HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!!!

Trying to catch up:

I'm sorry that I haven't done a very good job at keeping up. I'm really trying though. So all I'm going to do it say that life is going good. Jenna is growing up so fast and is getting sillier than ever, as you can tell from her crazy pictures. I will post pictures soon from today's festivities. We can't wait until next week for the Forsberg Family Reunion at Silver Creek. We are so excited. When we get back, I will post pictures of that too.

Jenna is 9 months old already and I can't believe it!!!!

"I almost got it....reach...reach"

Jenna really likes helping mommy do the dishes!!!

I'm sorry that I haven't done a very good job at keeping up. I'm really trying though. So all I'm going to do it say that life is going good. Jenna is growing up so fast and is getting sillier than ever, as you can tell from her crazy pictures. I will post pictures soon from today's festivities. We can't wait until next week for the Forsberg Family Reunion at Silver Creek. We are so excited. When we get back, I will post pictures of that too.

I want to say a late Happy Father's Day to James. He is an excellent dad and I don't know what I would do without him. Although sometimes I complain, he really is very helpful. He loves playing with his little girl and has a ton of fun with her.

Also, I do have to say that on the same day that James celebrated his first real Father's Day, I also celebrated my 21st birthday!!!!!! Alright I'm finally old enough to drink legally!!!! Just kidding!!!!

June 21st was a pretty good day. James got me a new computer!!!! I actually figured that with my own computer that I'd do better at keeping updated on this blog, but it's actually been worse. Anyways, I kinda already knew what I was getting for my birthday, but I tried to act surprised.

On that Saturday night before, James took me out on a date. He even bought me flowers which were absolutely beautiful. We went to watch the movie "The Proposal" because i absolutely love Sandra Bullock, and then he took me out to dinner at Michael's on the Lake in Moses Lake.

A whole 8 months old already!!!

I really just can't believe how big Jenna is getting. And how smart and funny her personality is. For those of you who don't see her very often, she has grown so much. She crawling everywhere she can get to, getting into things she's not supposed to, and cruising/walking around the entire house as long as there's something to grab ahold of. She is so sweet though. She has a pretty good sense of humor, too. She loves it when people make funny faces at her. She has 5 teeth and the 6th one is on it's way right now. Here are some pictures for all of you to see.

ARRRRRRR MATEY!!!!!!

Baker Family Vacation

Well, it's been a week since the Leon Baker family left for their family vacation across Southern washington and into Oregon. On Wednesday, May 27, we all left Moses Lake to make our way to White Salmon, Washington, a town with very few people in it. (For those of you on the Forsberg side, it's about like the city of Crouch, ID. It's the same kind of mountainy tourist feel too.) Anyways, it's right on the Southern border of Washington, across the border from Mt. Hood, Oregon. Well, we took our sweet time getting there. Jenna did ok on that part of the road trip.









That night we spent the night at the Inn of the White Salmon (shown above) which had a beautiful view of Mt. Hood (also shown). We had lots of fun walking around and looking in all the little shops there.



The next day was the peak of fun on our trip: Whitewater rafting!!! For any of you who have never tried for whatever reason, be it you're scared or just haven't wanted to try, DO IT!!!!

It was so much fun I could hardly stand it. And we didnt' even go very long. Our trip was only 2 hours long, about 7 miles. And some of it was pretty still, too, but the rapids were well worth it. We all had so much fun.

Now don't start off scared just because our suits make us look absolutely ridiculous!!! Once you're in the water, no one even sees them.

Here are a couple of shots taken at our first Class IV rapid (James and I are the first two on the right front, very front of photo):

If you're wondering where we went, we are really there. We're just 2 feet under the water!!!!!! It was crazy!!!! It's really not as bad as it looks in these pictures. I didn't believe our guide when he said we'd gone 2 feet under. I knew I'd gotten wet, but not that wet.

After whitewater rafting, we went to Portland by way of the scenic route around Mt. Hood. We stayed in Portland and spent some time with James' Grandpa and Grandma Baker. Then, Friday we made our way back to Tri-Cities. Along the way, we stopped at Multnomah Falls, which I had never seen before, so here are some pics I took. Isn't it beautiful?

(Above is the view looking down from the bridge.)

(Jenna, Niki, Jill, Anne)

We all spent the night in Tri-Cities, went to the temple the next morning, and headed home Saturday afternoon. It was a great vacation.

Memorial Day

This year's Memorial Day was fun but not quite as chaotic as last years with Tyler's state track and graduation and all. It was quite fun though. We just kind of chilled all day long. James got up and went to do some stuff on the farm, but came home not too long after. Then we came to Leon and Lorraine's house and chilled some more. Finally I decided it was time to see how Jenna would react to the swimming pool. Well, it didn't go so great. Yeah, she had been in the water in Hawaii, but somehow this just seemed a little different. I think it was just because it just wasn't necessarily warm at all. It wasn't too chilly, but it wasn't warm either. Well, we got in and I put her in the little turtle floatie that I had bought her, but she just didn't like not being held while in the water. She cried and cried, until I took her out and just held her. She loved it then. She was splashing away like crazy.