Camping at Potholes

We took off Wednesday for a long weekend of camping in Eastern Washington at Potholes State Park. There's nothing like camping in record breaking heat on the East side. I think they were at 105 on Saturday. Thank goodness for air-conditioning.

Our friends the Marecle's met us there on Thursday and we had so much fun. The kids had a great time playing with each other and begged not to leave again. They all did so well considering they were up until about 10:30 every night having a campfire and smores and up the next morning about 7 am for breakfast. Someday I'm sure they'll be so tired that they want to sleep in like mom and dad.

We tried to keep them busy all weekend. They have an amazing new playset that the kids enjoyed. We both had our boats there, so the kids got to experience tubing on the lake at the park and then the dad's took them fishing at one of Jamin's secret spots. Bryson and Kara both caught their first fish and were so excited.

Weekend at the Cabin

We took off to the cabin this weekend for some fun. We had a couple of 1st's this weekend. The morning after we got there the boys woke up early and came downstairs to climb in bed with us. As Jaden was watching himself do some Karate in the mirror he fell off the bed and hit above his eye on the dresser and split his eyebrow open. Sooo, Scott got to drive back to VM in FW to get Jaden his 1st and hopefully last stiches:)

After Scott got back we put the boat in and the babies took their 1st ride. Since neither of them like to sit in one spot for 5 seconds anyway, they were not very happy when they realized that you have to sit when the boat is moving (notice Owen's not so happy face in below photo).

For the last 3 summers we have been trying to convince Bryson unsuccessfully that he would love the tube if he would try it and he's been convincing us that he would do it when he was 4, then when he was 5, then when he was 6. Well this weekend he finally went on his 1st real tube ride all by himself and was loving it. Scott was cruising and he kept saying faster, faster! Jaden wanted to go, but couldn't get his stiches wet so he'll have to wait until next time. All in all it was a fantastically fun weekend and the kids begged not to leave.

Enchanted Village!

Today we spent the morning at Enchanted Village. The poor twins spent the day in the stroller AGAIN, but the boys ran, jumped, flew, hopped, drove and spun their way through the rides today. They had so much fun on all the rides. Bryson was just a tad too small for all the big ones but he wanted to go on them which is an improvement from last season. Hopefully by the end of the summer Bryson will have gained that 1/2 inch that prevented him from doing most of the big rides. Next time we may try the waterslides if the weather is a little nicer.

Zoo Again...but this time with Friends

Well after going to Members night last Thursday we needed to see the zoo again with less chaos. We met our some of our friends there today and the kids had a blast. For some reason they never tire of the zoo. I expect in a few more weeks I'll hear the I don't want to go to the zoo again, but hopefully by then the weather will be nicer and we can start going to Enchanted Village as well.

Owen Update

His older brothers better watch out because in a few years Owen is going to be giving them a run for their money - in every way possible. Owen wants to run and play with his older brothers so bad. Sometimes he gets a little too close to the action and he gets clobbered. It's hard to get after Bryson and Jaden for playing so rough with him because he is usually laughing histerically. This kid just has an amazing personality. Most of the time he has a huge smile on his face and is usually going 100% miles and hour.....typically on his way to trying to find a baseball, basketball, soccer ball, or any other type of toy he can treat as a ball. You've got to be ready when he has a toy in his hand because before you know it a car might be coming at your head like a fastball.