Cataract Canyon Rafting

Cort, my Dad, Shannon, and Dave got to go on a three day rafting trip with Kim and Tee and their family. I was planning on going until a couple weeks before when boats were getting flipped and the water was still really high and dangerous. They had a blast jumping off the boat, Cort did back flips off cliffs, going on hikes, and playing games. They had some crazy level five rapids where four of the boats flipped, but were all safe and they had a blast.

Yes this is my dad doing a backflip off the boat- I didn't get any proof of Cort doing backflips off the cliff though.

Pool Party and Fun

We love to swim in the pool. Pa brought his air mattress so we could float around, Jack thought that was pretty neat. My parents also just got a really nice swing set with a slide that Jack loves to slide into the pool.
































































We love to have pool parties, Here are some of Jack's friends Burk and Claire swimming with him.


My friend Mary and her kids came over for a picnic the other day, it is so fun to see my friends from high school and see their kids. Jack loved playing with Sweden and Dodger.

4th of July

Better late than never right? On the fourth of July we like to go to the Lewiston festivities which consist of a parade in the morning and then fun in the park with food, booths, and entertainment. At the parade we ate popcorn, rice crispy treats, and lots of candy- Jack was in heaven.
Jack and Cort at the park
Lounging at the parade with Aunt Sha
The fam enjoying the very long parade.

Private?

I have contemplated making my blog private, but my friend just posted these instructions on her blog to make it partly private- so it can't be found in search engines, etc. Anyone with your address can still get on easily and you can still reach your blog through links off your friends, but it is just a little security from FREAKS if ya know what I mean! Anyway everyone should do these simple instructions written by Christina Barrington- I hope she doesn't mind me plagarizing!
There is a way to avoid all this. If you haven't done this yet, do it. It makes it so that your blog doesn't come up when people click on your name (in comments) and also removes your blog from public listings.
"Once you're signed into your blog, on your dashboard go to the "Settings" tab of your blog. Then, under the "Basic" tab on the left going down, you'll see "Title" "Description" and then the two all important "Add your blog to our Listings" and "Let search engines find your blog" Set both of those to "No" and scroll down to "Save".Then back out to your Dashboard to "Edit My Profile" and down to "Show My Blogs". Click on "Select Blogs to Display", click "OK" in the little box that comes up (because you probably haven't changed anything on that page and it's just being paranoid).You should now see a page that says "Set Displayed Blogs" - un-check everything and then click "Save Settings".

Baby boy

This ultrasound was taken on June 18th, I am a little slow to post. I love ultrasounds, it makes it seem so much more real that there really is a baby in my belly. It is such an amazing thing to be able to see the different body parts and how much they can detect and see. The profile looks just like Jack's ultrasound profile. I wonder if this baby will look like Jack.

It's definitely a boy!

And here is my growing belly at 20 weeks when this ultrasound picture was taken- I think I have doubled my size this next month! To be continued...

Battle wounds

Jack is a real boy. He loves to climb on anything and explore everything. This has caused some accidents this past month. It seems like he went through a week where he was getting hurt everyday. It doesn't really phase him though because after all the bumps and bruises he would get sad for about ten seconds and then carry on being crazy. So here is some documentation of just some of the battle wounds he has received this past month.
He was sitting on the ledge in front of a glass covered fire place and barely reached his hand back and got burned really bad.
He was playing in the goats pen at my parents and got his thumb shut in the gate. He didn't really care at the time when it happened except later when he tried to suck his thumb and his nail was falling off.
He got a few bruises on his head, you can't see them very well in this picture, but he has one from falling down the stairs-he thinks he can just walk down stairs now instead of scooting backwards down, it about scared me to death! One from tripping into a display at target and hitting his head on the ledge, another bruise from falling partially off the tramp, and then a bunch of bumps and bruises from just being a boy. I know it is just part of learning to be mobile and getting around, but as his mom it makes me so sad to see him get hurt. He is so tough though and shakes it off and keeps on playing!

Summer of Jack

It is the summer of Jack. Next summer we will have a new baby so we are sure having fun with Jack this summer. Here are some fun things we have done already and there will be many more to come!

This is at my parents' property in Preston where we keep our horses. It has a creek and trees that we like to go down to. It is beautiful.
We made smores and Jack really liked the marshmallows. He got them everywhere and kept getting his hands stuck on everything.
Jack is a BIG help to his dad. Cort put up this shed in our backyard to store our bikes in and Jack pretty much hid all the parts he needed.
Jack LOVES to play in this playhouse- should I be worried? He thinks it is so cool when his Pa plays in it with him. He opens and shuts the door and windows and screams for us to look at him. What a nut!
Jack loves to ride on anything that moves. Pa gives him rides on the four wheeler, motorcycle, scooter, and lawn mower.
And what would a summer be if you didn't get to play in the dirt. He was actually helping plant my Grandma's garden by digging up all the seeds we just planted :)

Jack is such an animal lover already. We brought him to McKee's petting zoo and he was in heaven feeding all the animals and riding on the toy horse.

Jack loves horses and when we get around one he points and wants to get on. When he is on a horse he bounces up and down to get it to move. He loves to go to rodeos that his uncles are in so they will take him for a ride. It must be in his blood.

Boys

We got to watch Sawyer and Wyatt for a week while their mom and dad went on a vacation to Ireland. Jack loves when his cousins come and he gets to play with them. He was a little jealous when someone was holding them but we would just make room for both kids on our laps. We went to willow park zoo, got donuts at Stokes, played in the backyard and had so much fun with them here.











































Mary was here a few weeks ago with her kids and we got to see them for a little while.

Egbert Family Reunion

Jack and I spent four days at West Pine Lodge between Driggs and Swan Valley a couple of weeks ago for our family reunion. We have been going here for as long as I can remember and every year is so much fun. Here are a couple highlights from our reunion this year.


Before the reunion we stopped in Jackson to eat and shop. We had to have the antler picture as a family because isn't that what you do in Jackson? My mom also got Sawyer and Wyatt Jackson sweaters to match Jack. They looked so cute!


There is a huge slide down the side of the mountain that Jack loved Pa to take him on. We tried to go on hikes, and be outside enjoying nature, but it snowed a lot so we were inside most of the time.


Egbert Olympics- Yes I won the singing competition. This is me and Uncle Kim holding hands looking into each others eyes singing " I will always love you" and holding out the note for "you." I love my Uncle Kim but this was a little weird! We would get medals for each competition our family won and our family won the most medals so we got the grand prize of an ice cream maker- we pretty much rock!

This is Jack at the teddy bear picnic Aunt JaNece did for the kids. She told a story, sang songs, ate teddy grahams, and drank out of little glasses. Jack didn't have a real teddy bear to bring so he had his horse stuffed animal. He loved it!

Every year we have a talent show, which is really lacking in talent. Chels, Sha, and I danced and sang a song about the 15 animals we have all named BOB. Yeah really lame.



After the talent show we have a themed dance. I was in charge of the dance this year so of course it was a western swing, cowboy and cowgirl get up, rodeo queens and bulldoggers dancing the night away.

Here is a picture of my two favorite boys named Jack. Grandpa Jack calls baby Jack- Jack Junior-

And here is the Egbert family. This is almost everyone, but I think there is something like over 75 of us now. We love the reunion and being able to be crazy and have fun until 2 in the morning playing games like "dipa dipa dip" and "der, pllt, cacaw" with all the people we love. Thanks Granny and Popo for throwing such a fun party!