Summer Fun!

Wow! I've only got 4 kids at home right now! It's so quiet and no one is fighting. I feel like I'm a bad parent and the shocker is that the reason I feel that way is because I think it must be so boring for the ones that are left in this quiet house. Weird huh? We need to import some cousins or friends so I don't feel so bad. Colton and Cassi are at Grandma's house. Chelsea has already been to basketball camp and is at church Girl's camp now with Madison. Payton is at Science camp (just a day camp thing for the week). We are excited for the big family reunion at Lake Wallowa and are pumping up all the tires and oiling our bike chains to prepare. We're excited to go hiking and are looking for a baby backpack for Kellen. Wayne is playing Mr. Mom until cherry harvest begins so I'm expecting the yard and garden to be spotless. HAHA! Kellen is attached at the hip to him and the boys have been practicing their football passes and running routes. Payton is good at it, Carson is funny and always jumps and dives for it even if he doesn't need to and Kellen just likes to give orders. "Down, Set, Hike!"

Go RIners!

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Good Bye and Hello

We are sad say Grandpa nad Nannie Riner have left. We had them for a couple of years here, but I guess the pull of the South was too much for us to overcome:) We had our turn I guess and now they get to visit their other grandchildren. It was hard to see them leave though. The kids have really become attached to them, especially Kellen and Carson. She babysat them everyday while I worked. So now we've inherited 8 chickens and a rabbit (Thumper). The kids are having fun with them and Brian and Candace came up from Utah for the weekend so they helped us build the coop for them.
Candace is nice and basketball shaped. She will be having a baby boy in August and looks so cute. It was such a nice visit but she got sick the last day here. Sorry Candace! We loved having them come to visit when things were'nt so crazy around here so we could take time to talk with them.
School's out this week! YAY! But it seems like summer is already planned up with science camps, basketball camps, volleyball tournaments, work, reunions, etc. It will be a fun kind of busy though. Well, gotta go. Hope your weather is better than ours and you have a great summer too!