More camping and boating

We went camping last weekend...and I remembered the camera! Aren't you proud of me?!

Once again...in no particular order:

We went to the same lake as last time but camped at a different spot. The kids liked playing on the tube at camp:


It was warmer this weekend so we could go boating and tubing more:

Jake didn't do any tubing but he likes wandering the boat and swinging from the rails:

Jake is making sure the girls don't fall off:

And getting excited about boating:

You can see our camp in the background:

Here is our campsite from further out:

Packing up to go home:

We stopped at the top of McDonald Pass and took some pics while we were there:

On the way home:

Camping and Mowing and Swimming

We went camping a couple weeks ago and of course I forgot my camera so we stopped and got a disposable one to accommodate my brainlessness.



We went to Holter Lake, close to Helena. Here are the pictures in no particular order (because I can never seem to get them uploaded in the order I want and it's a pain to move them around after they're on here):

It was a little cool that weekend so the kids stayed in the bottom of the boat to stay warm.

This is at our campsite:

Also at our camp site...not a bad view to wake up seeing!

One of the kids took this:

Hanging out at camp:

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The girls took swim lessons earlier this month. Mackenzie is at the bottom of the picture. She was the only one in her class this time...usually there are around 5 or 6 in the class.

Rebecca and Jessica were in a class together...that is Rebecca floating on her back with the instructor helping...and Jessica is next to the instructor, watching:

Here Rebecca is helping Jessica float on her tummy:

And this is Jake who is mad that he can't swim too. I guess basketball will have to do for now.

After swim lessons. It was in the 60's and low 70's the whole two weeks they did lessons. Brrr!!

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Rebecca's turn to mow the lawn. We mow around the outside and have the girls mow the middle.

Garden Fever!

Well, the girls caught the garden fever. As I was planting more flowers this year the girls asked if they could plant some too. We had some extra pots that came with the house, so we set them up next to the bridge.

We went down to a local nursery and the girls each picked out a 4-pot of annuals to plant. I also dug up several stray violas that went crazy in the flowerbed so they could add them to their pots too.



Here's Jessica's:

And here's Mackenzie's:

And Rebecca's:

Look it! Look it!

I know this is extremely and unforgivably a tad late...but look what I got for Mother's Day!!!

A fun bridge to go over our irrigation ditch seasonal creek!

And a wishing well to go over our real and unsightly well!!

I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do around the well. I want to make a flowerbed around it but I cant decide on the shape or size. Any ideas? I can't go too crazy because the driveway is there on the right.

And here's the flowerbed this year. We're still waiting for some things to bloom here since it's been such a cold spring.

This is the newest flowering addition! We put two rose plants in the back and I'm hoping the hostas hide the ugly concrete jutting out. The rest are all annuals. There are red, purple and yellow, even though you can only see the red ones.




These pots are my favorites for this year. It was fun picking out the flowers and arranging them.

Rebecca's Birthday!

Well, our sweet little Rebecca is now a big 8 year old! Her birthday falls right at the end of school and the great thing about having a warm-weather birthday is having the party OUTSIDE and at the PARK! As opposed to trying to entertain tons of loud and crazy kids cooped up in our house.

We invited kids from her class and first we had pizza and let them go crazy on the playground:

And in case you haven't noticed...Rebecca is crazy about horses. So instead of trying to make a horse cake, I bought one, thankyouverymuch:

The little boy on the right is one of her best friends:

Of course up here, you're not guaranteed warm weather in June. We were actually really happy that the rain held off during the party. Here you can see Rebecca (on the right, pink shirt), Jessica (across from Rebecca, digging in the cake), Mackenzie (on the right, blondie in the striped shirt), and Jake (across from Mackenzie in the red shirt):

Presents are always fun!

And here's our little cutie at about a year and a half old (in the purple jacket):

And here she is now! This is the morning after her party...her actual birthday. She still had the present from us and some cards to open:

The girls have been saving up their money to by a Nintendo DS, for about a year now, and the goods inside the cards sent her over the top so she had just enough to buy the DS and a Little Pet Shop game! Thank you, grandparents!!!

And yes, we're still in our jammies (except for Rebecca...I had her get dressed and brush her hair...because I roll that way. Oh and Jake was dressed just because he needed a fresh diaper and it's just as easy to put on his clothes rather than put jammies back on.) See...

Jessica looks like she's been caught. Not surprising.

Mackenzie's wondering how much money she still needs before she can get a DS.