Schultz Reuioun!

We had such a fun time this last weekend with most all of the Schultz's. We missed my sister Chauntel and her family. We talked to her on the first day of the family Reunion. It was nice to her from her. We went to see Night at the Museum at the free movies. We then headed over to the park where we let off rockets and played kickball, went in the water, played water balloon toss and did a water balloon launcher. After we were all tired and hungry we headed back to our house and went swimming played games and had homemade ice cream. Cole has been asking for three years as long as we have been in this house to get the pool table fixed. So he and Ryan could play pool. So finally he committed for the family Reunion to get it up and running and he did. The kids loved the pool table even Kamden loves it.

Friday we headed out to the river on the boat. It was not very good weather it was only in the low to mid 80's and over cast all day. We all still had a good time. Mike got up quickly on the wake board, Ryan was jumping the wake a little bit, and most everyone rode on the tubes. OH, I can't forget I did a 360 for the first time on the knee board. By the end of the day I think everyone was tired and sore.

Saturday we headed up to Leavenworth. When we got there we took a family picture minus Chauntel's family. Then we headed out to look at all the cool little shops in town. We stayed a couple of hours and then headed back to Wenetche for dinner at Applebee's. You can't beat the 1/2 price appetizers. We spent the same as we would at McDonald's but much better food. It was a fun ride up and back all the sisters rode in mom and dad's van and we had a great time visiting. We missed an exit on the way up and two on the way back but we made it there and back just fine.

Sunday was a nice break we didn't do much other than sit around and visit and watch Man vs Wild. We had a nice family dinner and we went to mom and dad's sacrament. Brother Beuchaum spoke and Brother Mickleson they did such a nice job.

Monday is back to the grind the kids and I cleaned the house top to bottom and Cole and I mowed the lawn. Ryan was home early so he took all the kids out to the pool and went swimming. Then off to soccer practice for Kamden and a soccer game for Cole.

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HOT! HOT! HOT! Weather!

Wow it was such a hot hot week here. It was in the 100's all week. We have had such a mild summer that is was such a shock to have such warm weather. We have been checking the weather all week for this weeks family reunion and guess what cool weather and stormy. Isn't that they way it works. You plan something and you have bad weather you don't plan and you have good weather. It is kind of like when I wash my car it seems to rain or we are out late and get bugs all over it or something like that. I am hoping it will all work out. Maybe the cooler weather will be nice for everything we are doing.

O.k. enough about the weather I guess. Both the kids had their soccer games canceled because of the hot weather. They were both sad but 102 or hotter they cancel. Sorry back to weather again. O.k. one last note on the weather. It was suppose to be 107 or so on Friday so we had planned on going down to Hermiston to the aquatic center with Chelsie and some friends. Just before we left it started to storm poured down rain and thunder and lighting. They will close the pool if there is lighting. So we decided to stay home and of course it stopped about about an hour or so later but it cooled if off 10 -15 degrees. So we will go another day.

Ryan brought home our new couch we order for the front room. It is cocoa brown color and a treated leather. It is suppose to be better than leather because you don't have to treat it you can just wipe it off. We will see how it holds up. Anything is better than that dumb dry clean only Pier one couch we have had for 7 or 8 years. It was a pretty couch but when they said dry clean they meant you can't clean it. So after 7 or 8 years or snotty noses, coloring on it and dirty hands it was time for a new one.

We decided yesterday to have a relaxing Saturday. So we rented Rockie 1 and 2 and the bridge to Tarabetha(sp). We went and cleaned the church at 8am. We took the boat with us and I practiced backing the boat in a stall. Trying to get use to how to back a boat in. Who thought that would be so hard I finally got it I think. We will see once I get out there and do it for really. I thought we were going to watch movies all day and then go swimming, Ryan thought we were going to go swimming and then watch movies. So I watched movies and they went swimming and then they watched movies and I went out with some girls from church. It was fun we went out to dinner at Red Robin. It was a nice and relaxing day!!

