Family Fun Day

Both Daddy and Mommy were off from work on Tuesday so we spent a fun day together. First we went to Kent Falls State Park and enjoyed a day of swimming and a little hiking.

The boys really enjoyed the river -

From the river we walked over to the big pool so Caleb could take a "swim" -

And Ethan and Dylan could climb the stairs and have a snack

Then we took a break for a picnic lunch -

And off for a small hike up the trail that leads to the top of the falls -

Back to the river for a cool off -

Then that night Aunt D invited us to her house for a picnic in her backyard of homemade pizza - YUM! After which we walked over to the park for a concert, it was a lot of fun!

Brianna and Caleb

I love this picture of Brianna -

Dylan relaxing on Daddy

Ethan being silly

Dylan being silly

It was a great day - we do not want the summer to end - ever!!!

Our Weekend

We had a very busy, fun filled weekend - it started on Friday with a trip to the park, just the boys and me, this does not happen very often, because as you can imagine, watching three of them with only one set of eyes is not very easy, we went early before everyone else was out of the house for the day, then ran errands and got some lunch.

Then on Saturday Aunt D called to see if we wanted to run the couple of errands we had to do together, sure, we are always game for a trip out of the house, the boys fell asleep in the car, or should I say Ethan and Dylan did, Caleb was with Brianna and Kim at the beach for a day of fun in the sun, well, seeing as they were sleeping we went around and checked out a couple tag sales, and I hit the jack pot, I had been wanting to get the boys a play kitchen but, did not want to spend a huge sum of money on one, so I had been keeping my eyes open everywhere for a bargain. So, I found one, dated, but, in very good shape, I may even paint it with some of that plastic paint, but, it does not really need it. So, what did I pay for this little treasure, $3, yes, $3, is that a bargain or what? The boys love it!!!

Then Saturday night Mi-Mi invited us up the lake to watch the boat parade, we could not resist. Caleb caught his first fish, perfect size for him, don't you think! And Ethan meant his future prom date, now you would never guess but, Vivian is almost a year younger than Ethan, says something for the shortness in our family and the height in hers, she is so beautiful!!

Dylan slept through the whole night, but, Ethan enjoyed the boat parade as did Caleb!

And today was Ash's 7th Birthday party, Caleb swam like a big boy with just arm swimmies on! Ethan and Dylan wanted nothing to do with the water but, sure did love the cupcakes Robyn made, she did such a great job with them, she made them in cones, decorated the tops with blue icing and put a teddy graham on the top of each one with a jelly lifesaver around them, a great idea for a pool party, I LOVED it, very crafty Robyn!

That is our weekend in a nutshell, now I am ready for some much needed sleep and off to work tomorrow!

Pictures

I emptied my memory card so here are some random pictures of the boys over the last week or so -

Ethan being silly with a straw

Ethan, Daddy and Dylan picking (and eating) blackberries in the backyard

Dylan

Ethan, my book worm

Dylan my goof

Ethan headed to work :)

Caleb in the backyard

4th of July

This year for the fourth of July we just hung out at home and had some friends over - here are a few pictures of our day -

Turtles

For me there is nothing better than seeing a animal in it's natural home. We have this place in our town where you can see snapping turtles up close (with a little bread to lore them out). We had thought a few years back when they did work to the road near the swamp that the turtles had left the area, but, today we decided to give it a try and boy was I happy as ever to see all the snappers still living in the swamp (where we could see them)! Of course Caleb loved it too (the twins fell sleep in the van) and could not get enough of the turtles. Next time we will go earlier in the day when the painted turtles will likely show their shells as well! Yippeeee I am so excited that they are still there!





This is the first one we saw, he is just a baby

This guy came almost all the way out to eat some bread



I am not sure how well you can see this guy, I think he was the oldest one we saw, he was pretty big!