Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Last Blasts of Summer

August Recap~

We all got to go wall climbing on base for a cub scout activity. I thought Noah was going to be a little spider on the wall but he was actually really timid about going up high. Luke made it to the top several times and Ashley did good at getting up but not so much at letting go to come down. She wouldn't walk down the wall and she ended up spinning around and hitting her head. She enjoyed it regardless. 



Sad when your toddler is sick, but he looked so cute laying there. 



Ethan finally moved out of the "nursery" and into his big boy bed in Noah's room. He now sleeps on the trundle bed. Good thing he is close to the floor because he is always rolling out. 


Luke spent most of he summer sleeping under Noah's bed and watching movies with John's laptop. I would be so claustrophobic trying to sleep under there, but he loved it.  


Gotta love El Paso weather with its August rain. We had a major down pour and the kids had a lot of fun splashing in the puddles. 







Final touches on the chicken coop with the occasional hose down to keep cool. 



Noah learned how to make pancakes. He was a natural at flipping. 



Ethan was his supervisor. And his batman ended up in the batter. (Little stinker)


One of E's favorite locations, anywhere near, close or even on Dad!


Ward camp out time with the Lingards!!!





Sleepy morning faces. 







And now summer is over...back to school. 😭




Noah's starting 3rd grade


This is Luke's last year in elementary school. 5th grade!!!


Out of all our kids Ashley was the most excited to start school. 1st grade


And if life wasn't crazy enough, John got a new calling at church. He is now a High Counselor.  Johns parents and Jennifer and her girls came into town. Johns Dad was able to ordain him to a High Priest. My parents also came in for the night. It was a fun busy little week. This is my only photo to commemorate the event. A picture of all the kids and grandma just before we headed into a movie. 

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Cousins, Camp and Costco

July Recap~

Started off July with a trip to AZ for the holiday.  



Mom and Dad purchased us all tickets to see a production of Saturday's Warrior, a little less than subpar, but it was still fun for the kids to get to see a live show and I had fun hearing Ashley sing the songs afterwards.


Since John couldn't get the time off to come, Grandma got to be my date.

 

The kids took a picture with "Jimmy" after the show.


Happy 4th of July


The Water Blob


I love this sequence of pictures, Sweet Ethan...

 

...turned into Typical Ethan. haha  He switches from one mood to the next so fast.


Here is only one picture from girls camp, but it says it all.  Had fun with Ruth and our baby mascot Dottie.


When I was driving home from Girls Camp Eric FaceTimed me from my house!  He drove over and surprised us because Andrea was out of town so he came over to join the party since my parents were helping to watch my kids. More cousin time!






Let's face it Ashely's hair is amazing, but it is hard to manage, so we chopped it to eliminate bad hair days in preparation of the new school year.



Dollar Tree Haul.  Trying to get more organized one closet at a time. 


Fun in the sun was coming closer to an end.  


Sometimes Costco trips are too long for E.