Summer Catch UP

I have been going through my picture files lately and I realized that there are tons of cute summer pictures that never made it to the blog.  So here are some fun moments from summer 2010!

Beckett consumed way too much sand!  He never seemed to mind it though.  

This was on a fun picnic with some friends at Hayden Lake.

This was Rylynn's favorite pose of the summer.  Don't ask me why she had the broken neck look going on.  Aren't the mountains in the backgroud beautiful?  Hayden Lake is my favorite of all the lakes we visited this summer.

The kids loved the recycling bin in the backyard this summer for some reason.  It was left in the back because we used it for dirt removal when we made the garden.  The kids loved using the dirt for many "projects".  Mom and Dad didn't appreciate the "projects" so much.  

Another favorite summer activity was the slip n' slide in the backyard.  It was sooo worth all $9 that it cost and it got a lot of use from the neighborhood.  We have a big slope in our back yard which I don't like, but it makes slip n' sliding really fun! 

Carter was definitely the biggest fan though.  He still begs me everyday to do slip n' slide!

Cute kids excited for their brother's birthday party.  We still can't believe that Beckett turned one over the summer.  That year flew by!

This was at our neighbor Kate's birthday party.  It was at a water park and the kids had so much fun!

Rylynn and Carter LOVE their friend Kate.  She cracks me up because she has three older brothers so she wants to be a boy.  She had a spiderman cake:)

Grandma and Aunt Andrea and baby Lauren came to visit for two weeks and we had so much fun!  We really didn't take any pictures to prove it sadly.  I'm not sure why.  This is one of the only ones.  Grandma is pushing Beckett in our produce basket for the week.  He loved it!

We have some friends that are renting a house right on Liberty Lake and they invited us to come play one day.  They have sail boats, and kayaks and even paddle boats.  It was so much fun.

Carter was loving the Dora vest:)

The paddle boat was really fun for the whole family.  Even Ollie got to come for a ride. 

Speaking of Ollie, he has been the life of the neighborhood!  All the kids love him and love to play with him.  This is Kate with Ollie.

A couple of days ago Carter got a little grumpy about how much the neighborhood has played with his dog and he said, "I'm sick of sharing Ollie with the whole neighborhood!  He's our dog!"  He has sharing issues.

Rylynn is a little sad that she is not Ollie's favorite so she tries so hard everyday to move to the #1 position.

You could find this scene on pretty much any day this summer in our home.  Carter LOVES setting up all his cars and then telling anyone who will listen each of their names.  He usually watches utube videos at the same time.  The utube videos are of other kids doing the same thing:) 

Yes, we realize he is obsessed.

There is a nice family in our ward that has a great pool and awesome backyard and since there isn't a public outdoor pool here, they opened it up every Tuesday and Thursday to anyone in the ward to use.  The kids loved going to their house to swim each week.

They have this awesome rope swing that goes so far.

It was great because the kids could take a break from the pool and go play on the swings or the trampoline and then go back to the pool.

The only problem with that is that Carter would take off his swimming vest to play in the yard and a couple of times he would forget to put it back on before jumping in the pool.  There were a couple of times I had to jump in with all my clothes on.  Luckily they don't live too far away!

Beckett loved the swing and playing on the steps of the pool.  Usually he loves to float around in his little froggy, but I didn't want to go in everytime we went so he would just splash around.

And finally, we learned this summer that Carter+skateboards+tall curb=road rash!  He had no shirt on either so his shoulder was all scratched up too.  Oh well, it could have been worse.  

You mean summer's over?!