Starved Rock

Jeremiah and I are down at Starved Rock for our first ever weekend away. We're really enjoying ourselves. Here's some pics from our hike today.

The boys meet cousin Ian.

Baby Ian has grown so much since I was here in March. He is such a good baby and I was excited for the boys(and Uncle Jer) to get to meet their new cousin.

Arkansas

This past weekend, we were in Arkansas to visit family and attend the wedding of Jeremiah's cousin Emily. We had a great time catching up with everyone and stayed at a rental house that while very secluded was great for all of the kids(and grown ups) to hang out together in.

Getting ready for the wedding.

The Bride's Parents, Greg and Diane.

Playing in Cari's garage.

The rental house.

The boys were catching salamanders at the rental house, they were sooooo cute.

This cracked me up.

Denver Area Scout Show

Last Saturday we went down to the Scout Show. There were soooo many people there, it was a little overwhelming, but the boys had a good time exploring the booths. Each Boy Scout pack in the Denver area had a booth with an activity, and Isaac helped at his pack's booth.

Digging for rocks.

Isaac at his booth doing his job of assisting kids with tying different kinds of knots.

Spencer learning about CPR.

One pack was teaching kids how to build lean-to shelters and after the lesson, the kids got cotton candy. It was a popular booth.

This was a booth that had air powered(bicycle pumps) rockets(empty water bottles). They were a lot of fun.

Ever since we had our addition put on, the boys have especially loved skid loaders and they got to sit in one while we were there. The poor guy who was supervising the machinery had to listen to every single kid try out the horn on that thing.

Notice the cowboys peeking in the back window? It was a mural on the wall, but the placement cracks me up.