More Swimming Fun

These kids missed each other while Avery was at scout camp.

Logan has never been afraid of the water. He was saved from drowning two different times when he was younger. Once because his swim ring fell off when he jumped in, he was saved by the life guard. And once by our friend who had taken him swimming while I was at girls camp. She had no idea that he was fearless when it came to water. (She ended up jumping into the pool fully dressed) We have had him in a life vest ever since. But he has more or less grown out of the life vest and he has a better understanding of the water. So I bought him some arm floats. He had a blast and even tried swimming without the arm floats.  

Just a Few Logan Pictures

He played in the rain and insisted that it counted as his bath. 

Passed out.

This boy loves numbers and patterns. He has recently got into doing Sudoku.

Oakes Family Reunion Weekend

Logan wanted to swim the river, so we let him hang over the raft a few times. He is our water child. 

We enjoyed floating the Boise River.

We enjoyed some pink ladies. 

We also took family pictures.

Avery was able to go shooting with uncle Brady. He had a great time and enjoyed shooting for his first time.

Camping

Setting up camp.

Tent hair.

I was trying to sneak a picture of Avery. He has become camera shy.

Enjoying a good book.

Playing card games.

Logan insisted that we needed a kissing picture. 

A good balanced meal even when camping. It was so yummy!

Sleeping time. Night Night!

We all had a good laugh when Avery came out looking like this when it was getting cold.

Roasting marshmallows. 

We enjoyed a small hike to a waterfall. 

Logan had fun doing some mining. He found lots of treasures such as gold, iron, diamond, and silver. What a lucky a guy!

We had planned on going camping the previous week but the weather was too rainy. So we were only able to go for 2 nights this week. We headed up on Thursday around noon. We had fun setting up camp and relaxing. We spent the evening around the campfire eating dinner and roasting marshmallows. Friday morning we woke up to a little rain which postponed breakfast and the days activities. Around lunch time we headed out for a hike to a waterfall. That night we enjoyed cobbler and some more time around the campfire. Then we played some card games together before bed. Saturday morning we woke up and ate breakfast and headed home. It was shorter than I would have liked but an almost perfect camping trip.

Lastly, I want to write an experience we had more for me since this is as close to a journal that I get. As we entered the campground Joseph saw some money on the road. We pulled over and picked it up. We talked briefly about what we should do and everyone agreed that we should turn it into the camp host. The camp host was able to find the person it belonged to and gave us back the money so that we could return it to them. We were all able to walk over and give the family the 60 dollars they had dropped. They were so very grateful for all of our honesty. I was glad that we were able to have such a great teaching moment at that time. 

Home Improvement

Joseph made a spice rack that I saw on Pinterest. 

We made a quick shelf out of scrap wood so that we could add some vertical space to our shed. 

We installed a new ceiling fan.

We finished installing the other half of our new windows this year.

We replaced our screen door.