Summer in Review...
This year marked our 2nd time with my extended family at a reunion retreat! We have so much fun together with my cousins and all their families. I think I can speak for all of us when I say that we really look forward to this every two years. Here are just a few shots. We weren't very good at taking pictures this time around...
Mom and Brynlee at the pond. It was kind of sad for Brynlee, she started breaking her first tooth while up there. So, she was a little emotional! But, we plugged through. 
Ethan loved getting in the kayak with Kyle. I think that Kyle might have even gotten the paddle in his face a few times. He was a good sport!
The many times out on the pond in the kayak!
Mike goes to Scout Camp:
The Monday directly following our reunion retreat with my family, Mike headed back up in the mountains. Although this time, he left me and the kids for 6 days and went with the Boy Scouts to Scout Camp. Here are a few shots of the fun Mike has when he is with the boys!
I can't believe that he would trust these boys enough to let them tie him to a tree! 
I guess this is called the "Polar Bear" up at camp. Mike just couldn't resist getting into a very bitter cold lake at like 6 a.m. Can we just say, "Brain Freeze!"Random Family Outings:
Kennecott Copper Mine had a day where it was free. So, being creative parents that we are, we thought this would be a fun thing for Ethan to see. Since he is facinated with trucks, trains, garbage trucks, fire trucks, helicopters....you name it, he likes it. And....the bigger the better! So, we thought this was perfect...
Yeah, you aren't supposed to climb on this at the visitor's center, but we are rule breakers! We are training Ethan very well, aren't we?!
Brynlee and I hung out where there was shade! It was quite hot that day!
Mike and Ethan having their bonding moment watching all the trucks go up and down the big hole! Ethan thought it was pretty cool! And then....while having a great time at Scout Camp...Mike called me halfway through the week to bring me some very sad news. He dropped our camera and broke it. So, he gave it a very sad funeral and threw it in the trash. So, needless to say, that is why there isn't anything new to post! I have no digital camera right now. I have been brought back into time with the disposables! Yes, that is right everyone! I have to actually walk my photos into Walmart and have them developed...
But, don't be too sad for me...I am going to be getting a new one in the next couple weeks, because we have a very excited family vacation coming up that we will NOT WANT TO MISS taking photos of the kids!
Yep, that is right...we are heading to California for a vacation to DISNEYLAND!!! Yeah! So, for the time being, I hope you will forgive my lack of posting and anxiously wait for more to come...I promise they will be worth the wait!
