RODEO! The Santiam Stampede

We love to go to the local rodeo every year. It is actually pretty good and the boys love it. After the rodeo they have stunt motor bike jumping from the X games. Scary, but amazing to watch. Evan loved it. Ryan could care less. Chloe tolerated the noise.

The bare back riding was awesome! Those guys have a lot of guts (or their nuts, probably a combination of the two).

My cute little cowboy

I have to say that I feel bad for Ryan because we are always on him to be kind to his brother when the reality is Evan beats on him, tackles him and harrasses him on a regular basis. Poor Ryan, you can fight back when Evan gets bigger.

Our rodeo princess

My Little Diva

How cute is she! I don't know if its the glasses or the chubby cheeks.

Evan and Chloe

Evan has been learning how to dress himself. The only problem with this is he changes his pants and shoes all day long. He has now started to dress Chloe also. He likes to put shoes and hats on her like she is his own personal paper doll. It is really cute when I am not in a hurry or haven't redressed him 500 times that day. Part of the downfall of him gaining his independence I guess.

Bad hair day

Poor baby, everyone thinks her hair is funny. Got to have some good pictures to embarrass her when she's a teen. Hee, hee, hee.

Pretty in Pink

We finally got the queen size bed out of Chloe's room and it is officially a little girls room. It has been fun doing pink instead of blue for a change. I still don' t have the room done, I need some stuff on the walls. I am excited to have the glider in her room so I can use it finally.

RAGING WATERS!

While we were in Utah (for two days) we went to Raging Waters. We go there every summer when we visit. My sister always gets a season pass. Ryan looks forward to it every time we go. We had lots of fun. Chloe wasn't a huge fan of the cold water, but she did good for her first time. Thanks for the fun day Marci.

Chloe and Brock

Brock, Braden and Evan

GINORMOUS Mallows

We found a bag of the hugest (I know, not really a word) marshmallows at my moms house and since she was still in Idaho we decided to open them and make smores. I guess my grandma had bought them in Mexico. I had never seen such big marshmallows. You could feed the whole family with one of those suckers.

Dan enjoying some serious sugar.