Middle Fork of the Salmon Summer 2009

We were able to go on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River this summer for a 6 day trip and bring Marlee, Cole and Kiya. It was amazing and we had great weather! Teagan, Ryken and Lincoln got to stay in Boise with my family, thanks tons for watching my kids Noelle, Laura, Danielle and mom. We had a big group of all family and friends, Mark and Diana got to come and bring their 3 oldest kids and Tara and Grandad got to come too. Here are just a few of the pictures that we took, I know there are tons!




Steph and Marlee


Marlee Tara, and Sheridan


Marlee jumping off the bridge. Scary!!


Paul


Cole on the ores


Sun Flower Flat Hotsprings


Tappin 3


Cole jumping off the Flying Bee Bridge


Marlee, Sheridan and Tara


Paul on the hike down from Vail


Steph and Marlee


Steph and Paul


The Brothers, Mark, Paul and Michael


Grandad Pond


Paul thinks he's cool doing the air guitar with the ore. ha ha


Kiya and Shannah


The paddle boat just after Tappin 3


Tara and the girls


The Group

Island Park Family Reunion

We all stayed at the Hoge Lodge in Island Park this summer, the cabin was right on the water. We had tons of fun swimming, water skiing and eating awesome food!



A Sleepy Ryken.


Ryder Hill, so cute!!


Me and Lincoln


Paul and Linc


Ryken and Ryder


Teagan



















Grandpa and his boat


The Fam


Shaved Heads!!

Swimming Lessons and Mo-hawks!

So, Paul decided to cut the boys hair one night after hearing me talk about them all needing haircuts. Helpful right? Well, the next thing I know Teagan comes down with a mo-hawk! What the heck is going on, ugh. I was thinking, OK, Teagan looks good with his head shaved so I guess I can live with it for a couple days. Then Ryken walks down...and I do not like his head shaved....then I'm thinking crap, swimming lessons, one more day of swimming lessons, this is going to be fun. Teagan thought it was all great, everyone keep telling him that he looked like a real Indian now, he didn't want to shave it off for a while. But Ryken felt a little unsure, he kept touching his head and whenever he saw himself in the mirror, he would be a little startled, he actually jumped a couple of times, poor guy. Cole wasn't sure about his hair but either, Paul said he would get him a DSI game if he would shave it.

Teagan... WOW...loving it!




Cole, not so much


Ryken










Here they are on the last day of swimming lessons at ISU, sporting their mo-hawks.

Ryken






Teagan

Presley

Ok, so we got a new puppy, her name is Presley, we picked her out when she was just a few days old, we love her, except for Paul, he hates dogs, oh and cats, anyway, we bought her from Paul's brother Mark. Tara, my sister, also bought a puppy, her name is Lola, they are sister puppies. Tara had to put her dog Toby, who was 15, to sleep a few months ago. So sad. Here are some pics from the day she was born till a couple of weeks ago. Daisy, our other golden has been adjusting well, I think she even like Presley now.

Here is Bella and the puppies, there were 9, when they were about 10 hrs old.


Ryken puppy about a day and 1/2 old


2 weeks or so










Here are some picture I took of them when they were about 4 weeks old.






Lola is the more yellow one (left),Presley has more white (right), they are 6 weeks here.


Ryken and Lola


Presley 6 weeks


Lola and Presley 7 weeks old.




Lola


Presley 9 weeks












Presley and Daisy

EchoHawk Law Office We Moved

Here are a couple of pictures of the new office building EchoHawk Law Offices bought. They completely gutted it and the finished product look great.

Teagan and Ryken showing it off with dad.

Dance

The girls had another fun dance year, here are a few picures of and videos.





Kiya had a part in this dance called Boogie, she says " Take a picture, it will last longer", she is so cute, she did such a great job!





Kiya in Boogie. Tumbling in action.


Kiya in her dance called 1234.



Cole was Kiya's swing dance partner they were so cute, he was a great sport and did a really great job.



Here is their swing dance!! They are in red.

Teagan Graduated from Kindergarten

Teagan had such a great year this year in Kindergarten; I can't believe he will be in first grade next year! He is already reading books, and we are so proud of him. His teachers told me what a good quiet boy he always was in class and asked me if he is always so quite. Ha ha, Teagan quiet? What? If Teagan is home and awake, I always know where he is!!!

Ryken Loves Watermelon!!

Ryken loves watermelon, I mean he CAN NOT get enough of it; he could eat a whole one everyday if I let him! Examples....





Here is Ryken with one of his latest obsessions, Transformers, he loves them and both of the movies. Tara and I took him to see the latest transformers movie a few weeks ago in Boise, he loved it!!



Paul and the boys.

Track Track Track!

