Silver Falls

We had an awesome memorial weekend.  Started off ripping out a bunch of trees in the backyard and doing yard work... to the memorial parade....to baby Z's birthday party...to hiking silver falls.

Family pic at the parade...The boys love parades.  They love everything from the horses to the floats to the SOLDIERS! We stood up for many American Flags and enjoyed seeing the signs with the names of those men and woman serving from our area.  A big thank you to all the men and woman fighting for our freedom now and to those who have given their lives for our safety. 

 

Silver Falls was awesome... It's about a 3 mile hike.  We heard it was a great kids hike, but it was a little harder than we expected.  I was told that it would be a breeze for Bridger so either we went on the wrong hike or my friend's kids are super human.  But it was a blast and we are totally going to do it again. The water fall was beautiful and Parx hiked like a little champ... practically ran up the mountain with his buddies. Max was super happy the entire time... and even took a little snoozer. Bridger was a whole different story.  He started out by falling out of the car and slipping on a rock so he cried and whined 75% of the hike.  He wanted to hold dad's hand and ONLY dad's hand.... he would let me take care of him if I actually picked him up and held him but after a while my thighs were BURNING and that was over.  I forced him to hold my hand and he finally started enjoying the hike once we were on the way down and even he had some fun.





 

 



 



 

 

 

The whole gang... Cranston's and Johnston's.  

I love this pic.. Max looks super concerned for his big bro.

Playing catch-up

First things first...

BRIDGE POTTY TRAINED HIMSELF... this one is HUGE! I was lazy and with a new baby didn't feel like I had the time or energy to follow him around and potty train him.  Luckily about a month ago he took matters into his own hands.. Bridger you are one cool kid.

WE GOT A DOG... there are moments I think to myself (or out loud), "why the freak did we get a dog?" However, the good out ways the bad and 90% of the time I just love her.  The other 10% is when she takes a pee on the floor... so gross.  I clean up enough poop and spit up from max to get OVERLY frustrated with dog messes. But, she's cute :) check out our new pootch, BEAR! Half morkie and half pikanese... so a mut.  She's great with the kiddos and is the best snuggler.

 

PARX STARTED TEE BALL... He has always loved baseball.  Ty is the coach and I love watching those two out on the field together.  Parx is in a I'm 5 and super weird kinda phase in his life right now.  It's tough to get a normal picture... or have a normal conversation these days.  Please tell me its a phase... please oh please. 



 

 

Last time we were in Boise we went to this awesome dinosaur exhibit with Grandma and Grandpa Johnston...

 

Lastly, we planted our garden for this year a few weeks back too.  I love gardening season... and canning season... and just summer all together! This year we did tomatoes, pickling cucumbers, green beans, zucchini, crookneck squash,  and pumpkins.  Still debating on adding a few things but we'll see. 

Our new house has started producing some pretty cool stuff too.  When we moved in it was still cold so everything just looked dead but now we realize all the dead sticks and vines we almost ripped outta the ground is fruit! We have one plum tree, one apple tree, one cherry tree, a raspberry patch, and grapes so far.  There is still one bush that is to be determined.









Max 4 months

Some pics of my happy little man around 4 months! We love this boy... it's seriously crazy how much we love this kid!  

 

4 month stats..

 weight: 14.28 lbs. 23%

height: 24.75 in. 32%

head: 17 in. 85%

 

He is getting really strong and has some sweet chunky rolls on his legs.

I think his hair may be getting thinner instead of thicker. awesome.

He's always smiling..just need eye contact and he shoots anybody a big ol smile.

Loves sucking on his hands... to the point where he chokes himself all the time

Still spits up alllllll over the place

Decided sleeping is overrated... i'm not happy about this.  He wakes up 2 to 3 times a night all of the sudden.  However, 2 nights ago he slept from 9:30pm to 9:3am (the day he had shots though so he wasn't feeling good).  That was bomb.

He's just sooo happy and laughs and coos all the time!

He loves his family... even his wild big bros.

LOVE YOU MAXIMUS PRIME!

 

 

 BRING ON SUMMER!!!!!!!!  these boys live for exploring...