NO MORE HOMEWORK

School's out for summer; so begins our annual burn the homework bash!

Badminton and Biking

With the return of some nicer weather we've been able to some fun activities.

Find the sun and have some FUN!

I wish we could bottle up some of this golden sunshine and send it back to our friends in WA. It feels so good to have warmth on your face when outdoors instead of wondering if you should put on a sweater. The kids played in the water outside for hours in Utah and I never heard anyone say they were cold. We'll be missing our family and the beautiful sunshine when we head back up to WA in a couple days.

Whoooo Loves Fall?

The kids couldn't resist playing with these golden leaves in front of Aunt Amelia's house in Utah. Some of the leaves were bigger than James' face. Fall is my favorite season.

Seventh Hole is the lucky one

After drooling through all of Carter's birthday festivities, Grant finally gets to have his birthday wishes come true! A mini-golf party followed by playtime at the house with friends. Grant also won a free game of golf at the end of his game- Yipee Skipee!!!

Rocket to the Moon

Jeremy gets a hankering to shoot off rockets every now and then with the kids. This time we went with the Erickson's so Jordan could experience the fun too. The kids love trying to catch the rockets when they're coming down almost as much as blasting them off. They also like the assembly process. I don't like to put together anything, but Jeremy gets a gleam in his eye when it comes to assembling things- anthing. The man has a sickness. I like taking pictures- especially crazy ones.

Fun, slightly soggy, CAMPING

We went on a camping trip near the Olympic Mountains with our friends the Christensens and got slightly rained upon, but had a really fun time overall. We biked part of the Discovery Trail and our kids loved that (minus the rain). It was the first time we've gone camping with bikes.

Mom and Boys camp WITHOUT Dad!

So Madison was at girls camp, and Jeremy was out of town... so I decided to take the boys camping with mom. Why should everyone else have all the fun? I only lit one thing on fire acidentally (some bacon cooking in paper bags)and I put it out really quick. I only barely singed the arm of a jacket I was wearing. The boys enjoyed themselves and said they liked making the smores and listening to spooky stories. I should have skipped the story involving the bear because it took me a lot longer to go to sleep with no Jeremy in the tent to protect me from my imagination.

3-Day Weekends are Awesome!

Things that happen on a 3-day weekend: Good old-fashioned mud slinging, bike riding, sailing (or at least attempting to), and having fun with one another.