The Indiana State Fair

We had so much fun on my birthday (I know it's been a little while since I've posted) We went to Indianapolis and went to Red Robin for lunch then went to the huge State Fair. It had a million sheep, horses, cows, pigs, you name it. I was so mad though when my camera died so I only got a few pictures there. But we had a lot of fun that day seeing the tigers, elephants, race car track, concerts, rides, etc. They had it all there. I can't believe I'm 26. Wow, I'm am getting ancient.


Jackson loved seeing all the horses expecially. He even took a pony ride at the end of the day. I'll have to try to get those off of my phone and put them on here. That just made my birthday even better. Jackson even wasn't scared to touch the sheep they had. Dave and I were totally shocked to see him touching the animals, usually he'd always be scared to even get close to them. He's growing up!



There was this lady that was carving a huge barn, I think it was, all out of cheese. Wow, the fun, different talents that people come up with. Now I think I've seen it all.



Jackson loves to play in his sandbox that we now have outside. We got some fun sand toys that he can dump the sand into and play with in it. I told him he looks cool in these glasses and that he should wear them while playing in the sand to keep it out of his eyes and he does. He just loves them. I think he just looks so dang cute with them on.




I was so proud of myself I just had to post a picture of the homemade bread I made this past week. I got my moms recipe of her wonderful homemade bread that I can't just have any day anymore and attempted it. I have always just killed the yeast anytime I've ever tried to make homemade bread. But, I've been determined to do it and make homemade bread good. And oh boy is my moms good stuff. So I made it, and yes believe it my dough did rise and it turned out to make delicious homemade bread just like my mom makes. Yay! I can make homemade bread.

JACKSON AND HIS FROGGIE POOL

Jackson just loves his new froggie pool that we got him with his birthday money from his Grandma and Grandpa Pendleton. He had fun having his little friend Sophie over to play with him in it. They had so much fun together splashing in the water. Sophie was just fine staying in the pool, but Jackson gets a kick to be in and out of the pool. The busy boy he is, can't stay in one place. So much fun!



I thought that these were such cute pictures of both of them.

COLUMBUS COUNTY FAIR DAYS

Jackson had so much much going to the demolition derby out here in Columbus. He just loved to watch all the cars crash into each other. I just love these faces he was pulling. This is Jacksons smile when we tell him to smile with his teeth.





The only ride we could convince Jackson to go on was the Carosel. He didn't want to of course sit on the horse, maybe because he was scared of it. I don't know! He loves horses, but for some reason just as soon as he's close to one he gets a little nervous and doesn't want anything to do with them. Funny kid!

SORRY DIDN'T MEAN TO LEAVE YOU ALL HANGIN'!!!

So.......We went to our Ultrasound to find out what we are having, and we found out that we are.....

90 % going to have

...and Washington State!

Sorry it's been forever since I've last posted pictures on our blog. We've been so busy being gone on our family vacation to Utah and Washington. We had such a blast being at both places with family. So, here are a ton of pictures of both places we went to.

Before we went to Hood Canal for Daves family reunion, we had some fun spending time in downtown Seattle, Washington.





One of the days we were there we had so much fun spending time with Daves brother, Kevin and his family. Jackson had so much fun hanging out with his cousins Ricky and Billy. These are some pictures of downtown Seattle of course.



It was crazy, my sister-in-law, Cindy, heard that this Troll was pretty cool so we went to see it. It was really neat. There was a Troll made out of cement under a bridge just like the Troll in the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Jackson couldn't stop talking about it after we went there.






This was an actual real guy that was completly silver and looked so fake to me. It was totally crazy when he would move and make noises just like a robot. Another one of those people on the street trying to make money. He won my vote for the one that deserved money on the street the most. That was so amazing to me, fooled me!



There was also a fun little carnival on the downtown streets of seattle that the kids had so much fun going on the rides. Jackson always likes the carousel.








We went with all of Daves family to the Mariners baseball game.










Dave and I enjoyed going to the Seattle, Washington Temple together.

At Hood Canal Mansion

These are some pictures of the beautiful house/mansion we were staying at for Daves family reunion in Washington, it was GORGEOUS! It had an amazing view of the lake from all the millions of windows on the back of the house. We had so much fun hanging out with all of the Pendleton family. While we were there we were able to spend some time also with Daves Grandma and Grandpa Pendleton which was really nice to get to know them more.



This is where the spa was. It was such a pretty view at night just relaxing in there.













Jackson looks up to all his other boy cousins. This is a picture of Jackson and his cousin Ethan.






Jackson just loved spending time with all his cousins on the Pendleton side. The house had a room that just had a huge screen T.V. for playing the Wii. They could have all been in there day and night if we had let them. Jackson and his cousin Benjamin giving each other a hug. So cute!



Jackson and his little cousin Billy playing together.






It was so much fun, they had a little family talent show with all the kids and familys doing fun talents together.







Jackson counted to from 1 to 10 and sang Old McDonald with everyone for his talent.