Harry+Dallas=FOREVER

Harry and Dallas Fougeron

Sealed August 7th, 2009

Spokane, WA LDS temple

Harry and Dallas (Jon's little sister) got married 8 years ago in France and we were all so, so very happy for them and their decision to be sealed last month. It was one of the most amazing sealings we have been, or will ever be at and we are grateful to have been a part of it. They really were ready, and to see them walk into the room was like the last piece of the family's puzzle. The experience was so emotional for everyone. It is hard to put into words the joy that was felt.

Cade giving hugs as they walked out of the temple.

The Erickson Family

(LtoR: Jon, Cade, Brynne, Jay, Sherry, Brandon, Audrey, Bruce Jr., Emma, Dallas, Harry, Nancy, Bruce Sr., Dan, Camila, Kelly, Sofia (not pictured: Corbin)

Jonny and his 2 boys
The Grandkids:
Emma, Jay, Cade, Camila, Audrey, Sofia, Bruce (not pictured: Corbin)
Everyone stayed for a week at Bruce and Nancy's home on Hayden Lake. It was a fun-filled time with plenty of "chillaxin" on the dock, boat, playing games, a talent show, doing hair (Brynne highlighted Dallas and Kelly's) watching movies, etc.

Grammies night time ritual with the kids:
Bath time in her bath, watch bambi, and have milkshakes! Mmm!

7 months FLEW by...

Jay Marshall is 7 MONTHS!!! What??!

-eating tons

-trying to crawl (get on all 4's and "rock" or do the plank)

-SAID YOUR FIRST WORD! "DaDa"...of course. :)

Random videos

Brotherly love:

Cade is still the one who makes Jay laugh the most.

A boy and his dog:

Cade recently taught himself how to turn on the sprinkler in the back yard. Now I find him naked running through the sprinklers quite often. Zoey is always right there with him.

Tri Time!!

Coeur d'Alene Olympic Triathlon

"The Scenic Challenge"

1 mile swim. 26 mile bike. 6.2 mile run

the start:

the finish!!

The results:

Brynne placed 1st in her division!

(time of 2 hrs. 53 min. Cut a 1/2 hr. off of last year's time!)

Jon's team "We've Been Robbed"

(including Brandon doing the swim, Jon on bike and Sherry on run)

got 3rd in their team division! (out of 36 teams!)

(time of 2 hrs. 20 min...J's bike time was 1 hr 12 min. That's fast.)

So, we both came home with medals this year!

We had lots of other friends and family members complete the race as well.

Brett beat Brynne by less than a minute!

Mikin and (friend and also Brynne's boss) Dana did awesome on their FIRST tri!

This is definitely one of the most challenging tri's we compete in, but so beautiful and fun and nice to be in our home town. We also love all the support! Hard to beat the fun of RACE SEASON!!

Lazy Days

CORBIN PARK

We have a beauiful little park right on the Spokane River literally a couple of miles from our house. On free, lazy days it is easy to walk or jaunt over to chill for a while without the crowds. It is a rock beach, too which gives Cade something to do (throwing rocks in the water) and there is no sand for Jay to eat! It's great.

People swim across the river and cliff jump on the cliffs below.

This is our ode to Corbin Park. We love you on a lazy, summer afternoon.

Salmon River at Riggins

Who: Steve, Jon, Brynne, Cade, Jay, Zoey, Brett, Wyatt and A.J.

What: Whitewater rafting, the salmon hatchery, the beach, cliff jumping, good food, blackberry picking, cribbage etc.

Favorite stories: Floating through a class 3 rapid (the roller coasters) in our life jackets for fun. We couldn't stop laughing and swallowed A LOT of water. Our heads looked like peas in the rapid!

(below: Jon diving off the cliff)

Last Favorite Story: Right after these cliffs where we cliff jump there is a big hole with some waves to the right. We always go right, but we saw some guides going left our first time down and I (Brynne) was oaring. We decided to try it and I started oaring left, well, long story short it sucked us in right OVER the rock and we got NAILED. My Dad and Z-dog fell out and got stuck in the undertow. I somehow stayed in the raft as it got tossed around like a sock in a washing machine!! It was stuck in the hole and I was just trying to stay away from the swinging oars (needless to say I got some GOOD bruises from them!). My Dad (somehow) came up and found the rope hooked to the raft. He pulled while I high-sided it and it finally came out after a couple of minutes!! It was CRAZY!

Good times.

Half of a Year!

Jay Marshall 6 months

You put up with lots of loves...

-sitting up independently

-cut your first 2 teeth!

-eating solids twice a day

-scooting and rolling

-pushing up onto your hands and feet (the bridge)

-VERY squeeky and squeely!

-50th percentile on everything!

-still the happiest baby we know