I don't know if I told you already or not but Carter thinks he is old enough to give up his nap. He has been such an easy kid to put to bed or down for a nap. So this was such a shock. On Monday it was just like something snapped and he decided he was done. I put him down and then went out to put the ladder in the pool and help the kids get set up out outside. Cole then came into get a towel before he got in and Carter had made a mess he said in my bath room. So I come up stairs and guess what toilet paper and water every where and everything pulled out of the drawers. I spent 2 hours putting him back in when he would get up finally he was asleep. Then an hour later Kamden went in the house screaming and crying up the stairs and woke Cater up. I was so upset. So then it was bed time and I spent 2 1/2 hours putting him back in bed. Then I fell asleep and the two kids came in and said Carter was up playing. I at this point didn't care when he was tired he would go to sleep. So at 11 he came in my room and laid down on the floor and went to sleep finally. So for the next two day he did the same thing at nap time. I spent along time putting him back in his room after getting up. So by Thursday I decide he didn't have to have a nap and so he now seems to go to bed at 7pm because he is so tired. Cole gave up his nap at about 2 1/2 but that was more because I was to busy to lay him down. Now I really want Carter to take a nap and he doesn't so maybe it is payback. Then I have Kamden who will some days go put herself to bed because she is so tired. You think you have one child figured out and then you figure out that each child is different. What works for one doesn't work for another. I guess that is when you ask you friend, family and mom what to do? So if anyone has a suggestion I would be happy to hear it.

I am so excited for the family reunion. We will see most of you soon. I hope everyone travels safely.

So I think we are boated out for awhile. We went boating on the fourth twice and it was a zoo. We took a little break on Thursday. We were to go the free movies but we took Carter to the doctor. Then we all took naps for about 3-4 hours on Thursday. It was so nice! Since we didn't get much sleep on Wednesday.
Ryan worked a 1/2 day well it was a full day he was just off by 11am on Friday. So we went with some friends from 2nd ward and his brother from our ward now(Knight's) boating. We drove out to Wind Dust which is like 45 minutes out. It is about 20 or more minutes past Levy. We got a nail in the trailer tire and porcupine quills in another tire. Then when we got there no one was there. The water was down about 4-6 feet and there was no dock or beach. So we convince everyone to go back to Levy. So we went back and had a great time. I got up on skies again. I haven't been on skies since I was in middle school maybe high school. Wow my fore arms are really sore. I used muscles I haven't in a very long time. When we pulled the boat in are tire on the trailer was flat. Luckily one of the guys we were with had an extra.
We decided to go out with the Knight's again on Saturday. Mom and Karra came out for a little bit and Alexis stayed with us the whole day. The kids have such a good time playing on the beach. It is sometimes hard to get them off the beach and on to the boat. We went out on Friday about noon and got home at 10:30pm. Then left again on Saturday about 9:30 and got home at about 9pm. Wow it was fun but very exhausting. So that is why we need a break for a bit. Alexis called on Monday and asked if we were going again. We said no Ryan has to work. So Sunday was nice to relax after a long boating week.
Boy Carter is talking so well. He loves the water to much. Monday when we went swimming he jumped in with out us watching luckily Kamden pulled him out, Wednesday he jump in Dennis and Melanie's pond and Cole pulled him out. Then on Friday and Saturday I had to keep my eye on him because he kept trying to go out and go swimming with the bigger kids. Which would have been fine because he has a jacket on but he couldn't seem to keep his mouth out of the water. He was drinking water out of the river none stop. I don't know how to get him to stop drink it. Kamden had a good time hunting for sea shell or claim shells with Riley and Ethan. Cole, Kamden and Carter all tried out a new tube our friends brought. It is one that doesn't tip real easily and so all the kids went out. I was so shocked Kamden went. I think we got her out once maybe twice crying both times. This time no crying.

4th boating craziness...

Sunday night Kamden got to stay the night at mom's house. She had so much fun with Alexis and Karra. Mom said they played really well together. While they were playing Cole and I were home doing chores. Cole helped me mow the lawn and clean out the pool and clean the house. He was such a good help and no complaining. He also helped entertain Carter. Some people in our ward invited us over for dinner and swimming. The kids had a good time. We went swimming for a while and then we had dinner. While we were having dinner Carter went and got in the pool. Kamden we think got him out.

