It has been a crazy, busy, fun summer so far!
Curtis came home for 2 1/2 weeks at the end of June and that's when most of the craziness began...
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| The morning after Curtis came home he got straight to work on cutting the boys' hair and putting the bunk bed together! For the first time in 8 1/2 years we have finally taken the crib apart and put it into storage. Poor Jack didn't like that too much. He cried over losing his crib bed (the side was taken off so it was like a bed). Although I think it helped that he is still sleeping on the crib mattress since we didn't have a chance to buy a twin size mattress yet. So he has the crib mattress and the sides are surrounded by homemade cushions that I recently acquired from my grandparent's. The cushions in the back had to be folded up so it looks like a futon. |
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We celebrated our 10th anniversary by eating at Tucanos with my brother Stillman and his wife Michelle (they were celebrating their 9th anniversary). Don't worry, we are not drinking anything alcoholic, hehe! It was some sort of tropical fruit drink and very yummy! And Stillman introduced me to Tucanos' grilled pineapple and it was delicious! Didn't need dessert after that!
Nothing like a father and son playing some ball. They were warming up before Garrett's t-ball game.
A camping we will go! Pit stop on the way to Stanley, ID. This ride was really the first time I remember getting car sick in my life and that's the main reason we stopped here. I was very close to losing what little breakfast I had on the side of the road. And no, I'm NOT pregnant.
We made it to Stanley where we camped next to Redfish Lake. They had a little play area, mostly these big beams to climb on and a tire swing.
The Sawtooth mountains behind us are just beautiful!
Nikki was having fun making faces for the camera. Jack wasn't sure about riding this swing until we forced him to get on and then he loved it!
Jack just finished eating a few of his favorite cookies. Oreos!
These two were crazy enough to get in the FREEZING cold water.
After having tin foil dinners and smores, we popped some jiffy pop popcorn. And it was good!
I couldn't resist! It's been so many years since I've been on one of these!
The next day we met up with Curtis's parents in Donnelly, ID at the SISCRA campground, which is very close to my grandparent's cabins. We brought our new ladderball game and played a few rounds. We ended up sleeping in that white tent his parents had set up and his parents were in their RV. It was nice not having to get our tent out again. We also played a round of Yahtzee where Curtis actually scored 2 Yahtzee's in 1 game! Needless to say, he won! We also played a fun little game that I think was called "Pass the pigs". That's a good one to play with the kids because even they were winning against the grownups.
Love being outdoors with my family!
We had a hard time getting Jack to cooperate for this picture but at least he's looking!
Having some fun in the lake behind my grandparent's cabin since there wasn't a good place to swim at the campground.
It was a bit windy that day at the lake so we didn't swim too long.
We played games, roasted hotdogs, popped more popcorn, swam in the lake, and visited. It was fun being up there with my in laws!
This was the first part of our vacation. Stay tuned for more! Next will be our trip to Lewiston and Silverwood!
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