scouty boy

N. earned his cubscout Bear award. I'm glad he has fun with the scouts once a week and is learning some fun stuff. My regret is that parents have to attend Pack meeting once a month. Not fun. Not even sort of. I understand wanting to recognize the scouts achievements, I dont understand the torture aspect. Noise. Chaos. Stuffy room. Cheering. I am obviously a party pooper. Maybe its more fun if you are the actual scout.

Long shadows and Swimming?!

Although I complain of Logan being Arctic it really is a beautiful place in the Fall.
The sun still shines bright, just lower on the horizon.

The leaves and flowers are gorgeous reds, oranges and yellows.

The best part though is the crisp air just perfect for running through sprinklers?!

Kids are stoked the slide and tramp become water features once again for one last water party.

I'm not stoked about the smell of winter in the air so I cooked up some Apple Dumplings that smelled much more nice.

As frost was soon approaching N. knew his cabbage was as full grown as it would get. It made a tasty stirfry that he wouldn't try(its a vegetable you know), but he was satisfied with the experiment results. How big can a cabbage grow?

Time to get rid of the toys

I figure if the kids are having fun with the containers meant to hold the toys as well as or more than the actual toys it is time to chuck them.

(Chuck the toys that is, not the kids)

Storm Troopers

I thought his shoes were stinky before, it took days to dry them out. 

a beautiful mother

This is D., the husband of this wonderful person that keeps you all updated on our family. I just wanted to say how much I love my wife, and how beautiful she is. She is such a good mother, and friend to me.

I also wanted to sneak this picture that I took of her and our baby S. on the blog, she doesn't get as much coverage on here as the rest of us, because she is the one taking the pictures most of the time.

I Love you honey, and hope that we can continue to have a great life together.

Labor day campout fun

This is the only giant bug we found.

Gma B. and Gmpa P. joined us in their new tent.

Grandpa took us on a beautiful hike to see the river head.

The kids loved running ahead and back and the cool log bridges above waterfalls and the river.

Nap time for Babes, what better place than in strong daddy arms.

Favorite camping past time, roasting 'mallows!

T. really doesnt want to eat the crispy brown parts, who could tell those eyes no anyway?

In case normal camping isn't dirty enough the kids found a giant hill to hike up and slide down.

The river was a close hike from camp, just far enough to be out of mind, but close enough to be part of camp.

Camping is the Best!

Z.'s donation

Couldn't be happier with her new self, even made up a new name till she got used to seeing herself in the mirror(which was often in the first 2 days).
Of course mom just couldn't help herself and had to see what the baby would look like with some hair. T. wasn't about to be left out of the fun but agreed it looked like a girl braid on him.