Family FUN!

HELLO! I think its about time that i update this thing! ;0) An aventure took place a couple of weeks ago and needs to be documented (along with the thousand other adventures that i need to put on here! OY!) Ill just start with this one..but FIRST here is a recent picture/info about Easton! ;0)

My sweet little boy is already 17 months! He is just the cutest thing and i love watching him learn new things and explore! He is so smart and is starting to talk alot more. His favorite word right now is "Uh-Ohhh" (he mostly says it when he throws drops stuff) Here is a list of other things he says:

Dog--(DOG-EEE)

Cat--(KEE-KEE)

Mom--(Mom-MA)

Dad--(Dad-EH)

Yo Gabba Gabba--(Gab,Gab)(His favorite show ;0)

Light--(Laaaii) He has an obsession with lights and makes it a point to point out every light he sees! :0)

Baby--(Be-BEE)

AND there are some others too that i cant remember at the moment! But its fun to listen to his sweet little voice :0) LOVE that boy! Anywho, on to the adventure ;0) My mom came to town and stayed with us for a few days! We spent some qualitly time catching up, laughing, playing with Easton and going to yard sales! One thing you should know about us Bulkeley girls is that we love us a good yard sale! ;0) Here i am cleaning the play structure that i got for ONE DOLLAR! Score!

I look a little too crazed excited in the picture! HA! :0)

Easton LOVES it...and yes, i put it inside! (cause im ghetto cool like that ;0) We also walked down the street to the annual 'fair' here in Paradise called Johnny Appleseed days and we bought some cool wooden rubberband guns that shoot ping pong balls! Matt and i battled it out with those later that day (I won of course ;0) Here we are at the park after the fair festivities...

The weather was PERFECT that whole week!...SO nice! We also went to see the Salmon run in Oroville! This time every year, the river is completely packed FULL of huge salmon who travel there from the ocean to spawn. Pretty cool site to see all of them!

This is a fish ladder...they swim up these!= COOL!

Easton not feeling very photogenic ;0)
We had fun for a few days and then took a road trip to Corvallis Oregon to visit my sister Tanya! This trip is becoming an annual tradition. Easton did really well in the car for 8 hours but we were all happy when we finally made it there! We had such a good time together! Everytime i see my family i just wish that we could all  live closer to eachother so we could visit more often! My sister is 5 months pregnant (even though i look more pregnant that she does she doesnt look it ;0) We found out that she is having a little GIRL in February and we couldnt be happier! (she already has a cute little boy! ) So that was pretty exciting! Everytime we go to Oregon we always end up bringing twice as much crap stuff back with us! (gotta love the no taxes perk!) Although most of the crap stuff we bring back is from yardsales anyway! :0) Yet another reason why yardsales are so awesome...NO taxes! ;0) So its a good thing we took my truck this time instead of my moms little car (it wasnt a pretty site last time...lets just say it was F.U.L.L! ;0) The main reason we came is for Coles birthday party! He turned 4!

Here are a few pics form the partayyy!

I pretty much played the 'chase Easton around' game the whole time! This is one busy little boy!

♥ this face!

Mr. Independent!

Somebody LOVES slides!...Went down all by himself!

Carefully examining a rock...which are one of his FAVORITE things! ANYwho, the birthday party was a hit! We got cole a remote control helicopter for his birthday (which i secretly wanted for myself! :0) HA! My grandparents actually ended up coming to visit too! It was so nice to be able to spend some time with them too! Easton sure loves his great grandma and grandpa :0)

FOUR generations!!

I love my Grandma ♥
While we were there, we played 'hair' ;0)...

and 'doctor' ;0)

and played with Cole's cool toys

AND Uncle Billy took Easton on his first quad ride! :0)

Cole sure knows how to ride his quad!

Pretty impressive for a 4 year old!

While we were there, Billy shot a deer! Cole and i decded to go with him and take a look at it!

We ended up getting a little more than we bargained for!! He decided to 'clean' the deer right there...I took some pictures of the gore/nastiness involved in cleaning a deer but i decided to spare you....youre welcome ;0) We had such a good time there and it was so sad to leave (although Easton and i did miss a certain someone back home ;0) Matt is such a good sport for letting us 'abandon' him like that! ♥ (random cute pic of E ;0)

Im so lucky to have such an awesome family to create memories with! ♥

I told them to give their best 'creeper' face and this is what i got ;0) HAHA!

THE END ♥

Family Reunion Part 1

Earlier this month we had a family reunion!! When i found out we were having one, i knew i wanted to take our little vintage trailer that ive been fixing up with us...SO i had to bust my butt work hard to get her usable for the trip! The 'Happy Camper' is still not 100% finished but she was good enough to take on her maiden voyage! ;0) Here is a pic of our Happy Camper ready to go!

Soon i will post pics of the inside and all of the before/after pictures! So stay tuned for that adventure! ;0) Anywho we had our reunion at Siskiyou Lake (Nor-Cal) and had a BLAST!

