Ape Caves

We went to the Ape Caves and it was awesome! This was my first time going. The cave was so cold. KaeLynn pretty much complained the whole time that her legs hurt. I thought that she would be fascinated by the cave, but no. LOL! Daniel screamed the whole way out. I was walking so fast to get out of there. The kids were tired, cold and hungry. I think everyone of the children in our whole family melted down. Besides our children whining, it really was a cool place to go see. Once we came out and ate and warmed up in the sun the kids were much happier. We ate over by "The Tale of Two Forest". This place was very fun for the kids to run around and explore.

Dover Family Pictures

With all our family in town, it was time to take some updated family pictures. Here are a few from the many.

Daniel is crawling!

Daniel started crawling on the fourth of July! He was 4 days short of 10 months old in this video. I started recording too late because Cavan really had him going, but then he tuckered out when I stared recording! He is still pretty slow to crawl, but does make his way around when he wants to, and he has to really want to. :)

Pool Time!

I am so excited the weather is warm enough to bring out the pool! My kids love swimming, and it is such a great way for them to cool off. Daniel is so cute in his little pool! He really loves splashing. Thanks to KaeLynn's swim class, she is comfortable going under water now, and she is quite proud of it! I am also grateful that Roy'l lives only a mile away. We go over there a lot in the afternoons to let the kids swim in their pool. Yeah for summer!!

The Fourth

What a small group we had this year with Kyle and Michelle gone! It was still a wonderful day. We started our day at Casey and Roy'l and had a delicious breakfast of banana oatmeal pancakes and bacon. Then We headed to Corbett for the Parade. This was our first year going to the parade, and I think KaeLynn really enjoyed it. Then we went home took naps. Everyone then came to our place for a BBQ. We had delicious burgers Cavan made from the local grass fed cow we just bought, and oh WOW it taste so much better! After we were all full we headed back to Corbett to get our spot and wait for the fireworks. The kids had a great time, and Daniel did well considering he likes to go to bed usually 6:30pm. He took a little nap in the baby pea pod we brought. Then he snuggled with Cavan and watch the fireworks ever so quitely. He looked like he was in awe!

 

Gone Shooting

Okay I will admit it, I enjoy shooting. I was VERY against our family purchasing a gun, for I think the same reason every mother is afraid. So when Cavan got his first gun, I knew deep down that a new love has entered his life, and I can either fight it, or accept it. I accepted it and like to turn it into a family event. As the guns slowly entered our family (and yes I mean that plural. Cavan just ordered another one that he is dying that it takes 60 days to get it) I still never showed interest in them. That was until I shot a shotgun. Now I am no pro, but when I shot my first clay pigeon ( and I have only ever gotten one), it felt awesome!!! I hate to admit it, but I love it. Now I want to keep practicing to get more! Especially when we go has a family it is fun. The gun is heavy and hurts when I shoot it, but we just purchased a cushion, spring type of device that takes some of the blow from your shoulder when you shoot. I look forward to using that next time!

 

Swim Class

Swim class has started again. She is now old enough to go to class with out me, and it has been doing great. Especially having Daniel, it is nice letting her go to her own class. She is doing awesome! She loves the water so much. She has a problem when the teacher's brother substitutes the class, which had only happen twice, but she refuses to go and does not like him. Fortunately the other female teacher in her age group takes her. This time we go to the Mount Hood Community College for the lessons since we are living back in Gresham. Here they do 7 weeks of 2 classes a week. It Portland we did 2 weeks of class every day and that was exhausting. We like this schedule much better. Monday nights are very busy because we have to go straight from swim class that is at 5pm to our vegetable farm to pick up our weekly produce, then since we are in Corbett already we go to the animal farm to pick up Daniel's goat milk. It is such a fun treat for KaeLynn to see the animals so of course we stay a while and visit. By the time we get home she is ravishing hungry! 

Good times!