Marlee had another great year in track, she won all of her events in every meet, including breaking another city record in the 4x4 again this year, go Marlee, we hope she continues to run fast and enjoy it. We also had the kids to the Heresy Track and Field meet again this year, Marlee got first in both of her events, Cole placed 2nd and 3rd in his 100m and 200m open and Kiya placed 1st in the 100m open and 2nd in her 200m open and long jump. Good Job guys!!



Here is a picture of Kiya from the Pocatello Newspaper winning her 100m open in the Heresy Track meet.

No Doubt!!

Tara, Noelle, Marlee and I all went to the No Doubt concert in May, it was so fun, we had front row floor seats, we couldn't have been any closer, they were amazing!

Marlee's Cheer Irving Middle School

Here are some pictures I took of Marlee cheering this year, she looks so cute. Good job Marlee!









This is the whole Irving cheer squad, I took these pictures when it was really cold out, they were good sports about it.

Cole's Shoot

Cole has wanted me to take some pictures of him with Daisy for a while, so here they are, I took these a couple of months ago, and I think he is looking so old! What the heck. He is so cute. I love you Cole!! Here he is 10 1/2 years old.

Death Cab for Cutie Concert

Tara, Marlee and I want to the Death Cab concert in Boise a few months ago, it was fun!

Marlee and Tara



Are we all 14 with the kissy lips? ha ha

Little baby Lincoln in the co-sleeper

This is what I used to see every morning staring back at me, I miss it, he was always smiling looking up at me next to my bed, I love you Lincoln.

Lincoln 6 months

Here are Lincoln's 6 month pictures, I meant to post these a while ago, but just got really busy, Laura took most of these; I love them, Thanks, Laura!!

WOW my first baby is 14!!!

Here are some pictures of Marlee's 14 birthday, she had a family party and then one with all of here friends. I can't believe she is getting so old, it seems like yesterday she was born. I love you so much Marlee, and am thankful everyday that you were sent to me. xoxo
(yes that is Costco's All American Chocolate Cake, her fav, yum yum)



I love this one so much, my first baby and my last baby.





Here is a pic form here friend party. Sheridan, McKay and Marlee.



Here are some baby pictures of Marlee, I can't believe how much she looks like my other kids when the were little. I wish I could go back, just for one day!

Happy Birthday Paul!!

This is Paul's Birthday picture, Happy Birthday!!!!

Overdue Hair Cuts!!!!!

Ah, I guess I’ve been a little busy since Lincoln was born; I haven’t cut the boys hair since about 3 days before his birth, that's over 5 months! But I woke up a couple Saturday’s ago and this is what I saw………Before....

This is what Ryken's hair looked like if I had time to actually wet it down. So handsome!!



This is what it looked like some mornings!!








I got the clippers out immediately!!!!





Sometimes Teagan looked a little like "Charles In Charge", for those of you who are old enough to remember that show. Ha Ha

And finally, this...So much better.


You may notice Cole is not shown in this post, it is because HE WILL NOT LET ME CUT HIS HAIR, BUG!!!!

Marlee's Cheer Competition 2nd place!! Go Irving!

Lincoln 4 months

My little Lincoln is already over 4 months, I can't believe it!! Here are his 4 month pictures.

Winter pics of Kiya

Kiya wanted me to take pictures of her the other day when it was totally snowing outside, she is such a sweetheart! We had lots of fun. I know I'm probably biased, but seriously, could she be any cuter??

Big Boy Bed!!

Ryken is finally in a big boy bed. Ryken does NOT like change, every time I would ask him if he wanted to sleep in his big boy bed he would say "I seep good my cib mom!!!" Well he finally did it. Lincoln needed the crib so we bought some Spiderman bed stuff and Ryken helped move the crib into Lincoln's room. He is still easy to put to bed! yes!! Here is a picture of his first night in his Big Boy Bed. I know, he looks like Cole. He is soooo cute!

ROCKBAND!!!!!!

Can you say obsessed? Well that’s what most of the people in my family are since we got the Wii and Rockband for Christmas. Singing, drums, 2 guitars, we had to buy the second one since everybody fought over playing. Paul sends the kids to bed every night and goes on tour with his band Blackrock Group. Paul on the guitar and Lloyd on the drums and me sometimes on the bass guitar. I have to admit it’s pretty fun!! We have a kids band called eCHOhAWK and Teagn rocks the drums(he is seiously good), Kiya and Ryken sing, Cole and Marlee play the guitars.

