Family fun

 Two of my brothers. Craig and Brandon.

 L to R
Jocelyn, Makayla, Sierra, Carys, and Kaylee

 Brinton Daniel Moses....my sweet love.

 Dennis and his football buddy Brinton. They were super cute together. Love them.

 Poor Dennis' shorts after kicking Craigs trash in a race, even after he fell in the mud. It was an awesome race. Craig tried his hardest thats for sure. :)

 My siblings and I. Carey, Michael, (Heather missing), Craig, me (Kristen), and Brandon. The Crook Clan...

 This crazy bunch is a almost my whole family. It has my parents, my grandma (my moms mom) and almost all my siblings Im just missing my sister Heather from Colorado. Sad day :( it was good to be together though.

 My sweet baby brother Brandon and his family. Katie his wife and their little boy Jimmy. Love them so much.

 My brother Michael and his family. His wife Tracie with their four daughters. Jordan, Sierra, Makayla, and Caitlyn. Love them.

Carys and Sierra being super silly!




The Crook Family all got together at Leslie Grove Park because my dads sister Debbie and her hubby came to visit from Utah. We all were able to be there and enjoy each others company and have some fun. The kids played in the water and we all were able to catch up and spend time together. It was a lovely evening. :) Family really is everything.

Happy 4th of July

 Eben spilt some pop on the table, so guess who decided to clean it up? Yep, Brinton...lol

 Maggie with her main squeeze Brinton. They are best buds whenever we are all together, its super cute to watch them.

 Eben and Tori are also a nice little duo...too funny watching them play together

 Jocelyn with Brinton, they are so cute together.

Carys being super silly...looks like someone I know (Lis).



Every year on the 4th of July we head to our great friend Alan and Becky Petersens house for great food, great company, and great fireworks! They have four daughters around the same ages of all our children. We have so much fun together. Alan and Aaron have been friends for years. Its great to have such amazing friends. They are so awesome we feel very blessed to have them. :) Happy 4th of July everyone!

 The carousel at Seaside...its a must do while we are there. The kids had a blast.

 So excited to share this....we went to the Goonies house. Not gonna lie it was a highlight of my trip. It was fabulous.

 View from the Goonies house...so cool

 This is the Goonies house. Its right on this steep hill with an amazing view.

 This is the house that Brandon steals the lil' girls bike from across the street to theirs. Love it.

 Some of my kids in front of the Goonies house.

 Kids at the round-o-bout at Seaside in Oregon. Great weather.

 Beautiful day at the beach...so pretty.

 Eben kind of got swept away from a big wave and took a dive in the water and drank some salt water and sand...sad day.

 This is the kids at Long Beach Washington it was such a cool Museum

Its a coon hat....too funny

 Carys...what a poser...

 LOVE.....so much fun...they all had to sit in the chair and see what the chair said...pretty fun how they all got something different.

 The flowers hanging in Long Beach were amazing...so pretty...oh my.

 My mom came with us. So much fun. We had so much fun. :)

 Brinton playing at the beach in Long Beach, WA

 Multnomah Falls on the way home

So we headed out on a Thursday and headed to our destination. Long Beach Washington with my mom and my Brat Pack...my five chitlins...we had a long drive but eventually made it. We stayed until Monday and had a wonderful time. We played in Seaside Oregon for two days, we went sight seeing, we went to visit the Goonies house which was like visiting a childhood memory for me, it was so surreal. I loved it. It was great. :) We played at the beach all day on Sunday in Long Beach, Wa and the kids loved the water. So nice. They had a blast. My mom and I had fun watching them all too. It was so relaxing. We had such a good time. On the way home we hit up Multnomah Falls which is gorgeous. A great start to the summer.