Ian told me we needed a manly blog on here. So here it is. Ian went with a friend and his dad to go salmon fishing before they closed the fishing because there are not enough right now or something. They all came home with their limit! (it's only one) I am learning to like salmon. After almost 7 years, it is growing on me. It's a good thing because we still have a ton in the freezer!
So I am addicted to finding info about the Twilight movie lately. Probably because when I am at work until 3 in the morning, surfing the internet is all I can do to keep awake when it is slow. I have found some good stuff about the movie that they are filming really close to here. The few clips they have shown (atleast to me) look really good! So for those that are excited to see the movie, here are a few of the good ones.
Malia came running in to me yelling Gunner is drawing on things again!! I asked her where he got a pen or crayon because he is banned from using any sort of coloring marker. He is at that lovely stage where he loves to draw but everything is so much fun to color on, the couch, the wall, the fireplace, his toys, the list goes on and on. The only way he can color is under strict supervision, and I mean strict! Anyway Malia said he is coloring with his cheese! So I ran into the living room and this is what I found. The little stinker!!
Oh the joys of having a 2 year old. I just have to remember, Malia went through this stage too, and they do get over it! Just thank goodness for clorox wipes!!
For Gunner's Birthday we went to this awesome place called Out of this World. It is just this huge building with all this play equipment in it. There is an entry charge for kids, and then you can buy pizza and icecream there as well. Gunner was a little bit scared at first, because to get to the slides, it was quite a climb, but once he went down he got really into it. He really liked the bouncy slide and the train table. Malia is the perfect age for it, she took right off and they had a lot of fun. It is definately something we will do again!
Here are some of him opening his presents.
Here is his awesome John Deere Tractor. I won this tractor from a coloring contest when I was in 1st grade! From Crossroads Equipment. Ian thought I was crazy, but I saved this in it's box, and kept it from my brothers to give to my first boy. It has been his favorite toy so far. 
Of course we can't forget the cake!
We just got back from a kind of impromtu trip to Utah. Ian's mom wanted to go to her niece's reception, and to visit her parents, so we got to tag along! Thank you for letting us go with you on the long drive! My mom came and picked us up in Salt Lake, she had a Relief Society mtg the next morning at the tabernacle, so we stayed in a motel and my brother Mical and his wife Diana came with Abby and brought us some dinner. Then while she was in her mtg. We got to walk around temple square and saw all the water fountains! We also went to the visitor center and they were actually very well behaved, we even watched one of the videos.
(Sorry, the slide shows are kind of small, you can double click them to make them bigger)
The next day, my brother Rand and his wife Shemri and their kids Jake and Braden came up to Enteprise to visit. We got to see the cute little Braden for the first time. We went down to the farm to see the cows and the kids got to feed the little orphan calf, and play on the hay, and yes we all got hay fever.
Gunner loves to copy people especially other guys. He saw my brother on the couch and immediately climbed up just to do what he was doing.
Jake and Malia had a really fun time playing and were able to play together so good, Malia was just the princess in whatever game Jake wanted to play whether it was knights or bad guys or whatever.
Malia and Gunner got to help Grandma make rolls. I am never that patient to let them help like that, I guess that is why we have Grandma's! Of course they made a mess, but had fun!
When Grandpa got off work we went to see the reservoir, it was spilling over the lower dam, and got to see the work on the upper reservoir. Then we had fun hiking around the honeycomb rocks.
On Sat. we met up with my sister ShaRee and Paul, with her kids Dylan, Eryka, and Trey, my brother Colten and Megan, and Shemri, Jake and Braden, and Grandma, and we all went to Zion National Park and had a picnic, then hiked the Emerald Pools hike, which is not an easy hike with little kids! So a huge Thank You! to ShaRee, Colten, and Paul for carrying Gunner almost the whole way, and Malia (who wasn't feeling very well) part of the way!
On Sunday we drove down to Mesquite to Rand and Shemri's house to watch Conference, it was so warm! A nice change to the rainy Oregon weather. The kids had fun playing together outside. Poor Malia did not feel very good and had a fever most of the time. 
We all watched conference (well sort of) :)
Then Gunner had to get a few more minutes playing in the dirt before we headed back to Oregon on the long drive home! 
Everytime we make the 16+ hour drive down there, I always think I am never going to do it again, but then I guess it is like having a baby, you forget how bad it was, and do it again! And we will in July! Crazy I know! The kids were actually the most well behaved this time that they have ever been on the trip, although at times I bet Grandma Janelle disagrees. Just thank goodness for a DVD player! It is always fun to see Grandpa and Grandma Bracken, and the cousins. Gunner is still a little Grandpa's boy, and would hug him about every two minutes. Overall it was a great trip and we did a lot of fun things, but we are always glad to be home in our own beds, and we missed Dad!
This is a cool pictue of our Crazy Oregon weather. It hailed everyday for about a week. Our poor little daffodils survived though!
