Skylar's back at camp!

This time Skylar is off to Camp Tanglefoot for Chic-a-Dee camp. This is just a camp about camping, hiking, and swimming. When she got there, she screamed at the top of her lungs, "I love Girl Scouts!" I thought the place was so cute and again, she made friends in about 2 seconds.

Hurray for James!!

James did a really big thing today! You know how all the slides at pools have a height limit? Well, James passed the swimming test so that he could go on the slides with out being 48" tall. He had to swim all the way across the pool without touching the bottom or hanging onto the side and he made it!! I was so proud of him. When he first tried, he did not understand that he could not grab the side. So then we had to practice and he finally made it. Then we had to show the lifeguard and by then he was so tired I was worried he wouldn't make it. But he did. He was sooooo happy and he ran up the stairs as fast as he could! Then he sat on the side of the pool for the next 20 min because he was so tired from all of his swimming. Here is his patch that he has to wear on his suit so that the lifeguards know that he passed the test and does not have to be so tall!

One fun day!

Skylar had a friend over today and they wanted to get the pool out. So I filled it up and of course it led to a water fight. The girls were a little brutal to poor James so he decided to tch them duke it out from the inside. They still tried to attack him though and he thought that was so funny!





Then we got invited to go on a bike ride with friends.

Kellen is always so afraid that I am going to pinch his chin when I put his helmet on (with good reason, I did pinch him once).

I bought a new seat for the back of the bike so that now I can pull three kids behind me. James can't ride for a long time so now we can go on a longer bike ride all together. After the bike ride we went over to their house for some smores, treats and watermelon.

Skylar and James work on getting their marshmallows melty for their smores!

Kellen kept singing "Happy Birthday" while he was eating his marshmallows. I have no idea how he connects marshmallows to birthday!

Man, this watermelon is good!

Kellen agrees.

Brennen just chilling out with his papa!

He did get really tired and want to go to bed, but he managed to hold on and stay awake!

The adults just hanging out and enjoying some time around the fire!

It's getting dark....

The kids chasing fireflies.

I want to sooooooo bad!!

Brennen wants to crawl so bad, but he just can't do it yet!

Pitcures from the lake

Saturday was our first time out on the lake this summer and we really had a great time! Unfortunately, I forgot my camera so I had to wait to get the pictures from moms camera. Anyway, here we are!






I can't believe how grown-up she is!



A little Mexican after a day on the lake!

Brennen gets tubes and Skylar's HOME!!

Brennen was in such a good mood when we got to the hospital.


After his surgery he was miserable, so I just had to hold him. By afternoon though he was doing great and you would never know he had had anything done!

Skylar's home and James was sooooooooo happy. He has been so bored without her here.
Skylar had a lot of fun a camp although she was very disappointed because she did not actually get to ride a horse. On the first day, it was so hot that they could not let the horses carry people and then right before she was scheduled to ride on the second day, huge storms came through and they were not allowed to go out:( Oh well, now she is just excited to go again and get to ride a horse next time.

Skylar's off to camp!

Skylar left for her first experience at overnight camp today. She is going to a 3 day-2 night horse camp. She was both excited and nervous. She was a little afraid of sleeping with people she did not know at all. However, we were there all of 30 seconds and she met a friend and she forgot that I was there. She had no problems when I left! I am sure that she will have a great time.

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!

Yesterday we spent the day at the lake. I forgot my camera, but mom had hers. She is going to email me the pictures and then I will post them later. Today, for father's day, we spent the day at JT's parents (even though they weren't there) so that JT could use their awesome kitchen to prepare a great dinner! I thought it was a great time for a photo op.

James and Mormor started the day (at our house) with a few games.

Skylar wanted to dress up today for her papa!

OK, everyone look here, PLEEEASE!!!!!!!!

Two seconds later...

Then Mormor joined in the fun!

The winning shot...

Time for Agricola!

Mom is in town visiting. So, what do we do? Go on bike rides and play games. Agricola is the game of choice for this visit. I actually was going to post yesterday, but mom said the picture was bad of her, so I had to wait for the next night to get the picture. Then of course, my battery was dead so I had to wait to charge the battery. I finally got a good picture that I was allowed by all parties to post:)

Rain, Rain Go AWAY!!

We are so sick of the rain and cool weather. It is supposed to be warm and sunny and we have not had a sunny day in weeks. It is getting rather depressing.

James gets a piggy back ride from Skylar.

Hold on James, I'm going to drop you!

Kellen, could you please put on some clothes?

I'll think about it--No!