Lincoln in the hospital

All of my kids have been really sick the last 2 months, one of the reasons I have not been able to post any new blogs. I seem to be up late with one for a couple nights then up late with another, it seems never ending sometimes. The flu, the croup, colds, ear infections, swollen glands…….I have been to the doctor’s office 5 times with different and same kids in the past 2 weeks. Aside from being really sleep deprived, so far neither Paul or me have been sick, knock on wood!!! This last weekend Lincoln got the croup with a fever of 102. He was having a hard time breathing and had no appetite, I felt so nervous at night that he wouldn’t be able to breathe well, so I pretty much stayed up with him and held him. So I took him to the doctor who said that he needed to be admitted to the hospital. I went straight to the hospital and didn’t leave the room for what seemed like forever. Paul of course was clear across the U.S. in Washington DC for work, so my friend picked up Ryken and drove all the kids around to their various activates, and finally my sister Tara came all the way from Boise to help. Everybody seems to be feeling better now, Lincoln is looking much better and breathing better, he still isn’t very hungry and has the remains of a cough. Teagan who got the croup a few days before Christmas just got his voice back this past week. We are thinking that we liked him without a voice. Hee hee! Ryken’s neck is no longer swollen after 10 days of antibiotics, and he recovered pretty quickly from the croup after a dose of decahedral at the doctor’s office. Ahhhhhhhh maybe I will sleep good tonight!!

Christmas 2008

We had such a fun Christmas, I loved having the kids home for 2 whole weeks!!!!! We played games, slept in, played the WiI, played tons and tons of Rockband, went to Boise, and ate lots of good food.

I took a couple of pictures with my cell phone cause I forgot my other camera, of the little ones with Santa.... not too bad for a cell phone pic!
Lincoln's first Christmas


Ryken wouldn't sit on his lap


Christmas Eve








Christmas morning on the stairs, Paul was up there with Teagan because he was really sick, poor guy.












The Wii, Paul and Teagan boxing each other, for some reason Teagan beats us every time?!


Christmas morning was so cool, we had so much snow, it felt so Christmassy


Ryken having fun in the snow, we had tons of it!

We all LOVE baby Leentin as Ryken calls him!

Dad and Lincoln


Marlee and Lincoln






Dark side as we like to call Ryken (because he is obsessed with Darth Vader and he calls Darth Vader dark side) so there you have it!!






Teagan and Lincoln

10 years old!! Kiya and Cole's Birthday!

I can’t believe my little babies are 10 years old already. They used to be sooooo tiny, Kiya was 5 lbs 5 oz and Cole was 4 lbs 2 oz, but they only had to be in the NICU for a week. Their birthday was December 14. Happy Birhtday guys;)

Kiya


Cole, so little, I had never seen a baby that small before.









10 Years Old

Kiya, Teagan, Ryken and Lincoln

Here are some random pictures I’ve been talking of the kids the last few weeks.

Thanksgiving 2008

Our family picture this Thanksgiving and Marlee let me take some of her in my parents backyard. She claims to hate all the pictures, but I think she looks fabulous!!

Coldplay

Tara and Candice stopped by good old Pocatello on their way to the Coldplay Concert down in Salt Lake. They spent a couple of nights, we went to Twilight, (again), went to Costco, because we can, and had lots of fun taking pictures of the Coldplay tour jacket that Candice made. And yes, after the concert people thought that a member of the band had given Candice the jacket, and others wanted to know where they could buy one.









We also had fun making fun of Larry and Cindy's Christmas card picture from last year, as you can see by this picture here is Tara (aka dad) and Candice (aka mom)hee hee!!

Kiya's Basketball

Kiya played basketball again this year, she had fun and had a very good season.

Lincoln's Baby Blessing

We were so happy to have friends and family come for Lincoln's blessing. Thanks to everyone who came.

Halloween in Boise

Here are a few pictures from Halloween, better late than never. We all got to hang out at Danielle and Kirk's house, Paul was on the Grand Canyon, and Marlee had to stay in Pocatello for a big cheerleading halftime.

Cole's soccer tournament in Boise over Halloween, they won First Place!!!!

Here are some pictures of Cole and his soccer team. They did awesome!! It was so fun to be in Boise for this tournament and have cousins, aunts and uncle's and Grammy and Grandad come and watch him play.





This picture was in the Boise and Pocatello paper, great job boys!

Lincoln's Cradleboard

Bath time

Here are Lincoln's Birth Announcements

Cole's touchdown!

Cole played his last football game last week. He made 2 interceptions and a runback for a touchdown. Go Cole!! Wish I could have got it all on video, but at least I got a couple pictures. He is #8. Paul will be sooo bugged when he finds out. Hope he is having tons of fun!



His coach is telling him what a great job he did.

Getting ready for Halloween

We carved our pumkins early this year, the kids wanted to do it with dad before he left on the Grand Canyon.



Teagan carved his all by himself.

Here's a little bit of whats been going on the last 2 months!

Well, I had a birthday, yuck, I hate getting older. We can't stay young forever! Here is a picture of me and Danielle on our 5th b-day, way back when, and here is me and the kids on my last birthday.







