Family Fun in CdA!

I'm new at the photobucket thing so I'm gonna have to figure out how to put my schpeel on the same post. Anyway, I wanted to thank everyone for coming up here and spending time in wonderful N. Idaho! (Lisa and Jason, we missed you to no end!!) I had so much fun and I hope you all did too! I tried to make the slideshow a story of our trip!

A Little Late... but oh well!

So, I FINALLY downloaded some pictures from my camera and discovered that I had some really great ones from our cabin trip back in July, so.... here's a few fun ones.:)

Oops, sorry the picts are so tiny--- you'll have to click on them to see the expressions on everyone's faces-- mom's is especially good! :)


There's my man-- isn't he a stud! :)


Yahoo! Fishin' at the reservoir!



Jacob LOVED throwing rocks and playing in the dirt. We were especially excited when this little family of ducks came by. He was talking to them and throwing crackers-- loved it!

Oaks Park

I'm behind - this is a bit belated, but I wanted to share some of the fun we had. We went to Oaks Park on August 8th. It was Grandpa Kim's company party and we had such a blast! The company had a big picnic and a raffle and then we hit the rides! The best part was that Jett was tall enough for almost every ride and he loved it!!! He was so brave and wanted to try everything and it was so much fun!
Our favorite ride was the Screaming Eagle. It's a big pendulum that swings higher and higher while you spin in the circle. SO fun and Jett was just tall enough! I also like the Scrambler and ferris wheel and everyone had a great time! Thanks Grandpa for a fun day!

Jacobisms!

Just had to share this one. Kids say the funniest things sometimes--and no, he did not learn this one from me. Jacob was taking a bath, and I heard this funny sound. I saw him holding his rubber ducky and said, "Oh, was that your ducky?" He responded with "No, I tooted! Bubbles come out my bum!" Sure enough there they were! Very observant Jacob!

Some other cute Pics!

Ava met Dora the Explorer today!

Brycen in his new Bumbo! (Yes - it's purple - but he's still a manly man!)

Tonight, Drew was playing with Brycen and when he stood him up, Brycen put one foot in front of the other and took off! Okay, he didn't exactly "take off", but my question is: how does this boy, who is not quite 4 months old, know how to put one foot in front of the other already? Does this mean I have an evil-kinevil (sp?) on my hands? What else will he get into in the coming months? My guess: EVERYTHING!
(By the way - don't you just LOVE what Ava is wearing in this video? She thinks it's a dress when really it is HALF a dress with a slip underneath. Quite the fashionista wouldn't you say? Maybe she's on to something... or not! :)

Too cute! My kids are superstars in these new sunglasses - They look ready to go biking at super-sonic speeds.......or something like that.
It must be late because I can't think of anything clever right now. I just think they're cute!

Music to my Ears!

So Brycen LOVES Ava - and she can just look at him and he smiles. Well lately - she can also make him laugh! It is so fun to watch the two of them. I knew Ava was silly - but Brycen thinks she is a class act!

Our Summer FUN!

We have had one busy week! Monday was the day we started landscaping the backyard! Brant started with the retaining wall (which he got done in about 3 hours)...

Erik did the handy-work on the extention to our patio...

All the boys helped with the shrubs, trees, mulch, etc...

And here's the finished product! (Sort of) They finished up Tuesday afternoon and it's BEAUTIFUL! All we have to do now is lay the grass seed. We couldn't thank everyone who helped enough.

Wednesday we decided to go camping with some of Matt's work buddies. We spend the night and went tubing down the CdA river on Thursday. About 2 hours into the float it started to rain but we had a great time anyway!

Today I finally took some pictures of us playing softball! It was our last game of the season and we won 10-6. We can't wait to do it again next year!

More Camping!

I love that we live close to a good camping spot so we can just go any weekend for one night and have so much fun! We took off for Brown's Camp again but this time with Mom and Dad! We all had a good time in the beautiful warm weather and enjoyed being outdoors, relaxing and having fun on the motorcycles! Thanks Mom and Dad for a fun weekend!