Thursday, January 19, 2012

Summer Time 2011

Since someday I would like to print this blog into a book and use it as part of my life history maybe I should get busy and catch up. After all it is the new year and I'm no where near finished with 2011.  So here goes!

Lynn and I and the kids - all of us - went to Island Park again and had a fabulous time.  It was even more fun this year because it was in the summer and the weather was perfect.  We went over Mom's birthday this year.  It was a good distraction for me!  Jeff and Ashlee took up a couple of 4-wheelers so we had fun on those and we went exploring and had a hotdog/smore roast one night.  Interesting things happened that weekend.  Some growing experiences.  Things I won't share here because they are tucked away in my journal.  I love to watch the grandkids grow and explore and learn and play together.  So here are the pictures to document the weekend.

The kids playing in the dirt and climbing on the rock!

Riding the 4-wheeler

Miss Addie

Preston learned how to ride his bike this summer!

Hailee and Brynlie

Rachel with Britnee, Hailee and Tayci

Your guess is as good as mine!

The kids were practicing their picture taking skills

Clint and Britnee

Tayci, Brynlie, Hailee, Preston, Clayton ~ sitting inside the tent :)
Watching TV with Grandpa 
Trying to find the fish in the river.  The water was so clear!!
Brynlie, Clay, Hailee, Britnee & Clint

Looking for the fish :) Lynn, David, Rachel

The water was so clear!

Miss Britnee

Britnee and Clint

Missy Mae

We were walking up the path to visit an old cabin.  I turned
around and this is what I saw :)
Lynn with Britnee, Jessica with Brynlie, David with Clayton
Clint with Hailee
We saw this moose in the river.  It was huge!

Clint and David...they drove to the top of Sawtelle!  It was a bit windy :)



David, Clay and Jess
Miss Britnee
Jess and David on their paddle boat.  I have always wanted to ride on
a paddle boat so we went and rented some for a while.  It was NOT fun.
They were so hard to steer...in fact David had to jump in to save his family
from a swift ride down the river...Sorry about your boots David :)
  


Britnee loved putting her feet in the water
Hailee did not like the paddle boat experience
and did not want to soak her feet!
This was our outside night...'smores, campfire, wild flower picking and lots of mosquitoes!

Hailee
Such good daddy's roasting the marshmellows
Lynn and Jeff trying to get the fire started
Patiently waiting for the fire
Brynlie
Hailee
Tayci
Clay and Tayci
Miss Hailee
Brynlie and Tayci
They look a little bored :)
Not sure what Jeff is doing...cleaning his hands maybe :)
Tayci and the wildflowers
Clint, Hailee, and Britnee
Jeff and Miss Addie
last ride of the night
Preston and Tayci
Tayci, Addie, and Preston
Smile Clint :)
Tayci, Preston & Ashlee...roasting marshmallows
Jess and Brynlie...Rachel and Britnee
Miss Hailee
Grandma and Addie
Our attempt to get some family pictures




The suckers did the trick for the babies :)



  I love my family! So many personalities and so many little divas! It's the best :)

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