Some good pics....& SIBLEY!

For those of you who have asked....



and here are some more random photos of life @ the Higgin's house!

These boots are made for walking.......

So last fall I had a hankering for a pair of cowboy boots. I have always loved them. Loved growing up with a Grandpa who was more comfortable in a saddle than in a chair. I enjoy the sport of rodeo and I just love the look of a good pair of boots. So, the girls and I decided one morning to go shopping. I had no plan to purchase boots for the girls, however, when we stepped into the boot section and there were little pink boots on the shelf.....well we couldn't help ourselves. So, we all walked out with a pair of boots. Literally, the girls wore theirs out of the store.
Lauryn has always LOVED her boots. If she could, she would sleep in them. I have seen her wear them with jeans, dresses, skirts and even her swimming suite. I would not allow her to take them on our last trip to Cascade Lake because I didn't want them to get "ruined" in the water (as you can imagine, they are already pretty yukky). About 2 days into our trip she said to me numerous times....."Mommy, I miss my boots", "Mommy, I can't wait to go home and wear my princess dress and my boots". And yes, the minuit we pulled into the garage, Lauryn found her dress and boots.
I keep asking myself....what will I do when she grows out of these boots. As a matter of fact, she maybe already has.....but she will never tell me. I know I can always go buy another pair, but to tell you the truth, I'm going to miss these boots too. Really, it's quite cute.....anyone know where I can get them bronzed?
Oh and boy, do they ever STINK!

Thank you.

For those of you who have read......and to those of you who have commented. I just want to say thank you. I am humbled that you take the time to check in on our family & our happenings. I praise God for where he has placed Ryan & I. We are grateful for our family and friends.

I am praying for all of you tonight.

Please know that Jesus loves you - so do I.

semi-vacation

We just returned from our semi vacation to Meridian/Cascade. It was relaxing and refreshing. Our week started with Ryan painting my sister's house in Meridian on Wednesday and Thursday. The girls got to spend lots of time with their cousins Owen and Jonah. Jodi and I got to do a little shopping at our FAVORITE store, Sierra Trading Post and we were both so excited to find the shoes we were both dieing to get (yes, I mean dieing....how pathetic, hu?).


Friday morning we headed up to Cascade for the annual family reunion. We rented a beautiful cabin with views of the lake. The weather was AWESOME, not too hot. It is as always, great to see my family and hear all the stories. My Dad was born in Cascade and spent his first couple of years there. His grandparents and a couple of aunts stayed there. We were able to go and visit the old houses they use to live in that Jodi and I remember going to as kids. Very cool. Again, the girls were able to spend lots of time with extended cousins riding bikes, canoeing and swimming. A lot of fun and something the didn't want to leave, neither did Ryan.







My two favorite Men.

more Higgin-isms

Hello all you faithful readers......all 5 of you! Wow has it ever been a busy month. The girls and I packed up the Subaru and went on a road trip in June to see my cousin Ernie get married. We went down to Boise on Friday, off to Jerome on Saturday, back to Boise on Sunday and home on Monday. The girls did AWESOME and can I just say that the portable DVD players are worth their weight in gold. W/O them we would have never attempted that adventure. That was 2 weeks ago.

Since then we have fixed Ryan's beloved bike, purchased a few new tray's for our Yakima rack, heard all the stories from other people who have done the same thing with their bikes. We have not fixed the rain gutters yet. We have spent lots of time on the boat and BBQ'ing with friends. The girls have spent as much time in the outside as their skin can stand, and Liza literally spent 6 hours strait in Grandma and Grandpa's pool yesterday. She got out for 10 min to eat. So, yes.....that probably means that there is P in the word Pool. Don't tell Grandpa. And of course, how could I ever forget our sweet new niece SIBLEY! We have been so blessed to spend several days with her over the last couple of weeks. She is absolutely beautiful! LOVE HER! Ryan is smitten...... Here she is.



So, as many of you know my birthday is on the 4th of July. So, yes I am offically another year younger......still waiting to hit 30. Had a great weekend spending time with friends and family and watching an impressive light show in our sweet town of Lewiston-Clarkston. Really! They are quite good for this area. Liza and Lauryn found every opportunity to tell me happy birthday and to sing to me. I think they sang to me at least 5 times that day. Ryan tried to give me 32.....I mean 26 spankings but he only got to 6 before I started to actullaly become uncomfortable. The days of birthday spankins are LONG gone, could someone please tell Ryan.

And so, this week we are headed to Meridian to paint my sister and Brody's house and then off to Cascade for some Knee, Iziguirre and Abaunza family fun. I.E the Basque crew is getting together and that could mean nothing but a lot of BS and fun.

Here are some pics from the last couple of months.
ENJOY!

The girls at the wedding, picking flowers.
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Lauryn, giving me her "Silly Face"

The Krahn & Higgins girls...getting crazy with the sand.