Molly's Birthday!

We also celebrated Molly's 4th birthday in Idaho! (and my 26th!)

There were also a few other birthdays in the same week! 

She had so much fun being with her family on her birthday! 

Molly at 4 years: 

43 inches tall

44 pounds

Molly can (sometimes) write her name

Ride a bike with training wheels

Draw faces and horses

Loves to be read to

Help her Mom do the dishes, sweep, and clean the bathroom

Get dressed by herself

Loves horses and ponies

Likes to eat shrimp, pasta, salmon, and cookies (and she claims to like veggies :)

Sleeps on the top bunk

Doan Reunion - Yellowstone

We also had the opportunity to visit Yellowstone while we were in Idaho! I haven't been since I was 10 or so, and Jamon has never been! We spent the day driving around and stopping at anything that looked interesting! 

It was so beautiful! 

We saw lots of wildlife! 

I didn't get a picture of it, BUT I did see a bear's bum. :)

We drove over to Old Faithful, and it went off while we were in the parking lot. :/ 

So we waiting an hour and fifteen minutes.

That's a long wait for impatient kiddos who can't run around because they *may* fall through the ground into boiling hot water. 

Finally! It was worth the wait.

We drove around for the rest of the day and enjoyed the beautiful scenery! 

Jamon and I have decided that when we are old (meaning no kids :) we will have to take motorcycles up and drive around again! 

Doan Family Reunion

Long post! :) 

We DROVE to Idaho this summer! Crazy? Yes. But absolutely worth it! We had a blast at the Doan Family Reunion in St. Anthony! 

My Aunt found an amazing cabin that we all stayed in! Think of slides from the second floor to the first, an indoor basketball court, Foosball, ping-pong, and air hockey! 

And let's not forget the hot tub! Molly and Ava would have stayed in it the whole week! 

And for little boys who didn't want to wear their life jackets (and are to short to touch the bottom in the middle) There was car washing! 

 And of course, motorcycle and 4 wheeler rides for everyone!

We went bowling in Rexburg

For the record: Molly does have shorts on underneath this shirt/dress/tunic thing. ;) 

We went shooting! Ear plugs and ear muffs everyone! The little girls even got a turn with the guns! (Scary thought I know!) 

And again, for feisty little boys who wouldn't wear ear protection, there was the *exciting* opportunity to pick up spent shotgun shells!  

More to come soon! 

Early Birthday Present

Molly is a little biker chick! Since we were going to be in ID for her birthday, we decided to give her her "big" present before we left!  It worked out well because her favorite person was there too! We were all excited that Pop, Lolli, Ava, Heather, and Logan all came to KC 

before we made the trek to ID! 

 We were given a 12" bike for Molly and she had totally outgrown it! Clearance shopping at KMart we found a $100 Schwinn 20" bike for $35! Can't beat that!

 Ava and Poppa

 David likes to scoot in his tricycle, but hasn't gotten the whole peddling thing down yet! 

We had a very long hill behind our house that Molly liked to ride down. She got going a LOT faster with the bigger bike though! The first time she went, Jamon tried to catch her and she just ducked her head and went into speed racer mode. I wish I'd gotten a picture, but I was way to busy laughing! 

More summer fun coming soon!

One Year Down!

Jamon is 1/4th of a Doctor! Can you believe it?! This has been the longest and shortest year of our marriage! We have both grown so much and really have learned to be a team. 

Budgeting has never been a strong suit for me (just ask my parents, they dealt with my teenage money handling :) but thankfully Jamon is a tightwad cheapskate we'll just say he's frugal! I tease him about it, but I am very grateful for what he brings to our marriage. The saying "opposites attract" is very true for us and we are able to work together and learn from each other!

I am also sooooo thankful that we will have this summer for him to spend with Molly and David! Next summer will be his last one before rotations and "real life" set in. Jamon wakes up at an unholy hour (5 am) to study for a little while and head to school and usually is gone until 7pm (later if there is a test!) The kids use to run into my room in the morning looking for Jamon and would be so disappointed when he wasn't there. Now, it is one of my favorite things to wake them up and tell them that Daddy is downstairs waiting for them! 

Mostly, I am ridiculously proud of Jamon! Saturday night we made pizza and I had a little sentimental moment: when we first met and started dating, Jamon worked two jobs, one of which was at Pizza Hut. And I will admit I was a smidgen judgey of that.... Yes, I was a dumb teenager. Jamon loved the free / discounted pizza though!  And it just got me thinking of how far he/we have come. He was told that he would have *such* a hard time getting in to med school and that he would have *such* a hard time once he was in. And you know what? It was hard. And Jamon was amazing. He worked his tail off and he has finished his first year! I am so proud of him. He continually was finding ways to improve his study habits, grades, and get better. Way to go babe!  

And now for our mostly sweet little kiddos! 

 Can you believe how handsome this kid is? Seriously. :)

 And our beautiful little girl! Trying to not look into the sunlight!

We planned on going to the park on Saturday and found an EcoFest! It looked entertaining (and they were giving away T-shirts! Who says no to that?!) The kids had a lot of fun and we still got to play around out side!

 Molly learning how they clean up oil spills....

 And for your viewing pleasure..... Eco Elvis.  

Ice Cream Aquifers! Woowho! David reeeally liked this part! :)