I know I've been bad about posting, this always seems to happen when I'm pregnant. Something about having zero energy to blog at the end of the day. Ah well. But we've been having a great time this summer aside from our Cascade vacation. So here are some snapshots of what we've been up to:
Just one of those moments you need to capture before assisting...
These two have become quite close this summer. They're buddies (when they're not fighting). I saw that they had snuck off into a corner of Grammy's house where no one could find them.
Chad and Wendi and their kids visited and we had a BBQ up the canyon with them.
Jaxon had a nosebleed...
Devin and Natalie visited and we went to This Is The Place Heritage Park with them...
And Jaxon enjoyed a couple weeks of swim lessons and got pretty good at belly flops.
One more month before school starts! I'm just looking forward to cooler weather. :)
We spent a week up in the mountains of Cascade, Idaho last week on a much needed and overdue vacation. We first visited this cabin in Cascade a couple years ago and had a blast, so we decided to revisit. It was incredible just how much Jaxon remembered about the cabin from two years ago! We were excited for Violet to be old enough to run around with Jaxon this time chasing squirrels, collecting pine cones and whatnot. Here are some of the highlights of the trip.
We loved going down to the lake. The kids had a blast and played for hours and hours. This was the first time we had the guts to take our camera out on the kayaks!
Jaxon loved playing "Agua, Agua, Agua!" which is basically just he and Travis splashing each other. Travis took his oar apart at one time and gave half of it to Jaxon. He LOVED it.
When we weren't on the kayaks, we were building sand castles and swimming and having a great time. :)
We spent a day at Ponderosa Pine State Park hiking and collecting wild huckleberries. This was one of Jaxon's favorite parts. I think more went straight into his stomach than into his bag. We enjoyed huckleberry pancakes the next morning!
We made sure to enjoy lots of s'mores at the fire pit.
And before we knew it, the week was over! We seriously considered asking for another day, but I guess we have "responsibilities" or something to get back to, so alas, until next time Cascade. The kids are already asking when we can go back.
As a little bonus, this happened our last morning at the cabin as the kids were enjoying their toast out back...enjoy! (yes, I'm an evil mom for laughing...)
p.s. I also just noticed that Violet is wearing the same shirt in almost all the photos...I swear these are different days-we did laundry while there!
Hard to believe this little girl is now 2 years old. :)
We celebrated on her birthday with ice cream sandwiches and tonight we had cake and ice cream with grandparents.
Violet loves to cuddle, and is very empathetic towards others (she's sad if other people are sad). At the same time, she's also quite the daredevil and I'm sure will be the first to break her arm in our family. She's always so cheerful except when she's not- then she'll give you the biggest crusty and you need to stay out of her way. ;)
Jaxon had his preschool graduation yesterday and he was so excited because it meant we would finally be able to go to McDonalds to celebrate. He was looking forward to it ALL year.
Here's a little snippet of his graduation. He loved this song. :)
Easter kind of sneaked up on the Easter bunny this year. I decided against getting Easter Sunday clothes because Jaxon had just received a new Sunday outfit for Christmas, and Violet got tons of dresses from an amazing sale at Jolene's. But we had a fun Easter party with Mamie and Papa and the cousins that Saturday!
My mom made these rice krispie nests and the kids filled them with coconut grass and jelly beans for eggs.
Then we had an Easter Egg hunt in the backyard. The kids got sooo much candy. I've had to help them eat it, but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make for my children.
I've been having fun with Violet's hair lately now that she'll sit still for 10 minutes and let me touch it. Let's face it, I could've been braiding/curling her hair for months now, but she was too young to sit still so she just looked like a wild child everywhere she went. But now she looks like a little girl!
Getting ready for church!
My grandma actually sewed this wool coat this for my older sister when she was little, but she had no girls so it's Violet's now. :) I think she's a cutie.
