Camp Out

This year Andy's family decided to go camping for the yearly "family trip".  I love camping.  I grew up doing it and can remember many of my favorite parts.  But this was all new water we were about to tread in.  I had some fears of sleepless night in a tent with Hugh the boys.  I knew there was going to be sand and dirt and cooking over the fire for lots and lots of folks.

But the days that we were there were great.  We survived and thrived with the new experience.  This campground had
-a pool
-a river with sandbars you could walk to
-poison ivy right behind our site
-many other family friendly folks

We
-swam
-biked
-cooked and ate and drank well
-enjoyed the campfire
-and took training wheels off of Eli's bike

We slept enough-the boys did eventually settle down and Hugh even napped.

Here are my favorite shots from the days.

I know I wasn't in any of the pictures-but I swear I was there!!

Thank you Sarah for this picture. This moment.  

Thank you "up north" for this week. Those moments.

Thank you Andy for these boys.  All the moments!!

I'm looking for some new favorite tunes...any suggestions?

The Curls Come Off

Moments Before

During

After

The Big Boy

The Back Yard

I lifted each of these off a truck....while in a skirt.  

Before

Andy worked really hard this summer.  

After...and Amazing

It's especially amazing when I'm sitting on the deck at night (with the following song blasting) and the neighbors walk by.   

The Lost Pictures

I'm not sure how many actually looked at my last post but a few said that some of the pictures didn't load.

I'm going to attempt to re-post some of them....

The boys drive

A night out with a friend (who was a person, not just a drink)

 Someone turned 5

 Summer on our deck

This is what's happening

 Eli lost a tooth.  

Hughie went swimming

If you know me, you'll understand this next part....except I've been having a hard time focusing.  I'm looking 

forward to vacations (yes 2!) and hope to read 1-2 books!

The boys drove.

I promise promise promise this kid wears his helmet when he rides his new scooter. even on the deck.  can't believe i even took this picture....but it's the only one.  so imagine some protective gear on that dude.  

summer is here on our deck

fun night with a friend  (a real person, not just the drink ;))

Someone turned 5.  More to come on this!!

attack Grandpa!

More than 20 of Andy's coworkers came over for a cookout.  

And we've been to some parks and pools.

I am getting comfy in my new job.

Andy has been working hard on a few projects outside (more to come).

We have 2 BIG vacations coming up.

I cheered loud and hard for some World Cup soccer games.

We got smart phones.

There's more to come for sure.  

To New Beginnings

How many times can I say it...I'm not good with change.  But it's helpful to have people on my side.


And here is my new favorite.