And the Cowgirl WINS!!!

After lots of hard work and a long wait I won my buckle. It was close, but I did it. It was a lot of fun and very exciting.

Lil Buckaroo Kasiddee AKA Princess

Lil Buckaroo Kasiddee playing in the grass at Uncle Ken's and Aunt Dawn's. She was having fun tormenting the dogs. I am trying to get her to walk but she knows that crawling gets her where she wants to go so she isn't too brave when it comes to walking. Every once in a while I can get her distracted and she will take a couple of steps. After a while it turns into a lunging game. She is a silly girl.

Lil Buckaroo Duke and his latest discovery

Here's Lil Buckaroo Duke with his latest accomplishment. CLIMBING ON THE TABLE. He was very proud of himself. He thinks it is a lot of fun to just sit on Grandma Jo Jo's table and play. It is cute until we are trying to play a game and he thinks he needs to sit in the middle of the game.

Lil Buckaroo Duke sleeping on Uncle Ken's and Aunt Dawn's chair

Wildlife in the sprinkler

What are the odds that a person would look out their living room window and see a deer playing in the sprinkler? Apparently for me the odds are pretty good because it actually happened. I stood at the window and watched the deer play for about 15 or 20 minutes. That is the first time I have actually seen any deer inside of my fence. They typically stay in the field out front or on the hill out back, but this one apparently decided to take an adventure. Of course while I was watching this I was dreaming about how good the backstrap would taste. Too bad it isn't hunting season.

The Cowboy playing GI JOE

Rob is starting to pack up in preparation to come home. HURRAY!!! I just received a box of random things he was getting out of his way and there were some pictures on a CD. Below are a few of the pictures. He will have to explain the pictures later because obviously I can't since I am not the one over there.

Rob claims that he was yelling something at someone. I think he was being silly.

Rob in full gear

Just a random picture

Rob will have to explain this picture

Same with this one

Rob's claim to fame is that he can't smile when he is in uniform

Random picture

Random picture

Another picture for Rob to explain

The Cowgirl and Smores

How to make a Smore from this Cowgirl's perspective


Start the marshmallow on fire

Make sure the marshmallow is nice and black then blow out the fire

Put the marshmallow on the graham cracker with chocolate and squish it so it will fit in your mouth

Take a nice big bite

Finally enjoy the spectacular taste and prepare to eat more

Sites to see on our trip to the Coast

The Lighthouse between Lincoln City and Newport

The beautiful sunset the second night at the coast

The view out of the living room windows at the condo

The bottom is the condo that we stayed in

The kiddos packed like sardines

All the luggage ready to go home. Just for the record we women secured all the stuff to the top of the Explorer. It didn't even budge.

Oregon Coast Aquarium

Tuesday was the crazy day of our trip. We went to Newport to visit the Oregon Coast Aquarium and then to Pacific City to play on the beach. It was a fun day regardless of all the driving. The kids were troopers. I think we all dumped a ton of sand off of ourselves when we got back to the condo. The driving provided lots of site seeing and great pictures.

Top: Takoda and Ashlyn

Bottom: Duke and Kasiddee

Top: Katie, Takoda, Ashlyn, and Lyn

Bottom: Duke and Kasiddee

Just the Cowgirl posing for the camera

The Cowgirl and her friend Katie being silly

One of the sharks from the shark tunnel at the Aquarium. When walking through the tunnel you can see all around you.

One of the crab displays at the Aquarium

This is the display where you can touch the sea life

One of the Jelly Fish

The Cowgirl and the Lil Buckaroos on a vacation

Duke is engrossed in the movie. This was the first night of the trip. He was very happy to be out of his car seat.

The term "BAD HAIR DAY" best describes this picture. It doesn't matter what her hair looks like she is always cute and she knows it.

One in a million picture. It is hard to get Duke to look at the camera and smile. Katie and I double teamed him. He has a great smile.

Kasiddee is contemplating if she likes the taste of the sand.

The first day on the beach was a little chilly. Duke was pretty content to be snuggled in his blanket.

Here's for you Rob. I love and miss you.

Duke decided that Mommy was better than his blanket. I love it when he snuggles up to me.

I am a great photographer. Yes, I took this picture. It only took me 2 tries to get a good one. Kasiddee is in the front pack and isn't too pleased with the situation.