Thursday, August 28, 2014

the scholar family visit


she was all excited and proud of herself for conquering the “hill” in my parents backyard.  it was SO.CUTE watching her climb up and run down, clapping for herself all the while.  such a funny girl.
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kylee, bryan and avalee came to visit at the beginning of the month.  avalee is getting so big and is so much fun.  my kiddos enjoyed having a baby in the house for 6 days…

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she would run up and down the little hill in front of my parents shed, we would clap, she would clap. she was SO proud of herself. it was adorable. 
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hailey and lyla braving the hill with avalee…
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the kids made a pool for avalee in the river, complete with a sandy bottom.
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really, really glad to have bryan in the family:)
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grandma with the girls!
cousins! hailey, brelynn, yogi, shane, eil,  lyla, and zion.

Friday, August 22, 2014

bits and pieces

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we had a very busy visit with my brother and his fam…lunch at the sandbar with some hungry kiddos
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hailey and lyla bought matching stuffed animals, they proved to be great traveling companions.
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taking advantage of a beautiful day at at camels back park…
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oh these kiddos. i just love them.
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we got to see nickel creek in concert at the botanical gardens.  it was AWESOME. 
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lyla caught her first snake!!!!
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celebrating lyla and her big six year old self…
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a stroll around hyde park
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the trusty penguins….

two rafts and a canoe

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floating the boise is one of my favorite summer activities. love these kiddos…
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papa with his two lovely granddaughters
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braving the rapids
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me and my baby…
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“the swing” is always fun.  shane, eli and hailey took a few swings…
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hailey
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Saturday, August 16, 2014

the pontoon


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we had a fantastic day on lucky peak.  sunny, warm and some awesome tubing…
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shane (who is going to be 11 this month! what?!?)
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captain hailey and her first mate
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molly and eli having a blast on the tube…
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hailey and eli, two peas in a tube
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the wipe outs were the best…
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i believe i can fly
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i love this sequence. believe it or not, he made it through still holding on…
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jesse and eli tubin it…
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lyla finally got up the courage to get on the tube…at first it was a little too fast…
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once we slowed down she was okay:)