Idaho :o)

From California we drove to Idaho, Jayden of course did great! She amazes me every time!

Eric & Chelsea blessed their little girl August 1st. She is so cute! Thanks to them for letting us stay our first night with them!

We had a fun busy week. Russell left for the army Tuesday August 1st, so we spent time with him before we left. He is now in South Carolina for Basic Training and will be gone for 6 months! He will do great and we are so proud of him!

After saying goodbye to Russell, we had a relaxing couple days spending time with Denny's mom Julie and brother Benson. It was fun!

Julie took her grandchildren to the ZOO! She said Jayden did great! She had fun spending time with her cousins and her grandma! Julie said she laughed and smiled and was so excited when she saw the kids feeding lettuce to a giraffe! Wish we could have got that on video! (hopefully soon I can get a video camera!)

The next Sunday Tom & Sheri blessed their cute little Albany! :O) Also Tom's brother had his homecoming the same day!

Here are some pics from the day (again, I didn't take enough pictures!!)


Here is us, Julie, Benson, Doug, Tom & Sheri and family, Tammy & Kevin and family! (Tammy is Denny's dad's sister)

Sheri & Albany

Macey

Macey & Jayden

Julie & Albany

Julie with her Grandchildren, Jayden, Albany, Connor & Macey


Albany & Me


Denny & Albany


Doug & Jayden



Macey

We miss everyone!! Can't wait for our next trip to Boise! :o)

Fortie Family Reunion - Placerville, CA

Denny drove down on a Monday with his brother Doug, who first flew to Portland so he could drive down with Denny. Jayden and I flew to Sacramento the next morning! Which was great to miss out on a 10 hour drive and only have to fly for 1 1/2. Jayden is great on the airplane, she just sang, ate and played! :) So Denny and our Aunt Nicole picked Jayden and I up at the airport. We spent the morning at Nicole's house just catching up and having fun.

That afternoon, we drove to Placerville to Camp Nauvoo. It was fun to meet the Fortie family! (Denny's mom side of the family!) Most of whom I hadn't met yet.

Camp Nauvoo is close to town so some family stayed in a hotel, most camped. They had a great grassy field that people pitched tents, they had a kitchen and an indoor eating area, which kept us together for meals which was so fun. (thank you Uncle Jeff and all who helped with meals! the food was so good! I know Denny was in there for almost all of them, doing what he could to help!)

Of course mostly the pictures I took were of Jayden.. wishing I took more pictures!

One of the days we drove to a park which was on our way back to town, and played softball. (I didn't.. but Denny did) I walked around with Jayden and then she took a nap. It was nice and hot so I had the car on and I read while she napped. The family had fun playing!

Jayden swinging, she had a blast!

Jayden and her cousin Kelsie! Jayden loved to play with her! :)

Jayden and Kelsie

Denny playing badminton (no idea if that's right when i say it I thought you spell it badmitten? Have I been saying wrong?)

One of the days we drove to a park which was on our way back to town, and played softball. (I didn't.. but Denny did) I walked around with Jayden and then she took a nap. It was nice and hot so I had the car on and I read while she napped. The family had fun playing!

Here is a couple pics of Jayden I took while we watched the game in the shade! She is just too cute!!

Everyone playing softball, it's the only picture I took of the game.

We were there from Tuesday afternoon to Friday afternoon, time flew by so fast!
Here are pics from our last morning!

Jayden swinging :o)

Us and Aunt Carrie & Uncle Jeff

Us with Uncle Mike & Aunt Gina

Cristi, Denny, me, Jayden and Carli

We had so much fun and miss everyone! Can't wait until the next reunion!! :o)

Singing

Jayden sings all the time! Her newest songs are Jesus wants me for a sunbeam and the nursery's clean up song (her cousins sing it, that's how she learned the clean up song).

Jayden is amazing you start either playing or singing a song and she is singing along in tune!!

She will continue to sing it later or another day and it's perfect. I can't believe it! She is so musical I LOVE IT! So glad she likes to sing, I hope that never changes.

Birthday & Swimming

Traci, Kelli & Kaleb!

Cute little Denver! Just love this girl!

Cute little Tatelin :o) She is just so adorable!

We all went over to Traci's to celebrate Kaleb's 4th Birthday! He wasn't feeling well but was a sport and we went swimming, opened presents and had cake!
I'm a little late on this post His birthday was June 23rd

Souvenir

This is the T-Shirt I bought for Jayden to remember our trip to Indiana! (The hat her Grandma Bland bought her in Indiana it was nice to keep the sun out of her eyes when she would actually keep in on).

Shoes

Jayden LOVES shoes! It's the cutest thing! She has two pairs of shoes and loves them! She always brings them to me to put them on her. I love it.
I took this picture one Sunday, I had put her sandals on but she wanted her tennis shoes :o)

Bland Family Reunion

This picture was actually taken after the reunion at Traci's by their pool! Jayden loves the water

Here is Jayden and Zadok they were born 1 day apart (Zadok on March 21, 2009 and Jayden March 22, 2009 So glad they were able to meet!

Here is Jayden with Zadok's sister Maliya

Family picture with Grandma & Grandpa Bland

Here is Brittany, Crystal, Mickelle and me :o) I just love those girls!

Here is all the family that came to Indianapolis for the reunion. This picture is taken in front of my Aunt Pat & Uncle Randy's home where we had the reunion

Sorry this pic is sideways, we went swimming one day and of course she loved the water but also loved walking around.

Kelli didn't want me to take her picture, but I took it anyway, here is what you get Kelli when you don't smile, I just take it anyway :o)

Jayden was having a blast running around in front of Randy and Pat's home. She is just too cute.

Jayden and I were able to go to Indianapolis, Indiana for our big Bland Family Reunion! It was so much fun! Very humid and hot, but soo much fun. Jayden did great and had a blast with cousins.