We've had a really busy summer. So, needless to say blogging was traded in for trips to the lake and soaking up every bit of summer we could. I'm losing my tan fast but at one point I had a pretty nice tan, the kind I used to get as a kid! We practically lived outside for the entire months of July and August. If we weren't up at Palisades we were running through sprinklers or cooling off in cold hot tubs. We had lots of picnics at the lake and on friend's lawns. All in all we've had one of the best summers I've had in a long time! I felt like a kid again. No worries. Very little stress. Even though I'm not ready to be done with summer, I'm very excited for fall time. Now that it's cooling off we can do more hiking and horse back riding. Also, another exciting fall thing is that Jaxon started pre school! He has been looking forward to it since April! He has so much fun and is learning so much! Linkon misses him the whole 3 hours Jaxon is gone and Jaxon is always so excited to see Linkon when we pick him up from school. When we get home I give the boys a snack and they sit at the table and Jaxon has to show Linkon all the things he brought home and tell him everything he learned and did at school. It makes my heart so happy to see them be such good friends. Anyway, here are a few more pictures of our summer fun!
Making raspberry jam! The boys were awesome helpers! I'm still finding raspberry jam splatters under the cupboards!
A day at Palisades with Amy and Matt and their boys and Emily and her boys.
After playing in the water we had a hot dog roast. Left to right is Samuel, Linkon, Lulu (my friend Jenny's little girl), Matthew, Jaxon, Stratton, and Jude. They had so much fun and got so dirty at the campground! At one point I overheard the boys talking about taking Lulu on a date. She was a huge hit with all those boys!
Tyler and Jaxon tubing. Nate, Emily, Matt, Amy and all their boys came up for a couple days and we went boating and tubing a ton!
Me and my friend Jenny tubing. This was my first time in probably 10 years and I was a little scared but we had so much fun! And we never fell off! Our ride consisted of a lot of these jumps. It was really windy that day and the wind would pick up the tube and it would act like a sail. But with Nate's mad driving skills and me and Jen's mad hanging on skills we stayed on!
I wish I had more pictures but I'm awful at remembering to take pictures. I will try to do better!
