~ ~ Our Family ~ ~

We went up to the woods with my family last weekend and explored some cabins and the area, it is so beautiful up there and the weather was great! We went to the beach at the lake and we went fourwheeling on some cool trails to the mountain tops, I'll post the fourwheelin pics later, short on time.

The kids loved the bech so much! This is the sandcastle they helped my sis Katie build.

We couldn't keep Adi out of the water! She loved it so much, it was freezing cold and her poor little toes were going purple but she didn't mind one bit! She would've gone all theway ot there too if I hadn't been pulling her back!

We'll definitely be going up there lots! Fun for the kids , since it has a sandy beach!

This is my favorite time of year for eating veggies from our garden! We had a great garden this year and had so many Tomatoes, Bell Peppers, Squash, Zucchini, Red Potatoes & regular Potaters, a few Pumpkins, and Hundreds of Carrots!!

W filled up 8 Gallon sized bags of these Carrots! We gave a bunch away, took some to neighbors, some to work, some to family, and stored some in a cooler in our garage ( I guess they keep for thee months in a not so moist refrig area- cooler)


Great Helpers!

The kids both came over and wanted to help clean the carrots, it was so cute, Aldon pulled over a stool & Adi was begging at my legs to come up, mostly to play in the sink!

We still have 3 bags left, so if any of you would like some carrots or Roma Tomatoes, we got plenty!!

Notice cute little Mason hammin it up for the camera!

Adi climbing again! She thinks she can climb the rock wall just like the big kids

We all had a great time! Wish I would have snapped more pics of all of us, these are just a few and some from friends cameras'. We have great friends, it's so fun to get together with everyone!

So my brother Jeff got this thing called a Longboard (a really long skateboard) that you lean side to side to go, you don't push it like a skateboard. So we all had to try it out.
Jeff with Adilynn



Jeff with Aldon

Even I tried it! I've never even skateboarded before, let alone Longboard!

Then the guys came up with this Brilliant idea of pulling eachother behind the Fourwheeler!!
Boys! Mark pulled Jeff first, and then here's Jeff pulling Mark
(at least they wore a helmet!)

K, so Jeff"s "friend" Brittany tried it out behind the Fourwheeler too! She's crazy & brave! She's so good with our kids, and they eat her up too!

Mark & Aldon playing in the field afterwards

Adi decided it was her turn to try out the Longboard

Fun family night! I have video of it too, but for some reason they are not working right now

We decided we needed to have one last BBQ in the nice weather last sunday before it got cold, and cold it got this weekend. My brother Brian took all the BQ pics on his camera, so I was out in the yard playing with the kids. Adi loves to swing, and Aldon loves a good spin on the tire swing!

So this picture has a STORY! Mark and I are out in the yard settin up tables and things, and I look over to the sandboat and no Adi, so I look under the slide, the swings, no where?? So I call out her name and Aldon says "she's at the top!" She is sitting at the very top of the jungle gym right by the edge, just sitting so quietly. She decided she was going to climb and neither of us knew she could climb a 8 rung ladder!
Yep, she's a Monkey!

This girl lives for slides! Again, Again, Again?!

Golfin Friday with my sis Katie & bro Jeff

There's a reason we call her a " Tank"

We went to Rock Crk Canyon and had a fun BBQ night with our friends the Jones' on Thurs.
Adi thinks she's a monkey, well at least she can climb like one!

Mark & Chewy

Alexa & Aldon sittin in a stump chair on our walk down the canyon. Notice she is always posin! so cute

Amanda with Chloe & Adi

This was a great park to BBQ in, we decided we need to more often

Chloe - always smilin!

Adi - playin Peek-a-boo!

Thanks guys! We had a blast. You are such great friends!