Family fun at Beba and Popie's

I know it has been too long since I have posted, but it has been busy busy busy here! Last week we spent the week at Beba and Popie's with the whole family (only Uncle Kevin was missing). It was lots of fun! Here is the week in pictures (they are not in chronological order).

Building a Fort

Working hard...

Boys!

The 4th of July Celebration -

The King of the Fireworks and his adoring and excited wife!

The kids were so excited!

Sparklers help the wait go faster.

It's finally time and it was worth the wait! Thank you Uncle Eric and the worker bees too!

A Luau by Aunt Tamara is next!

Centerpieces made by the kids (they are palm trees).

Hula dancing

Sam in his Lei.

Shea likes his Lei!

The cousins gift exchange.

Aunt Tamara's scavenger hunt.

Hailey and Brady
Water Day!

One of the more interesting spectators.

A big water balloon and a naughty boy!

The babies have fun too.

A wheelbarrow full of water balloons!

Waterballoon toss that quickly becomes a waterballoon fight!

Some are getting very tired from too much fun!

A Birthday party for the 1 year olds!

Sam and Shea

Shea likes the ice cream cake!

Sam's not so sure about all the people staring at him or his cake!

It's my party and I'll cry if I want to.

Better now!

Spoons taste much better than ice cream.

Linc joins Shea in shovelling it in!

Kayaking with Uncle Brandon

Silly Shea

I love to eat!

How to survive 3 babies, 6 kids

Getting messy is fun!

Sad, but cute

The boys roasting marshmallows.

Jazzy works hard for her golden brown marshmallow.

Marshmallow lips!

Hailey loves smores!

Jetski rides

And for those who were there...like father like son!

Oh the messes at our house!

Mr. Independent won't let anyone feed him so the messes at meal time are big and getting bigger! At least he is enjoying himself...

Just practicing on my most cooperative subject!

I am learning a lot about photography right now since I got am amazing book! I wanted to practice some of my new skills and of course Caden was happy to help out. He loves having his picture taken! Brady kept yelling I don't want you to take my picture even though I was no where near him and Lincoln just doesn't sit still so I decided that I'd just do Caden. I'll get the other ones soon! I love this picture of Caden.

High Tops

How cute are these?!

Summer is here!

It is Memorial Day weekend and we have had so much fun! We started with no plans, but haven't stopped for a second. Friday night the kids had friends over and then we went to an outside movie night at a neighbors complete with a HUGE outside movie screen, popcorn, candy, nachos and lots of fun. Saturday morning the big boys went skateboarding with the neighborhood crew and then we picked them up and headed to the zoo with some college friends and their kids. After naps the zoo friends came over for pizza, a bonfire and marshmallows (see pics of that here http://www.erinkphotography.com/apps/blog/entries/show/1054172-summer-fun ) and then we spend the day today outside...watermelon, 4 wheelers, sprinklers, all the summer fun we have missed so much!

Lincoln just wants to be a big boy and ride the big 4 wheeler!

Lincoln's first watermelon of the season

Brady found the sprinkler in the shed and was so excited to get it out!

Mosquito bite on his head, watermelon on his face & tears in his eyes because he can't find his swimsuit - now that's what I call summer

Got the swimsuit!

Check out those ribs!

My life in pictures

3 boys who mostly hang on me, but also occassionally...

eat rocks,

be silly,

be sweet (once in awhile),

hang from trees,

pose for the camera (Caden loves it, Brady and Lincoln on the other hand do NOT),

lay in the grass,

play with mom,

cry (alot these days, with a runny nose and drool ALWAYS),

and run from the others (which I tend to do as well)!