Yes, we've been busy! Here are some highlights from the last couple months:
- At the end of June we were evacuated due to a wildfire in the hills behind our house. I think we stayed with Brian's folks for about 3-4 days before we came back home. The boys thought it was pretty cool watching the helicopters fly over & around our house dumping water on the hot spots the week following our return.
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| This is our first day home after being evacuated. Ricky was watching the smoke come off the hills & the helicopters dump water. |
- For the Fourth of July we met my Dad & Step-mom out at the lake along with some other family & friends. It was a good time! The boys especially enjoyed playing on the beach.
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| My cousins Andrea & Lisa came with their families. |
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| My Dad, the Grill Master! |
- Mid July we made a trip to Bozeman to visit family & friends. Evie enjoyed getting loved on lots & the kids especially had fun playing with friends they haven't seen in quite some time!
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| Grandma |
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| Great Grandma |
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| Auntie |
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| Ben, Tjabe, & Maggie had a great time running through the sprinklers! |
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| Cedric chose not to run through the sprinklers but was content to help Uncle Sam plant some shrubs around the deck. (He's not real keen on getting splashed with water yet.) |
- Mid July we also had a nice visit with Brian's Grandma. She came through town & was able to come meet Evelyn for the first time. What a sweet time it was!
- At the beginning of August we made another trip to Bozeman for a family reunion. We got to see people we hadn't seen in a long time & Evie got to meet a lot more new faces!
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| Playing badminton. A great dive by cousin Dustin! |
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| "Papa! Papa! Wake up & play with me!" |
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| Ben had a ball bouncing on the trampoline with his Aunt Alivia & Cousin Dylan. |
- Mid August we took a long weekend trip to Spokane to visit some dear friends of ours, Charlie, Margaret, & their son Charles. I didn't do a great job of taking pictures but did manage to snap some good ones while we were at Lake Coeur d'alene. The family of our friends has been staying at a house on the lake for the summer so we were able to take advantage of their private beach for a couple days. We had a wonderful time!
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| Ben LOVES the water. He swam until he was shaking like a leaf. I literally had to force him out of the water to warm up! |
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| The boys. Cedric & Charles are only about a month & half apart in age. They had fun playing together & Charles did such a great job sharing all of his things but I don't think the poor little guy knew quite what to do with all the energy that sometimes comes with our boys! |
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| Cedric has his own life jacket but decided he wanted to wear this one. He just stood for a while with it on watching everything that was going on around him. |
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| Jackie (Charlie's Mom) & Charles |
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| Evie sat on the beach in her little chair & watched all the happenings. Such a beautiful little girl if I do say so myself! |
- Somewhere along the line we had a hummingbird get stuck in our garage. it was a little unusual because I don't ever remember seeing hummingbirds around our house before & it took him nearly a day to find his way out. It was a pretty little thing!
- And now for a bit of randomness that I thought you might enjoy!
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| We bought this swimming pool at the beginning of the summer & boy has it been a hit! Since we don't have a/c in our house it gets used by all of us quite often. |
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| Sweet little Evie sleeping. Gotta loves those cheeks that are growing on her! |
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| The boys found what must have been a dust pile out in the driveway & had a good 'ol time loading & dumping their dump trucks. Yes, they were taken directly to the bathtub! |
Can you tell they're siblings?
- And last but not least, a sweet little game of "Hide & Go Seek"!
