Chalk drawing

I went outside because I was feeling

a little creative and did some
chalk drawing. Ashton saw me
drawing Nemo and decided
he wanted to draw him too! :)

It took him awhile to start
but he didn't give up!

How cute is that?!

Just a funny little story...

The other day Ashton was talking about
what he wanted to be when he grows up
and he couldn't think of the word
"Paleontologist"
so he said, "When I grow up,
I want to be a Dinosaur boner"!

Happy Father's Day to....

Thank you for making me feel special.
Thank you for holding me while we watched
The Dukes of Hazard and ate sprouts. Yum!
Thank you for seeing my beauty and
taking pictures of me as a child.
Thank you for recognizing my talent at a young age
with my Abraham Lincoln drawing.
Thank you baptizing me.
Thank you for going to my wedding.
Thank you for driving down to see us as often as you do.

Thank you for being in my life and in the lives of my children.

I know I can't thank you for everything,
but I wanted to thank you for
being important in my life and
thank you most of all for loving me.
Happy Father's Day Dad!

Thank you for loving my mom and taking us into your home.
Thank you for your patience as our families blended.
Thank you for giving me three new
brothers and a new sister.
Thank you for all the camping trips we took.
Thank you for helping me find my first car.
Thank you for introducing us to your extended family
(Grandma and Grandpa Corier, aunts uncles and cousins)
and making us feel as though we've always belonged.
And thank you most of all for taking us to
family reunions so that I could meet my future husband!
Happy Father's Day Dan!

Thank you for the very first kiss
behind the school in Idaho that started it all.
Thank you for sitting with me in the gazebo
as we overlooked the ocean and fell in love.
Thank you for asking me to be your wife.
Thank you for giving me 3 beautiful boys.
Thank you for going back to school
so we can have a greater future.
Thank you for the never ending hard work you do for us.
Thank you for telling me how beautiful you think I am.
Thank you for loving me unconditionally.
Thank you for your patience with me.
Thank you for your example to me and the boys.
Thank you for the continual fun we still have together.
Thank you for being so dangerously good looking and
thank you for making it so easy
to fall deeper in love with you everyday.
I love you Anson. Happy Father's Day!

The Quinault Rainforest

We had a Corier/Tolman Family Reunion this last weekend in Humptulips, Washington near Ocean Shores. On Saturday, most families head to Ocean Shores to do some shopping, play at the beach, drive go-carts and have ice cream. Anson and I are really tired of doing that and wanted to take the boys to the rainforest since we had such a wonderful time when we went to the Hoh. This time we went to the Quinault Rainforest, which was only about 20-30 minutes away from our reunion site at Camp Bethel. I can't believe we had never been there in all these years! Here are some pictures of our time there!

Blooming Irises

The irises in my front yard started
blooming a couple of weeks ago.
I noticed that their are a ton
of irises in this neighborhood!
Somebody loved them and went crazy!

How cute is Ashton!?
I wanted to take his picture with the
dandelion puff (I don't know what it called)
and this is the pose he gave me!

I can't talk about irises without playing this song. It's from one of my favorite bands, The Goo Goo Dolls. The song is called "Iris."

My grandma's baptism

On May 15th my Grandma June was going to get baptized....again. Apparently, the record of her baptism was lost so she had to do it again. I traveled with my sister Sarah and her family up to Snohomish while my brother Adam and his wife Ann rode his motorcycle up. (Poor Ann!) It was a quick trip, but it was so nice to see my grandma, Aunt Sandi and my dad and to also witness my grandma's baptism.

My dad and grandma.

My nephew Chase, brother Adam and my Aunt Sandi.
(can you believe she's turning 50?!) She looks AMAZING!

Anson Jr gets back on stage!

We had a ward fundraiser and Anson's band Three Hole Punch was asked to play during dinner. Instead of getting everyone together, Anson thought it was best to just have Josh, Blaine's son to play bass (who was also the bassist for Squish) and Anson Jr on drums. They never practiced before the event until that day and Anson Jr had a great time getting back on stage. I was happy to see him up there. He said he missed it and I hope he will want to do it more often.