Girls day with Grandma

The girls were able to go to town with both Grandma's this year to do a little bit of school shopping. They were in heaven. These are pictures of when they went with my mom to town. She remembered her camera, I wish I would have sent the camera with the kids when they went with Mary.
Madalyn, Natalie, Morgan and Kyla
I can't believe that they are this old.
Eating at McDonald's after shopping. The girls really enjoy spending time alone with their grandmas. It's a special day when they get to go all by themselves.

Riding Horses

The girls LOVE Horses!!!!! They can't get enough of them. This summer I looked into horse lessons for the girls and they were just going to be to much to put all 3 kids in lessons. My uncle Scott has horses at his house and he was so kind and willing to let the girls come over and ride.

The girls loved every minute of the time we spent down at his house. They are so excited when they got into the car, they told me we need to get cowgirl boots.

Madalyn has been saving her money for about a year now to buy a horse. She has $80. She has a long way to go, but I have been proud of her she has saved every penny she has got.

Morgan and Natalie also loved riding, brushing and feeding the horses.

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.