Camping!

We took the kids out on a one night camping trip to see how it would go. We had a great time besides being SOOOOO hot and getting rained on by a monsoon storm! The kids loved fishing, swimming in the lake, cooking over the fire, making smores, and sleeping in a tent!! We will definitely go again once the weather cools down.

Cooling down in the lake...

Practicing their casts and so anxious to try it for real!!!Finally, they got to cast into the water...although GA and JF don't actually have hooks! :)GA eating the corn that we were using for bait!Cooking hot dogs! The best smore!...Reeses peanut butter cup instead of a Hershey's bar!! YUMMY! :) Catching fish!

Happy 4th of July!!

We spent the 4th with good friends and ate good food!! :) We hung out at our house for a BBQ and then headed out to watch the fireworks. MG is usually terrified of the fireworks but did great this year! JF could care less that they are blowing up around her!! :) GA was fine with them last year but was pretty terrified this year...he made me hold my hand over his ears and he went to sleep! But all in all, we had a great day!
I was amazed at how many kids fit in that little pool!! And boy do these kiddos love watermelon!! Playing football!!Dog pile on the dads!Watching the sky!ALL the kids!! :)

Father's Day 2009

Here are some pictures from Father's Day. Everyone got a chance to take a picture, except for daddy, who had to be in all the pictures!! :)

Taken by mommy...Taken by MG...
Taken by JF...Taken by GA...