camping and beach with the Cranes

Last weekend we went to Ocean Shores, WA to go camping and play at the beach.

cousins Sydney and Matthew

above: Brandon & Aunt Mindy

Where's Brandon?

Garet planned a treasure hunt for the kids. Each group got a compass and a set of clues.

above: Gracie, Sadie,

Playtime at the beach...

Two Face (I mean Matthew)

Brandon napping in the shade

And it's time to go!

What a fun weekend!

Brandon--6 months!

7.20.11

Can you believe Brandon is six months? I can't, but maybe that is because I'm constantly being asked how old my newborn is. Can your newborn do this...

8 pounds, 3 ounces

22 inches

Cabin Trip--Hebgen Lake, MT

After visiting Dallin and Paola we headed up to Montana to spend a few days with my family. It was great to get to see so many cousins, aunts, uncles, my mom and dad, and siblings Daniel and Miriam. 

Some activities included kayaking…

above: Aunt Miriam, Cameron and Matthew

A trip to Yellowstone National Park to see Old Faithful and a few other geysers and hot pots….

above: Scott and Matthew waiting for Old Faithful to erupt

above: Old Faithful

 Back at Hebgen Lake...

Boat rides...

Warming up in the bath…

                                                                                                 ...even when it was raining

Watching movies with a projector…

above: Daniel and Scott playing chicken

Making tie dye shirts...

above: Matthew, Cameron and Scott... they loved going full speed and got mad when it wasn't fast enough

 S'mores and hot dogs...

What  a great vacation!

Rexburg

For our last vacation before Scott starts work we decided to meet up with my family at my dad’s family cabin. On the way to Montana we took a short detour to visit Scott’s brother Dallin and his wife Paola in Rexburg, Idaho. We had a great time hanging out and on Friday (7/8) we went with them to the new water park Rexburg Rapids.

Matthew and Cameron had a great time playing in the water—if it wasn’t so windy it would have been perfect.

above: Aunt Paola and Cameron

above: Matthew warming up in the sun

above: Uncle Dallin spraying Cameron

above: Aunt Paola and Brandon

Thanks Dallin and Paola for letting us visit!

4th of July

We enjoyed a fun 4^th  of July with Scott's extended family complete with a BBQ, swimming for the kids, homemade root beer and ice cream, some mores, sparklers and fireworks.