Brooklyn's First Steps

On Saturday Brooklyn finally decided to start standing on her own, she then took 3 steps on her own. We were all excited, she is almost 14 months old. We can't wait for her to take off and walk everywhere.

Brooklyn runs our house, she is the main focus in our home. She gets very jealous when we are holding one of the other girls. She cries until we put them down and hold her. She is very spoiled.


She is starting to talk a lot. She says about 10 words. Her favorite ones are: No, puppy, duke, bottle, mama, book.
She has been sleeping through the night for awhile now, she has been getting lots of teeth (she now has 8). She had a few hard nights because of the teeth coming in.
Brooklyn keeps me on my feet, by 8:00 pm I'm so glad it's bed time. She can always make us laugh.

Eppich Family Reunion

The last week in July is always our Wayne Eppich Family reunion. This year was unlike most years, the weather was a little cold. We had all kinds of weather rain,wind, sun,and overcast. The overall temperature was 70 degrees, that is really cold for that time of year.
Natalie is pretending to ski, she was really brave she actually put on the ski and got in the water with Garrett but she couldn't hold them still enough for the boat to pull her up, then she got scared.
With the weather being colder we spent lots of time playing games, Madalyn and Taylor had a great time with the games.
Brooklyn and Braiden- 9 months apart

This pictures shows how cold it was, the water looks ruff from the wind blowing.
The kids enjoyed all kinds of crafts that my mom brought for them to do. These hats they made one day.

Every year Grandpa and Anita do the birthday money grab. You reach into the pot with one hand and pull out as much money as you can and then they give you that money for your birthday this year. Garrett got $26, Jilayne $23, Madie $8, Morgan $6, Natalie 4.50, Brooklyn $8. (Madie grabbed for Brooklyn)

Garrett enjoying sometime water skiing, we need to do this more often.
Natalie and Morgan were so excited to try and learn to water ski but when we got them in the water it was to much for them. Maybe next year.


I think all the late nights are checking up with her. She look tired!!!!!
Kyla and Madalyn's matching suits.
The kids really loved the tube rides.


Brooklyn loves eating the sand. I could not keep her out of the sand, she was a mess most of the week. Sand EVERYWHERE!!!!

Huckleberry picking in the woods. We love to make milkshakes and jam with them.
On Sunday we hiked up to some water falls. What a beautiful walk that was.



Natalie and Madalyn hand in hand.
Morgan showing her huckleberries.
We love Grandpa's cabin at Priest Lake. One of our families favorite vacations.

Coupons

I have to say I have been couponing for over a year now and I don't know how I could ever go back to paying full price for most items. It is a lot of work sometimes but I love it when I get home and lay everything out on the table and see how well I did that day. I left the house at 6:45 am to do my couponing deals. This is what I came home with:

40 boxes of cereal
20 yoplait yogurts
3 gallons of milk
4 hidden valley ranches dressings
4 pacifiers for Brooklyn
10 packs of Dove Bar soap (6 bars each pack)

*I paid $16.71 out of pocket + 7 more coupons for a gallon each of free milk*

What a great shopping trip, after I was done I helped Emily get some of the great deals I had just done. I love helping save money for our family.

Pool

We have been feeling the heat the last week. It's been getting really hot!!! We have been eating lots of popsicles. Brooklyn loves them and gets really messy when eating them. Don't even try and take it away from her, until she is done. She becomes not a happy girl. As you can tell the sun has turned her hair even whiter.

We talked Garrett into buying the pool from Costco this year. It took lots of begging on my part. He just didn't want the hassle of a pool, but I think he realizes how much the kids love it. I was worried we would not have anywhere to swim this year. It's a great size for the kids, 4 feet deep. I even get in and swim around with Brooklyn.

With the hot weather we have spent lots of time outside. Madalyn has learned to do hand stands, front and back somersaults in the water.

Red, White, and Blue

The 4th of July was fun for the kids and me, Garrett had to work at the fire department. We went to the Basin City parade and then to my mom's for a BBQ. We didn't go to see any fire works we were in Bed by 9:00, we were still trying to get caught up on sleep from the cabin.

Brooklyn waiting for the candy to come.
Me and my 2 sisters.