Boxie Roxie

She loves to fetch!! She will start with one toy and go through them all until she is properly worn out. Even all the balls (they are different colors and therefore a different toy)

cutest puppy face with the ears and everything

so little

She love's Blair

not so little anymore

So Blair and I got a puppy back in January while I was studying for the NCLEX. Her name was Daisy and we could tell that she didn't like it, and we didn't like it....so she was renamed to Roxie. She kept me company while Blair was in Montana for a few weeks, and she kept me up all night the night before my big test (I was not so happy about that). Anyway we love her and she's been a blast to have. Here are some pics of her. She is Boxer and Husky mix. She is now 7 months old and about 42lbs.

oregon coast!

yaquina head lighthouse

the view from the top

the staircase...still all original

pretty tough

apparently japanese crabs can be 13ft long...who knew?

the fish are posin for the picture

in Newport at the tide pools, we found lots of starfish, crabs, and anemones

we tried to spin cookies on the sand....darn that stability control

checkin out the sea life

shipwreck off Hammond....close to the goonies!

connie's caddy on the beach (we put new tires on my car, which apparently are wider than my old ones, so when we got all loaded up, they Rubbed! needless to say, Connie let us borrow her car and we showed it the time of it's life!)

giant seaweed

so, last year Blair and I took an amazing trip to the Oregon Coast, so I decided..Hey this should be a Tradition!, so so here is our second annual Oregon coast trip. Jared and Becky drove up to Spokane and went with us. We all had a great time.

spokane-portland-hammond-astoria-seaside-lincoln city-cannon beach-tillamook-newport

Disney on Ice

Kalle and Joey with their loot

Kalle and Aunt Becca

Meredith and I (the aunts) took Joey and Kalle on a date to Disney on Ice this past week. They had soo much fun! Kalle dressed up like Cinderella and was quite the princess. Joey loved the Cars portion and Kalle loved the Little Mermaid.

Last Weekend of Wakeboarding for the Year......goal achieved!!!

Every time we go wakeboarding Kalle asks if I want to pretend to be a pirate with her. This time our buried treasure was Kalle's favorite snack....Cheetos. We have a fun time mixing fairytales and pirating with wakeboarding.

Blair getting some sweet air

good water!

Captain and First Mate (Tysen)

here is Kalle girl and her dad. She loves it.

This summer I really wanted to land an Indy Grab. I hadn't tried at all last summer, mostly because I didn't feel like I was getting enough air to even attempt one. But the last few times we have gone, Blair has said that I'm getting high enough that I can do it. So....I tried, and after a few attempts....VICTORY!!!! It's nothing grand or remarkable, but an achievement just the same. I was pretty stoked. It was a pretty great day.

(notice the grin and the waving arm...such a cheerleader)

Biking in Cd'A

we went for a bike ride with Blair's sibilings and our nieces and nephews a couple weekends ago. We had a lot of fun. It was downhill the whole way into the lake.....and uphill the whole way back...which pretty much was a killer! Here's us at the halfway point for the ride. it was windy and started to rain on the way back. Quite the adventure!
My Main MEN

Me and Lukie (windy, you can tell by the bangs!)

Lukie was loving the ride.

at the beginning, before the butt burn

Happy Birthday to me! (oh ya, and America too!!)

This picture pretty much sums up our entire weekend, so I thought I would start with it! There were so many smiles, so much love, and so much chaos, it was great!!!

Eden and I put our makeup on together the last morning I was there. She kept saying

"I need more lips!"

Katie and I right before we dug into the awesome chocolate cake Katie made me!

Barbara enjoying the perks of being a grandma, but not at the same time :)

Barbara is one of my family's oldest and dearest friends. She has definitely inherited some baby holding rights!

Georgia Belle chillin with her Uncle Blair

Eden is eyeing Jared in this picture, seconds before she nails him in the nose! They were just teasing, but she got him pretty good!

Naomi enjoying her sparkler! On Saturday she ran up to me right after I woke up and gave me a huge kiss and said "That was your birthday kiss, cause its your birthday Aunt Becca" (it was really cute!)

on Sunday we had the opportunity to go to the blessing of our newest nephew Dean Abram. He's a sweetheart. Here he is with his sister Tavie.

Eden's first sparkler. Last year she was just a little to young to hold it.

Georgia on mama's (Hannah's) shoulder, after a long day of fun, little does she know that she is only minutes from being woken up by screaming firecrackers

Pajama time on the porch swing. Eden's got the best hair!

Georgia and I at the Fourth of July Parade in good ole Challis, Idaho!

Blair and I drove to Challis for the Fourth and had a really great time. A lot of my family was there including some of the most beautiful little girls you've ever seen before! We had a blast playing together and catching up! You've gotta love family!

Our Third Anniversary....can you believe it!

We went to the Melting pot for our anniversary on Tuesday. We had soo much fun. The food was so good and the whole setting was really fun and entertaining. We had lobster, filet, sirloin, pork, chicken, and shrimp! They bring out chunks of all this meat for you to cook at your table and then they have 8 dipping sauces to try them all with. SOOOOOO GOOD! We had turtle fondue for dessert (chocolate and caramel) and had all the yummy fruit and cake to dip it in. Needless to say it was awesome and we were full. Blair got me a beautiful coral colored leather HOBO international clutch for my present, and I got him a new wallet and a wakeboarding ballast pump. We made out like bandits!