Camping

We had another year of successful camping with my family.  It is such a great weekend for the kids, they love being together and love being outside.

Early morning around the fire pictures are my favorite. Messy hair, sleepy eyes, and beautiful lighting!!

The angry bluebird

Josiah said to me, "Mom, take this picture because we are buddies!

Another Teen

Last week our precious Morgan turned 13.  It is almost impossible for me to believe that we have 2 teens in the house!!  I kept telling her that she wasn't allowed to get that old but she didn't listen.

Morgan had a super-dooper fun 13th birthday party, I will share those pics in a bit.  My camera died right before her trip so I've spent some time researching and just recently purchased a new (used) camera.  Can't wait for it to come and I hope I love it as much as my old one.

Anyway, I snapped this picture of her (with a borrowed camera) during her party and I think it captures her so well.  Love you like crazy, Morgan!!

Creek Stompin'

There's no place quite as a grand as a creek to a group of kids.  The possibilities for exploration are endless!  I'm bummed Drew isn't in these pictures, he was resting because he was sick.

New addition

My husband rocks.  I joke that he runs circles around me, is always one step ahead of me.  He spent the fall/winter/spring slaving away at his Master's Degree.  The day his classes were over he started a beautiful project in our backyard.  It's been super fun to watch the progress and what a gift it's been to our family in even just this short amount of time.

He build a waterfall into a pond (it will eventually get some fish) and also a fire pit.

Here are a few pics of the progress.   Many were taken with his phone so they may be a tad blurry.

There was about a 3 days window where the kids were allowed to swim in the pond.  They had such a great time!!

Family night

When my brother and his family were in last week we hit the local buffet.  I insisted that we had a group shot afterwards, it's been a few years since we had one taken together.  How nice it was that there were no kids screaming and kicking b/c they didn't want to be in the picture!!


                                      

Though no kids were uncooperative, I have one that simply insists on being a goofball

Jammy-Jo

I'm not sure what was going on here...but his face is just too much!!

Creek Stompin' Cousins