Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Father's Day 2015

For Father's Day we got Andy a coupon for a fire pit and let him do his own shopping.
 He did a pretty good job!

Eliza and Daniel helping Dad brake in the new fire pit by roasting marshmallows.


Nathan manned the table with all the s'more supplies.

Happy Father's Day Dad!

Roastin' marshmallows.

Josh slept through the whole thing.

Eliza was so disappointed when her marshmallow caught on fire.

Dad showed her where to hold the sticks to avoid burning her next one.

Nathan trying his hand at roasting marshmallows.
We enjoyed a relaxing evening with s'mores.  Next time we will have to do hot dogs!
Happy Father's Day to the best dad ever!


Feeding Frenzy

We finally got more bird seed after weeks of being out.  Once we filled the feeder there was a feeding frenzy!  It was fun to watch and I got some great pictures in just a few minutes!

We had a lot of birds that showed up.
I love the when the cardinals come!



The house finches are always around...

The Red Winged Black bird is also a favorite.

They blue jays were pretty aggressive at the feeder.

This is the Red-bellied Woodpecker



The Blue Jay coming back...





A purple finch.
The lighting isn't the best.

Red Winged Black Bird...


Another cardinal



The Cardinal at the feeder with a house finch.


This is the first time I have seen this one at the feeder.
It is a Red-headed Woodpecker.



I think I inherited Grandma Marvin's love of birds.  I understand why she loved to sit and watch the birds at her feeder.  It is so fun to see all the variety of birds that come.  

If you have a baby they will come...

June 14, 2015
Aunt Janna, Aunt Bethany, Grandma K, Abby, Sarah-Jane, and Ammon came to join the party at our house.  It was so fun to see everyone.  They got in kind of late, so we headed to bed pretty quickly.
Monday morning we started partying!

Hanging out, visiting in the front room.  It was a party on the couch!

Bradley, Janna, Beth, SJ, Abby, Mia, Nathan and Colton

Aunt Janna made this barn for Eliza's little horses and riders.
It is super cute and fun!

Joshua saying "Hi" first thing in the morning.

Grandma snuggling Josh
She had to be careful because there was a gun man in the house!

She trying the "please don't shoot me" approach.

The gunman is trying to decide, "to shoot or not to shoot?"

This is too hard a decision to make when your Grandma is involved!


Monday afternoon Grandma and I took the kids down to the pool.
Daniel and Abby

Nathan got up from his nap just in time to join the kids.

Sarah Jane was cautious at first.

She's not sure she wants to get in right here. 

After she found the steps she was off!

Nathan loved running back and forth from the splash pad to the pool.
The pool is where all the action was though. :)

The boys were letting Nathan "push" them in.  He thought it was great!

Abby, Daniel and Nathan

Bradley trying a front flip into the pool!

Daniel trying for a big splash!

Nathan jumping in.

Abby

Nathan

Eliza, Abby and Daniel

Sarah Jane just swam around the pool.  It was really cute.



Eliza jumping in the shallow end.
She doesn't swim yet.  We are going to work on swim lessons. :0)

Daniel walking backwards to "jump" in backwards.

Here he goes...watch out Sarah Jane!
It was close, but he missed her.
Bradley wasn't so lucky.  Abby jumped in right on top of him.  He didn't get hurt and Abby thought it was hilarious!

Sarah Jane and Ammon loved holding Eliza's little piggies.
They both think they should have one.

Thanks for coming to play with us!

Aunt Malea and Uncle Colton headed home the morning of the 16th.
We had so much fun with them.  Thanks for coming!

Malea, Bethany, Grandma, Janna, Karrie & Josh
(Ammon was trying to sneak in there.)

Grandma K and Josh 


Aunt Janna, Aunt Beth, and Grandma and the gang headed home on the 17th.  It was so fun to have so many of us together for a while.  We missed those that weren't here, but thoroughly enjoyed the ones that made it! 

Grandma documented Eliza's long hair.  When it is wet she can literally sit on it!
It is super thick and long.  Thanks for documenting Grandma!