Picture Attempts...

We tried...

We got a couple cute ones...

But this is what the day mostly consisted of...

and a little more...
and than they were done...
... But when no one was looking or paying attention Robs captured a gem like this...
I guess it was a pretty successful day after all...

First Day of School

Is it just a boy thing or do all kids this age decide that it's "not cool" to have their picture taken on the first day of school...
Neither of my boys would cooperate when it came to get the traditional picture for their first day.

This was the best I could get out of Chase...

Landon sat there for about a minute with the camera in his face and never even cracked a smile...

Chase was finally getting tired of the whole experience...

I caught this one of Landon standing in line with his class getting ready to enter his room.
(He's outside in the trailers this year)
He was so embarrassed by his mother that day he wouldn't even acknowledge me to his friends.
(At least the boy standing next to him gave me a smile!)

Great first day!

LOVE THEM!

Brady's First BIrthday!

This first picture explains this year with this little guy perfectly!
He is the cutest kid and ALWAYS happy! We can't get enough of him around here and this year flew by, but we very much enjoyed it!

Chase's 6th Birthday

What can I say about my little Chaser...

I just love this kid! He has such a big sensitive heart!
He LOVES his little brother, sometimes too much, but is always playing with him.
He loves Dinosaurs, always have.
Loves reading books that have to do with any kind of living thing, he loves learning facts about them!
I told him a few weeks ago that he has "the mind of a fox" because the boy remembers EVERYTHING! He now uses the phrase regularly to let us know that he knows things better than you!
He is such a tender heart has always been a "momma's boy". I loved our time together, just the two of us for those 5 years before little brother came along.
Happy Birthday Chase!

Marshmallow Guns...

My dad made these guns that shoot mini marshmallows one afternoon for my kids. They LOVED them and what an awesome idea!
They yard was covered with marshmallows by the end of the battle!

We took some up to Bryce's family reunion and what a hit they were there too!

Playn' at the Park...

Nothing like a dogs tail wagging you in the face to brighten your day!

Have I mentioned that Brady LOVES dogs? Well, he does!

This little cutie is taken! I'm officially speaking for her for Landon!
She lives next to my little sister and she is darling!

What would an afternoon at the park be without a snow cone stop to follow?


She may kill me, but I couldn't resist! She was the cutest pego ever and I just love this belly shot of my little sis about 3 weeks before she had her little princess Vivi.

Landon's 9th Birthday!

We went here for lunch...

Despite the look on Chase's face... they all loved it!

"The Karate Kid"... The new favorite movie!

Birthday cake #1 up at the mountain

Birthday cake #2 at Papa's

Landon LOVES sports! His fav right now is football. The kid can talk sports with the best of them... all his uncles! He knows all the players and teams and anything you need to know. Every year he does fantasy football with Bryce and all his co-workers. The Dr's there expect him now to join in every year.
He has more energy than any of us know what to do with!
Landon can talk trash with the best of them... again, his uncles! It's so funny to listen to all of them together!
He is the sweetest kid when he want to be and in those moment it's the BEST!
Happy Birthday Buddy!

Hangin' with the Haslem's...

We obviously spent A LOT of time with family while we were home... in fact that's all we did! It was so nice to see everyone and do all the things together that my family usually misses out on living so far away. We spent some nights up at Bryce's family's mountain property doing a lot of the following...

Chase would live off of watermelon if we let him!

Hanging out around the camp fire

We saw a lot of these around the area...
BEARS!

Four wheeling is a favorite among the kids

Besties... these two were MADE for eachother!

This last one was obviously not taken up at the mountain. Kailey turned 12 this summer and she had this huge slide set up for her birthday party. All the cousins were lucky enough to get to come over after all the friends had gone home and have some time going down it. It was so much fun! The kids had a blast!