Couples Weekend-Fishing Trip to Shoup

Adam and I fishing.

Me trying to land my first fish.

Us and Lex and Marci

My 1st Steel-head.






A month ago Adam said he was setting up a couples weekend with us and Lex and Marci. I was jacked. Where were we going, what were we doing? Then he said fishing.I always said "It doesn't sound like fun. Sitting on a rock and fishing all day." Finally Adam convinced me that I needed to go fishing. After me dragging my heels I decided I would go. I was also guilt tripped into it by a few people. Boy was I wrong about my statement, we had a blast.By 7:30 p.m we had fished almost 9 hours. And I can say I hooked and landed my first Steelhead ever, and I also hooked 3 others. Now looking forward to the next Couples Fishing Trip.

Ashlee's 4th Birthday

Hard to believe she is 4 already. I couldn't wait for her to crawl, walk, and start talking. She is becoming less and less dependent on me every day and that makes me sad. Now that she is 4 I want her to be little again. They grow up way to fast. We are so lucky to have all of our family close by, so we were able to share her birthday with everyone. In addition to a party with her family we also had a birthday party with her friends. Ashlee and her friends had a blast and played for hours with no fights or problems. Not bad for 7 kids playing together. Ashlee had a wonderful birthday and loved every minute of it. Thanks to everyone for the gifts and birthday wishes for Ashlee.

Chuck E. Cheese and Swimming

We decided to take the kids to Boise to celebrate Ashlee's birthday. We went to Chuck E. Cheese. Ash had a blast playing the games and sliding on the slide. After Ash and I put the tickets in the machine to be counted, we turned around and there was a guy in a Chuck E. Cheese mouse costume, walking by us. Ash let out a huge blood curling scream. I was holding her hand and I could feel her shake when she screamed. The Mouse stopped, turned around and took one step toward us and Ash let out another blood curling scream. After that we went swimming at the hotel. Ash loves the hotel because it has a 1 foot swimming pool. She will not go in the 3-5 foot pool. So the 1 foot pool is awesome.

Favorite Chair

Peyton's favorite place to sit in the toy room is on the shelf of the doll house. Ashlee's doll house has sides that fold out and there is a perfect spot for Peyton to sit on, or so she thinks. She is always sitting on the doll house. Ashlee gets mad when she is playing with the doll house and Peyton decides to sit on it.

Making The Bed

I was trying to make our bed and everyone else had a different idea. Adam decided playing with the girls was more fun than making the bed. Peyton would fall onto the bed and Adam would pull her across it. She would just get up and laugh and fall again. If he didn't do it again she would point to her legs and yell at him. Ashlee would stand on the bed, look at herself in the mirror and dance.

Florida

We decided to go to Florida for a trip. Us and Nan and Tracy took the girls to Disneyworld, Lowry Zoo, and Seaworld. We all had a blast. We stayed in this little town outside of Tampa. We had to cross 2 bridges that were each 6 mile long to get to Tampa or Orlando. The beach and ocean were right outside our condo. Pey loved to run on it and Ash loved to find shells. Adam, Ash, Peyton, and I had lunch at Cinderellas castle and were able to meet all the Princesses, get their autographs, and pictures of them. We were able to feed girafees, Sting ray, dolphins, storks, and goats on our trip. We all loved the trip and had a blast.