Black Bear, Black Bear, What Do You See?

We had a great time going to the zoo with Ev's parents a while back. Jaycee was very into seeing all the interesting animals.

Her face the majority of the time:

I crawled into a little tunnel so we could do this. When we crawled out there were many adults we had to crawl around to escape. You do what 'cha gotta do, huh Jaycee?

Waving to the animals.

I can't imagine what goes through a child's head when they see something like this...

Be the bear.

Just doing some work on the farm with gma and gpa.

Jaycee using the skills she learned at the zoo by attacking daddy!

Thanks for a fun night guys! And putting up with me saying, "I don't want to see any birds. I just want to see a tiger."

Bend 2010: Best. Weekend. Ever.

We rented a house in Bend, OR with some peeps Ev works with over Labor Day weekend and had a blast. Prior to the trip many meetings were held, and the official title of the event was named. Best. Weekend. Ever. It really was great and fun to just hang out with the group.

Minute-to-win-it games to decide who got the master bedroom. It was very intense. Sadly, Ev lost in the finals to Tyler. Dumb Kleenexes. Fun to watch though!

Lots of Rock Band was played this trip. "All You Need is Love" and "We All Live in a Yellow Submarine" with everyone singing were highlights.

Of course, Ev + pool table= Splash. (and the fact that 3 balls were missing meant a lot of this game).

The food was great. Special thanks to Chris as food chairman. Well done.

Since we had so much food left, we played a game with the winner able to select two items first, and so on. Spouses were unable to communicate with one another. Also, very intense.

What we came home with.

Doing their thing. This is their boy band pic.

Livin' it up in the backyard. Life doesn't get much better than this.

We stopped at a neat restaurant on the way home right on the lake. Also very pretty!

Sunriver 2010

The Carlile Family Reunion was about a month ago. You can read more about it here or here or here. It was a great time and very entertaining, especially with all the wee ones around this time! Ev is putting together a video of the event, so since a picture is worth a thousand words, here ya go. Can't wait for the next one!

Just floating down the river. Taking it easy.

Cousin time!

Just one crazy bunch of people.

Missouri Getaway

So Jaycee and I took a trip to Missouri to hang out with the fam. It was a lot of fun (and also seems like so long ago!). This is what we were up to...

Click here to be redirected to youtube to watch the video.

Too Much To Blog About.

I have so much to blog about. Missouri. Sunriver. Bend. Ugh. Stay tuned. This is what we were up to today. So much fun. So little time. I know, the suspense is killing you all.