Happy Halloween!

We had fun dressing up as a themed family. The kids were pretty impressed by Mom and Dad's costume this year. Happy Halloween!!

Uh oh!

I'm guessing this is just the beginning. (permanent marker) Though in studying the drawing I see 2 really straight lines that look like the beginning of tic tac toe. Maybe we should be blaming his sister :) His Daddy made him pose for the picture!

*update*

My sis-in-law emailed me this picture after she saw this post. I had to laugh, this was a family swim night a couple days later!

Hike to Josephine Lake

Beginning of September we went to McCall and did a fun hike with Nana and Papa. James even caught a fish! We love getting out and wearing the kids out. Good times!

Summer!

Don't you love summer for this reason?

Now if we could all strip our shirts off and let watermelon drip down, the world would be a funny place. :)

And then there were...

Four :)

4th of July festivities

We went to McCall to celebrate the 4th with my parents, Eric, Jamie, & Ammon. Of course I didn't take all the pictures that I wanted, but I did get some.
We started out Saturday morning with a pancake breakfast at the church. Tradition is to shoot off rockets too. CJ had fun pointing them out and watching them land. The kids were also able to ride a trailer pulled by a tractor. CJ was in heaven!The previous week they had a big wind/thunderstorm that wiped out trees around town. Here is one that was almost entirely uprooted. The other trees around it weren't even damaged in the slightest.
Later during the day James, Eric, Jamie, and I went mountain biking. It was fun to get out and have a good ride. Eric decided he needed to do some more riding when we were done and rode all the way up to Brundage lookout and back. Let's just say we didn't see him until dinner was almost over! :) No pics but he did get some sweet footage on his helmet cam.
After biking we hit the beach. It was sunny, but it was sure cold! It was breezy down at the lake so we didn't stay too long. The kids still had fun playing in the water & sand.

Here we are watching the fireworks in the back on the truck. We got smart this year and staked out a spot up on the hill from the lake. We all laid in the back of the truck during the show, then when it was over, Eric jumped in the drivers seat, we closed the tail, and drove home. It took a total of 5 minutes from the end of the fireworks to us pulling into the driveway. It was the fastest we've ever made it back from watching fireworks. No doubt the best way to do it!

Happy Fourth of July!

Celebration continued.

Celebrating Little A and CJ's birthday again at our monthly birthday party with James' family. The kids loved the cakes made for them by their Aunt Kara. CJ was funny and covered his eyes when we all sang him happy birthday. He's starting to show little signs of shyness when the attention is on him and thinks he can make it all better by covering his eyes. Silly boy! :)