Saturday, July 18, 2009

Lake Shasta with the family

My parents and the 7 kids :)
The whole Stinchfield clan!
Treven and his half mustache. His electric razor fell to the bottom Lake Shasta.
Oh, Melia!
Beautiful Ellyn
Melia waking up!
She loved looking at the water
McKenzie being crazy
Melia and Morgan watching a movie
Runway!
Cousin Noah with McKenzie. They are 5 weeks apart :)
Treven with our niece Jane
Love this hat on McKenzie
Me! Happy as a clam!
Our nephew Isaac jumping off the 3rd story

Shasta 09

Amazing picture taken up on the hill of our house boat! Isn't it beautiful??
Our nephew Isaac got a little too close to the house boat when wake boarding
Melia loved her rainbow snowcone
Stop at the pier for snowcones: Melia and Alyssa
McKenzie
Cousins Beck and Andrew with Melia looking out the window at Papa's boat
Treven with our niece Danica
Melia and Danica throwing balls back and forth

Melia loves drawing her hand
My dad looking like a turtle
Melia's good ol' stink eye
Beautiful McKenzie
Papa's boat
On the boat watching the skiers
Enjoying being on the boat
Go Treven! First time wake boarding!

Laughing at something
No idea what he was doing

More pictures from Shasta

My brother Dave jumping off into the water
Treven about to get in!
Treven taking care of Ellyn and Sawyer
The only way Melia would get in the water
Cousins Danica and Andrew blowing bubbles on the deck
Melia showing off!
McKenzie and Mommy
What is she looking at?
Swimming, swimming, swimming
Uncle Brent with Melia. She loves him!
When Melia was scared of the water
Nice face Treven!
Sitting on the couch
Gotta love it!
My nephew Noah and I

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Love Summertime!






Well I guess a lot has been happening...
School ended in the middle of June so I am done subbing until school starts up again. Treven finished his first semester at WSU with A's in both classes he took! McKenzie is walking now! Well what I call walking she will walk 7 or 8 steps but she is not scared at all! Melia is definitely 2 almost 3! The girls are just growing and learning more every day. It is amazing. McKenzie turns 1 this month on the 25th which is CRAZY!
We have gone to the zoo a couple of times and we also went on a trip to Lake Shasta with my family for a week ( SO AWESOME) I will post some pictures. We had so much fun wakeboarding and spending time with family. Melia loves having other kids to play with! Melia and McKenzie both had a hard time getting into the water. Melia got used to it and then loved it, but McKenzie never really got over it! We got through the week without a sunburn which is awesome. Here are some pictures from Lake Shasta and other things during the summer! I love summers! :)
Oh ya! We also went to Coldplay and I will do a separate post on that one! :) It was AMAZING!




Monday, May 18, 2009

Now in Vancouver...





Well it definitely has been a while! We moved on April 16th back to Washington. We feel like we have been way busy since we have moved. We are loving being back though! We love the green and the family here! We love having our family around because they seem to be all our best friends. It is great for the girls to get to know their family better. I will just sum up what is going on with each member of our family!

Treven- He started school last week at WSU Vancouver and he is definitely liking it. It is a beautiful campus and it is nice that it is within walking distance. He is taking two psychology classes that are only on Tuesdays and Thursdays. He has a test every single Tuesday in one class so he is starting to study hard! This term only goes to June 18th so he will try to find some kind of work until school starts up again in August... we will see in this economy!

Kim- I started subbing for Battleground School District on May 6th. I am working Monday through Thursday then on Fridays I get to take care of my nephew, Noah! I love taking care of Noah and getting to know him better. He is such a ham and since McKenzie and Noah are only 5 weeks apart, it is great to have them play together and grow up together. I have had a substitute job every day since I started working which is great! They are out of school on June 18th so I will be done with work until school starts up again in September. Still looking for a full time teaching position, but I may just have to sub for like 3 districts next year at one time. I have to do what works! I also just ran a 5K on Saturday with my family and Melia (sister-in-law, not my daughter). It was great! We are working towards running a half marathon in September which I REALLY want to do!

Melia- Melia is loving having her cousins to play with! She cries every time we have to leave her cousins. We have had some sleepovers with the Fishers. Her speech has improved so much since moving. She wasn't having any trouble at all, she has just gained a lot more! I think it may be because she is interacting with so many people! She makes us laugh everyday. Today I was telling her that she needed to be nice or else she could not be around Papa or Grammy and she started crying so hard and saying Mommy I am SO SORRY!!!! She said it over and over again... They always seem to make you feel so bad for getting them in trouble.

McKenzie- She will be 10 months soon which seems CRAZY! She is crawling everywhere and babbling A LOT! She is a screamer as well, especially when she is around Melia. She is such a different baby than Melia was.. she is so serious when she meets a new person like she is just thinking about what to do. Once she gets used to you she is all smiles! She is moving around furniture and starting to stand on her own. She has her top 2 and bottom 2 teeth coming through all at the same time so she is being very clingy lately. She also is loving having more of the cousins around!

We are missing our friends in Rexburg and can't wait for some of them to visit in August! :)

We are looking forward to a trip to California to go camping with my parents and brother Mike and family this weekend. We also can't wait until the end of June when we get to go to California for a Stinchfield reunion at a lake house! It is going to be a blast! Well that is all I can really think of right now! We will update soon!