Tuesdays it was in the 90's and we went swimming most of the day in the pool. Even though we had just finished filling the pool it felt good.

We had a really fun fourth of July. We got up early and went down to Leevy Landing at 7:45. It doesn't open until 8am and there was already a line at the gate and two boats on the water. When we left there were no parking spaces and the street and dirt roads were lined with cars. I have never scene it so busy. This is the first 4th of July we have had a boat. By the end of the boating day the water was so choppy we could hardly even tube it was so choppy. It was nuts out there. When we left there was a line to get out it took us 1/2 hour to get the boat out of the water. We went over to Dennis and Melanie's for a BBQ and then out on the boat with some friends to watch the fireworks. It was a fun and a little crazy of an experience.

Carter and Ryan and I had a rough night. We took Carter to the doctors this morning the doctor can't say weather he has a virus or ammonia(sp?). We were worried most of the night that he could breath.

Family Pictures!!

So here are some pictures. The bottom ones are of Kamden at her soccer game and the next are of Cole at his Soccer game. Then there is a picture of Kevin and Ryan. Then there is a picture of Jennifer and her family and Ashlynn and her family. The boy with shaving cream on his face is Jennifer's sons. They were doing Terry and Cindy Forrey's skit that they used to do at the reunioun. The first picture at the top is of the Christensen family (Ruth's family) singing. Just like they use to when we were kids. Daddies Hands and Grandma's Feather bed.

Busy Week and Family Reuioun!

What is new not much same routine things that we have been doing this summer. During the week the kids have been doing really well with chores and homework. I can't complain there they are doing great.



Monday nights Kamden has soccer practice. That is so funny to watch with each practice they seem to get a little better. I mean a little. They are so cute though. Tuesday and Thursday Cole has been doing Cole lessons and playing a round of golf. and Tuesday Cole has Piano lesson, Soccer practice and then Ryan has been having a double header. Which he had last week. The kids love to run around and play with all the other kids. Wednesdays Kamden has games it was her first this week. They did good only because there is a boy how could probably keep up with the group of kids Cole plays with. On Wednesdays we go to the free movies which we did this week we went and saw Rugrats. Mom couldn't go because she and dad had a doctors appointment. Thursday Cole had his first Soccer game they did well. I think they beat the other team 10 -0. We had to tell Cole not to be a bully to his own team. He didn't even know he was pushing them around the field. So hopefully he will get better about that.



Friday Ryan didn't work. It rained he did do some work at home and measure a few jobs. It was nice to have him home. We got all of our chores and homework done and went to catch poly wogs. It started to poor down rain on us. So we didn't keep looking for them. We went and hang out at Walmart waiting for it to stop raining. Then we ran into a friend who reminded us we had an Elders Quorum party. So we ran home and had dinner and went to it. There weren't to many people which isn't like this ward. We usually have a really good turn out. Anyway the kids played, adults visited. Someone brought a boat so all the guys and Cole and Carter went boating. All the girls and kids went back to a house and played. We didn't get the kids to bed until 10pm.



I tell you this because on Saturday we went to the Forrey Family Reunion up in Moses Lake. And Kamden had a total melt down and we left around 3:30 or so. We got there about 11:30. They were already at the church just getting ready to have lunch. They had lunch and visited and had a family meeting and then a small talent show. My favorite was when the Christensen's song Dad's Hands and Grandma's feather bed just like when we were kids. Then we cleaned up and headed back to Jenn's. Deanna and her family showed up about then and stayed for about an hour maybe. So we got to see her new baby. They did a head count there were 70 that was before Deanna got there that made about 80. So not anything like it use to be. Granted I haven't been since that had them at grandma Forrey's. Well I went to one in Moses Lake and on in Seattle at Christy's. Not like at Grandma's though. There were no kids for the most part. It was nice to see those that were there anyway. They are having the next Forrey Reunion in Gig Habor at Carrie's house. He is great Uncle Paul's son. They are having it on the last weekend in June. I am just passing the word. They wanted us to let our families know.



We are going to mom's today so I will try and remember to bring my camera so I can post some pictures of the week.