Wind Caves

Last week my sister Amy and her fam were here visiting, and one day we went on a hike to the Wind Caves. It's a good hike. A long hike, especially toting 8 kids. Very pretty views of the canyon.

Brett and Hazel and Ethne.

Me and Brett and Ethne.

Snake.

Kids.

All of us.

Yahoo!

Me and Brett.

Olivia.

Jethro.

Brett and Ethne.

Still Brett and Ethne. Can you spot them?

Chad and Hazel being tigers hiding in the grass.

Chad, Hazel, and Brynne.

Playing with Daddy

Four things.

#1. Boys--I shake my head at them.

Last night my brother Wyatt got our younger brother Ethan to arm wrestle him. When they were doing the pre-wrestle smack talking, Wyatt said something about beating up Ethan, and then Ethan's like, "whatever, I could beat you so easy," and Wyatt said, "Not if I had a knife."

Then Ethan-- "I could just shoot you with my gun."

Wyatt-- "I'd shoot you with a cannon."

Ethan-- "I could dodge the cannon. I'd drop a nuclear bomb on you."

Wyatt--"I'd air-traffic control a plane to land on top of you." (He's an air-traffic controller.)

#2. Brett is currently in Arizona helping my sister fix things in her house and what-not. A quote from her: "brett is stinkin amazing. he has fixed like everything in my house AND played with my dog every day, and done the dishes, and mopped the floor, and played twister and battleship with the kids, read them stories, AND STILL MANAGED TO GET ADDICTED TO GAMECUBE like evryone else in this house . Sorry Kayli, I dont know if Im bringing him back."

#3. I played volleyball this morning. I love volleyball, though I love it even more when I know and enjoy all the people I'm playing with (sniff sniff, I miss you Indiana friends).

#4. My mom hid the chocolate chips from me.

AWESOME photoshoot with my brother's fam

So, my sister-in-law wanted me to take pictures of her family, and we went out in the fields behind my parents house, and all the pictures turned out SOOOOOO AMAZINGLY CUTE! So cute that I'm posting a bazillion of them, and big. Because really, it's impossible to narrow them down. They're all awesome.

Okay, I end up thinking they're all my favorites, but this one below I really love.

I love Wyatt and Hailey in this one. Cassidy, mmmmm, not so much. )

The one below is pretty cool eh?

Ha ha. :)

I told Wyatt to tickle Lindsay. LOVE it!! I get such a kick out of Wyatt's face. Hilarious.

Their model looks. (Yes, Wyatt is flexing.)

Their advertising shot for Dad's truck. :)

Then we got Maggie to be in some of the pictures. Awwww, so sweet!

Okay, no kids to try to wrangle a smile/half-decent-face out of, but now I have to deal with a horse!! I tried bribing her with a carrot, but she just had to be a goof. Look at that face below. HA AH AHAHA HAAAA!!!

Wyatt put Mrs. Potts up.

And the dismount.

The end. I can't believe how awesome the shoot turned out. I am so impressed.

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