"Young boys should never be sent to bed,

And one year later, it seems almost miraculous to me to see our happy healthy girl, playing imaginatively by herself.

What a difference a year and alot of hard work can make!

We had a wonderful few days with the Greene’s! Tiff took my kiddos during my girls camp week, so we got to have the three oldest for a few days. Here are a few pics of our good times.
(Tucker took some of the pictures, so excuse the fuzzy ones. 🙂 )

Jumping on the tramp

Board Games

Sewed Princess Jasmine Costumes

Cooking Class: Zucchini Bread

Playing Toys

Eating Snacks

Sewed Pokemon Hats

Made more bread, Banana Bread :

Lots of kids at the table:

Movie and Treat Night:

Made bowls:

We had such a good time! So grateful for cousins!

Provides so much joy…
Tuck with constructs

Lorelei water painting her heart out.

Elliot singing songs and snacking on the hammock

Princess Dresses and running in the grass

Discovering the raspberries

A day at home, playing, and creating, and just being.

The boys really, really love this Domino Toy Set.

Unfortunately it doesn’t always work right. After over an hour getting it all set up in the kitchen, Tucker was excited to film it! 🙂

Some moments from Daddy Interviews that got recorded:
Tuck:

Tru:

Eli:

Lorelei:
(after watching and listening to her brothers, I think her answers might have been ‘swayed’ 🙂 )

So, My sister Amy and I have talked about this….Fourth of July at the Cabin is equivalent to Christmas Morning as a little kid. Just wonderful! It’s a safe haven of family, food and fun.

Here are the pictures to prove it:

Tuckers shooting his BB Gun for the first time at the cabin:

Got to go with the Hunsaker Cousins to the Oakley Parade!
It’s been along time since we’ve been to a parade where they throw candy. And there is nothing like a little home town parade. LOVE.

The boys found all the snowmobiling gear, and were playing a game with it:
(I especially love this one of Elliot)

And one of my kiddos favorite parts, riding the Horses. (Truman did ride, not sure why we didn’t get a pic.)

Elliot still loves his prince Eric.

We also did some evening shooting and chatting, Ive forgotten how fun those little BB guns are to shoot!

Even with all the beautiful nature, the kids always are drawn to watching movies…I was the same was as a kid.

My little kids usually always fall asleep pretty quickly in the evenings, after such busy days.

We played in the hot tub.

Panned for gold down at the stream

The men folk helped with the shed, Grandpa is building.

The snowmobiles are so much fun to play on.

Loves for daddy.

Darling Nora.

Lorelei Painted Amy’s and my toenails.

Off to the Rodeo we went, glow sticks, candy, and goodness were shared.

We had planned on staying at the Cabin longer, but that night, One of the kiddos got sick, so we headed home.

Another Epic Trip to the Cabin.
How we love the memories and time shared there!

Oh how good it feels to be with Old Friends! We’ve known the Pugmires since college, and their kids are the same as ours (Ages and Order!) And they all get along so nicely!! We did some Partying and ate Dinner at one of our favorite parks and splash pad.

Love, Love seeing friends!

a PERFECT summer day at the pond with our friends the Teasdales.

We got there early, and stayed until after lunch. to say we had fun is an understatement.

BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL SUMMER!

Our Backyard is surrounded by big, tall trees, the perfect place for birds. We do love the birds, but for a few weeks, we found quite a few baby birdies, that didn’t learn how to fly, and ended up on our carpet of grass. Tucker was very vigilant and would place them in a low lying nest where surprisingly another momma bird would take care of them.
It was awesome to watch Tucker be a nurturer. He is a great kid.

So, this song also happened while I was gone, but it was SO darling, I felt like it needed a new post:

She LOVES this song. Love. Love. Love.