4th of July

4th of July weekend we finally made it out camping for the first time this year! Nothing like camping with a 1-year-old and a 3-year-old. It's all about dirt, bubbles and exploring. And what is camping without rain? We had rain a little bit each day and over night. Not enough to make it muddy, just enough to not want to sit in it. AAAHHH, the glory of camping with a camp trailer! It's so much nicer to sit out a rain when you are well protected from it. All was fun and great until the Klampits moved into the campsite next door. As Ryan says, "It was like having Roseanne Bar next door". The woman yelled the whole time at the kids and the dogs and didn't have a nice thing to say about anything. Alas, we went home a little earlier than planned, but we got two good nights out of it before they came along! The only other hitch was the morning we were leaving. Andrew took a drink of hot chocolate that was too hot for him, then dumped it down the front of him. The poor kid had a little bit of blistering, but it healed within the week. And I think it effected his love for hot chocolate, poor boy. He now tells me "Mom, I don't like hot chocolate. It burns me."

Family Times

In June we enjoyed visits from Ryan's mom and brother, Zach. A few weeks later we had my mom and sister with her kids visit. Here are the highlights....

During Habibi's (Ryan's mom) and Zach's visit we took a day trip up to Casper Mountain and did a little dutch oven cooking. Here are pictures of Caleb and Andrew with Habibi and Zach. Of course there is a picture of the master dutch ove chef. The boys enjoyed running around looking for bears.

During their visit we experienced our first tornado warning. It was amazing to watch the storm go through town. We went out to eat that night, not knowing about the warning. By the time we got to the restaurant you could here the warning siren. As we drove home the lightning flashes were brilliant and amazing. The rain came in sheets so you could hardly see anyone in front of you. Andrew slept all the way home and Caleb cried as the rain pounded harder and turned to hail. The tornado never actually formed, but we did get water in our basement leaking through a window. I guess that's not as bad as it could have been!

A couple of weeks later we had a visit from Grandma King, Aunt Rachel and cousins Isaac, Taylor and Brooklyn. It was a play date every day for me and the kids! The kids were great together...even Caleb and Brooklyn got along as well as any set of one-year-old could. They constantly looked for the opportunity to take the toy from the other when their back was turned.














The kids decided they needs some time in the water. Taylor, Isaac and Andrew played in the water for hours. Caleb wasn't as brave, but wanted to test the waters. I think it was to cold for him in the pool.

Brooklyn and Caleb had fun on the trampling when the older kids weren't on it to bounce them around.

Move Over Tiger Woods

When your back yard borders a golf course, I suppose you have no choice but to take up the sport.

We found a child's golf club in the play area of our yard a while back. And we have an abundance of golf balls, courtesy of the bad golfers out there. Andrew decided to practice hitting the ball. He would swing and once in a while actually hit the ball. For the most part, he would swing, miss the ball, then come tell me that "this thing doesn't work". I'm sure it had nothing to do with operator error. I guess grandpa King is going to have to help him make it work next time he visits!