Summer!

School is out and we've been enjoying the summer! It's been hot which

is perfect for lots of water activities. It's been so fun to introduce Claire

to them all. She's so fun to watch explore the new things. 

We set up our shade in the backyard and got this pool. I thought the

boys would be too big for it, but oh my gosh, it's been played in so much.

Claire of course loves it, and jumped in with her clothes on!

 

 A different day we tried the sprinkler. She wasn't sure what to make of it.

  

 Then another day, the boys put the slide in the pool. All the kids had so much fun!

We also got this baby pool which she likes too. 

The boys got some remote control helicopters which Claire loves to watch fly.

And of course staring out with window with the kitty is always fun. 

 Sometimes she just likes walking like a monkey...so cute!

   

A family in our neighborhood was giving away this big slide. The boys begged me to go 

get it and attach it to the pool. Which we did. Which was even more fun!

 Sometimes we just chill and read....

Or make snowcones!

Popsicle's are always a hit when it's hot....

 We also pulled out the slip-n-slide to try.

 

 

 

And sometimes we hit up a neighborhood pool

So glad we have many more weeks of summer!

Memorial Day - Shady Lakes, AR

We headed off to Arkansas with some friends to camp for the weekend. We had a blast!

Hiking, swimming, sleeping outside, fires, smores, hot dogs, exploring - the kids had

so much fun. It was nice to take a break from daily life and just be outside. 

The scenery was so beautiful too!

The first thing we did after seeing up camp was go exploring.

Jason and Claire! She is so good and loves to see the scenery. 

She's getting bigger though, soon she'll have to walk on her own!

Throw rocks, build dams, swim, slide, just have fun. The water was clear and cool!

 

We found a swimming hole!

 

Claire was dying to go in, so we took her shirt and diaper off so she could have 

something dry to wear for the trek back. We also didn't want her sitting 

on her bare bum! She loved throwing rocks and splashing.

Made it back to camp, getting dinner ready

 

Getting ready for breakfast! 

This was right down the hill from our tents. So pretty. The boys fished, threw rocks,

waded in, and just horsed around. It was beautiful and shady and so fun for them.

Claire loved watching them and then having us take her down to join in the fun! 

A hiking adventure. A hike that was supposed to take 2 hours that really took 5.5!!

Good thing we brought a lot of water. The kids did awesome. It was much hilly-er than

anyone expected. Lots of bouldering too. We did it though!!

Beautiful swimming hole we swam in, this was the half way point

  

On the way back, Claire was getting creative with her feet....funny girl.

 

We made it back!!! Finally!

Good thing we found some oreos in the car! We felt like we deserved them. :)

We were sad to leave. Another amazing fun weekend with our friends and family!