It was so nice to have everyone together! Even both sets of my grandparents were there! We spent alot of our time lounging/swimming/chatting on the 'beach'. We did alot of fishing and caught TONS of fish!

I think we Thad cooked up like 20 fish one night = dee-lish! ;0) We all took turns cooking dinner and breakfast during the week...Matt and i made homemade BBQ chicken pizza for our dinner & bucuits and gravy for our breakfast. Everyone did a great job on their meals and needless to say thats the best ive ever eaten while camping! Its usually just hotdogs and hobo packs for us! ;0) We did some crafts during the day and played catch up with our awesome family...We laughed A.L.O.T and had so much fun together! The trailer was a nice thing to have...it fit all of our junk stuff in it just fine and it was so nice to sleep on something other than the ground! Easton did really well and even slept in the cabin with Grandma and Grandpa Bulkeley a couple nights..(thanks guys! :0) ONE night we heard some noise outside of our trailer so i made Matt go outside and see what it was!...Our ice chest was tipped over and there were HUGE holes (bitemarks) in it...it was a BEAR! We had bear encounters pretty much the whole trip...One night, my Grandpa went outside to get his cane and there was a big BEAR digging in the trash by the door! He grunted at my Grandpa and im sure he moved quicker than he has in a long time back inside the cabin! ;0) Heres Easton having a good time with us on the 'fun' island!

Great Grandma Bigelow ♥

Easton loves the water and loved playing in the sand/ looking for rocks (his FAVORITE thing! ;0)
The girls and i decided to go out on our own fishing adventure! Tanya and i we caught a bunch of fish and had a great time laughing and soaking up the sun! I tried getting Tara and Britt to hold a fish for a picture but they werent havin' it! ;0)

 We also attempted to make up a 'dance' for the 'talent show' that night...Im pretty sure the sight of us flailing dancing around in a little fishing boat looked quite strange ;0) The Girls...

I love these amazing girls and it was nice to be able to spend some quality time with them! The week went by waaay too fast and it was very sad to say goodbye to everyone! Im glad that we got the opportunity to make some fun memories together though :0)
-The reason why this is titled 'Family reunion part 1' is because i barely have/took any pictures! I will be getting a bunch from my Mom (a.k.a paparazzi ;0) shortly and will then post the rest! SO...T.B.C...

Classic Summer

Easton had a new discovery the other day...

You guessed it...he discovered the hose! :0) Playing with the hose is a classic summer activity in my book...I mean, what kid doesnt like playing with the hose?! I did all.the.time growing up and you will still catch me sipping hose water while im outside on a hot day...old habbits, what can i say? ;0) Here is Eastons first hose lesson: do not point right at the face! ;0) Poor guy..

Dont worry, he recovered quickly! ;0)

It is so fun to watch Easton discover everything for the first time ♥ Im one lucky mommy...

Love this boy!

FINALLY 4th!

Dont you love how the 4th of july was over a month ago and im just now posting about it?! It seems as though ive been so busy working on my computer (doing blog designs) that as soon as i get some free time i dont want anything to do with my computer! (We have a love/hate relationship ;0) which is why my blog has been suffering! I really do want to start posting on a more regular basis (and believe me, i have plenty to post about!) so well see how that goes! ;0) Lets see, Matt was able to get the 4th off this year so we decided to go camping at Lake Almanor (we are trying to make this a 4th of July tradition) So we packed up our camping stuff and Easton and headed for the great outdoors! We hadnt made reservations but we were super lucky and found an awesome spot to camp (thank goodness!)

We were nervous about sleeping in a little tent with Easton at this age! We slept (i use that term loosely ;0) on an air mattress with Easton in the middle and were afraid to move all night because we didnt want to wake him up and let everyone in the campground hear the wrath of Easton! We managed to make it through the night with minimal screaming so i consider that a success! On the 4th of july we went to the little town in Lake Almanor just to find out that we missed the annual parade! However we still got to grub on some delicious tri tip sandwiches so it wasnt a total loss ;0) We went to the fly shop there and got some flies to fish with. We fished until it started getting dark with no luck...it was still fun though! (here is easton sleeping being supportive ;0)

Since it was getting dark and the fireworks start when its dark we headed over to the beach we like with the best view of the fireworks over the water. We werent alone this year but Easton was okay with that because this boy LOVES to people watch..So cute ♥

While we were waiting Easton played by the lake shore with his Daddy..

Easton LOVES rocks and had a blast examining/throwing/eating them! ;0)

It seems like we waited forever for the fireworks to start (it seems that way every year) and E was getting pretty cranky because it was waay past his bedtime but as soon as the fireworks started, he was in awe. I loved watching him watch fireworks for the first time. He was mesmerized by the bright colors and sounds of the fireworks bursting over the water...a moment i will not soon forget :0)

THE.END ♥