level has blossomed so much in the last year! She did such a great job handling that little situation and I was so proud of her!
Oakley is all boy and I wonder constantly how little boys learn to do the things they do. I swear it is bred into them...it is the only thing I can come up with. We went roping last night and he was playing with his barn and animals. He actually made a mud hole for his pigs. He isn't even two yet! Crazy stuff. So what do you all do for your family nights?