Summer Vacation - Part 1 (Oregon)

We spent 10 fabulous days in Oregon with the Burnetts to kick off our summer vacation. Here are some of the highlights:

Nana (Russ's mom) had to work the day we arrived, so we surprised her during her shift on our way home from the airport.

Kaylee turned 8 the beginning of June, but opted to wait until we were in Oregon the end of July to be baptized so that more family members could attend. 

She was especially excited to have her cousin Bekah there. Kaylee and Russ flew to Chicago 2 years ago to attend Bekah's baptism. 

We brought our XBox Kinect along so we could play Just Dance with everyone. It was a huge hit! 

We loved eating as many blackberries as we wanted. 

And those 35 lbs of blueberries were awesome!!! 

The cousins got to ride one of the horses that is stabled in the barn on Nana & Papa's property. 

Brenna and cousin Elise had SO much fun together. 

We all went swimming at the Aquatic Center. Kaylee got brave with the waterslides, and Ashlyn went off the diving board about a dozen times. 

The trampoline was a frequent hangout for the kiddos.

As was the tire swing.

 Kaylee got to pick out brand new scriptures and case following her baptism.

Nana's iPad was in high demand. On the airplane going home Brenna was bored and she shouted out, "Does anyone have an iPad?" 

Papa (Russ's dad) let the girls take turns with him on the riding mower.

One of the best parts of the trip was seeing Grandma & Grandpa Foley (Russ's maternal grandparents). They just moved to Oregon from Miami a few months ago. We have only seen them a handful of times in our 9 years of marriage, and this visit was the first time they got to meet both Brenna and McKell.

Other highlights of the trip included: special Nana dates and Papa dates, movie parties, playing in the water at the park, seeing extended family, talent show, playing the piano, blueberry picking, lots of playing with cousins, yummy food, and just the wonderfulness of being all together!