Teagan also had a birhday, he is now six years old! Happy Birthday Teagan!



One of the big gifts, Thanks Grammy!



Yes, all them ended up on the ceiling.



Here are some pics of the kids with their new favorite brother.









Lincoln in the bath.

Newborn pictures of Lincoln

My sister Laura came to Pocatello a week and a half ago to take some newborn pictures of Lincoln. She took a tons of pictures will he slept and slept. Paul and I love them all! Tara helped watch all the other kids! Here are a few of the pictures she took, she is so talanted, she has more on here photography blog and her family blog. Thanks soooo much Tara and Laura for coming! Who am I kidding, I pretty much just put them all on here because they are sooo dang good!! Thanks again Laura!

The Birth of Lincoln Thomas Vaughn EchoHawk

Thank you Marlee for posting the picture of Lincoln right after he was born.  Here are some more pics.



After barely making it to the hospital with my last baby, this time I wanted to make sure I wasn't running in at the last minute.  So this time, with a more normal labor pattern, I got to the hospital at around 12 midnight, with time to spare.  Easy contractions that didn't progress really fast until we decided to break my water.  After that things moved really fast.  I labored about 40 min in the shower with Paul rubbing my back the entire time. That's right--Pocatello does not have bathtubs in their labor and delivery rooms! We are in the olden days over here--bug!  I had about 5 contractions that hurt pretty bad. Then I rushed to the bed in between a contraction while trying not to push, trying to throw on some clothes (because I had three kids in the room), and trying not to slip because I was wet from the shower(Paul caught me when I almost slipped).  After I got the bed I tried not to push (because I knew it was going to hurt) through about 5 more contractions till I couldn't stand it anymore and then I pushed one time and out he came!  Paul was there to help the midwife deliver him and put him on me.  Kiya was by my side playing with my hair, Cole was covering his ears, and Marlee was trying not to faint (even though this is the third birth of mine she has been to, this is the first one she has actually watched).  So here are some pics of the labor and after; I can't post any of the birth or after of me because I only had enough time to put on my bra and not my hospital gown. 

Lincoln Thomas Vaughn EchoHawk

 

This is what everyone was doing while I was in labor.  Ha ha guys!!













Cole is talking to the baby before he was born watching what it did to his heartrate.  It would go up when we would talk, he thought that we pretty cool!



This is Marlee after the birth with her smelling salts!



Marlee, Cole, and Kiya right after Lincoln was born.





Me and all my kids, wow, that's a lot of kids!!  I love it!

Steph and Lincoln at hospital - 1 day

Our new baby!

This isn't a very good picture, but it will have to do for now. We're thinking of the name Lincoln for him. He was born on September 17, at 3:40 a.m. He is 8 lbs. and 1 oz. and he is 21 inches long, and is doing very well.

The Pocatello Marathon!

Paul, Marlee, COle, and Kiya all ran in the Pocatello Marathon. They all did great. Paul did the half, 13 miles, Cole and Kiya did the 5k 3 miles and Marlee did the mile and a half.

Here is a pic of Cole and Kiya before they got on the bus to run.



Here they are after.



Here is the whole gang after the run!

More Maternity pics

Here are some maternity pictures that Laura took of me this summer, Thanks, Laura!!

Steph and Ryken

Maternity pics

Here are some picture that Marlee and Cole took of me a couple weeks ago.  I was about 8 months pregnant.  I have a few more to come that Laura took this summer.  Only about 3 weeks or less until he is due, ready or not.  We haven't finalized his name yet. I need to do that!

 

Back to school!

First day of school!!

Marlee 8th.



Cole 4th grade.



Kiya 4th grade.



Teagan Kindergarten.



Ryken even got into the action!!

Spiderman!!

Ryken loves Spiderman these days. He is always dressing up as Spiderman and wanting to watch the movie. He is also obsessed with his cars and keeping them organized, every car has to be on the road and if one is moved he has to put it back immediately, it's so funny. It doesn't usually cause any problems until bedtime when he has to check them all!

Paul and Spiderman!





Ryken has gloves on his feet too, plus a winter hat under his Spiderman mask.





All of his cars.

Go Paul and Kiya 3 miles!!!

Paul and Kiya both ran 3 miles a couple Saturdays ago, it was a last minute thing they decided to do at 10pm the night before. Kiya ran it with her aunt Diana and her cousin Savannah, and Paul ran with Mark and Cameron. Kiya had never run more than 1 mile before. She was also wearing basketball shoes. She ran in 27 min which is pretty fast!! Go Kiya!!

Ryken's 3rd Birthday!

We had a little party for Ryken up in Stanley while we were camping, then another one with dad at home, Ryken had lots of fun, I can't beileve he is already 3 years old!!

Happy Birthday!!!







The big gift!