Three.NineYears

 3.9 Years

• We made a fast weekend trip to McCall with the Cowles. You were so excited that you could wear you McCall shirt in McCall. We rented a lake house with its own dock, sandy beach, and hot tub. It was a blast with their kids. You tagged along with Macie, though you "Spidey" (Kyle) was pretty cool. We brought the little kayaks so you guys were all over on them. We rented a boat for a day. The water was freezing, but it was still fun, as long as we didn't fall off the tub. You got on the tub with me and were giggling the whole time. I love seeing you have fun. The real hit was the hot tub. That thing was covered in an inch of sand by the time we left. 
• Fourth of July!!! Seriously the best holiday in Grangeville. This year, we got to have Grandma and Papa Matthews and the Pavia family come join us. Grandma and Papa got their early, so we were able to do some fun activities with them before hand like getting ice cream from the stand and making tied dye shirts. Berries have been on sale, so we had fun making red, white, and blue breakfasts. When cousins arrived, the four wheeler was a big hit. The bigger kids just sandwiched you in between them and was riding all up and down the hill. We took a short hike up at fish creek. On Monday, we got to go jet boating up to the dam. You held on tight when we crashed into the big rapids on the way back. We lit off fireworks in the driveway, which the Pavis hardly ever get to do. On the actually fourth, we did the whole thing. Egg toss and foot races in the morning. We decorated bikes for the bike parade. We ate lunch at the stands. We waved at Dad and Millie as they got to be on the Syringa float. I laugh because we turn around and both Grandma and Papa had fallen asleep during the parade. We ended the night with fireworks at the high school. It was a very full day. 
• we have been on the river a lot. We have spent many days playing at the river and rafting with friends. The river is definitely our happy place. 
• We got to do our annual bike ride to Creme Cafe for a milk shake. This year, you got to ride your bike.
• Auntie Rachel and Owen and Caleb came for a long weekend. It is always great to have them over. Those boys adore you and it is precious to see them be so sweet to you. We took them to the river. Our friends showed us this trail to a waterfall where you can slide down it like a slide. I had you sit on my lap, but I don't know how much you enjoyed it. Walking back to the river by way of the creek was quite the feat in itself. While dad took the boys fishing one night, we had a girls night of painting toes, baking strawberry shortcake and watching The Great British Bake Off. Rachel loved it.