Brender Canyon farm house

Ok so the girls are happily building a fort in their room and using their mattress on the floor as a trampoline, the laundry machine is humming along, the dishwasher....well I'm skipping the dishes for now :) I would much rather put up pictures than do dishes! These pictures are from our trip to Leavenworth for the first ever Timm and Margie Corier family reunion! We stayed in an old farm house in Brender Canyon. It was gorgeous. We had so much fun. It was so peaceful out there. The kids just ran around the yard and played and made noises at the chickens. Emily got pecked by a chicken! I'm assuming that since I haven't heard anything about her leg falling off that she has recovered from her chicken attack.

The kids wanted to play badminton. The game pretty much devolved into the adults taking turns hitting the birdie over the net for the kids and the kids chasing it.

Team one: Violet and Wesley

Team 2 Claire and Sam ( these may not have been the fairest of teams)

Kya sitting out on the porch.

Violet being a goof in the play room.

I can't get over the back drop for this picture. The farm was gorgeous! So here are the girls in a kiddy pool right next to the mountains in Cashmere, WA.

We had a b-day party for Claire with all the cousins. Claire is 2 now! I can't believe she is growing up so fast! Thanks everyone for celebrating with us.

The birthday girl enjoying a cupcake....thank goodness for Safeway I just couldn't stand the thought of turning the oven on in August.

Claire got a tea set for her b-day and all the kids had a little tea party. It was so cute.

The day after we got home from Leavenworth we had one day to do laundry and get packed for our trip to the beach. The girls just ran around in swimsuits that day and since I was neck deep in laundry I was grateful for their minimal approach to clothing that day.

These girls love vacation!