Here's a picture of Ryley in her beautiful Ballet outfit before her ballet performance in the spring.
We made some fun crafts this summer. One of our favorite was the flying tissue-paper fish.
I had a birthday and now I'm older, Yeah!! I got to pick my own bouquet of flowers at a pick-your-own farm. We found some pretty exotic looking ones. Ammon made me my brownie birthday cake.
The slip-n-slide at Grandma and Grandpa Jensen's house in WV!
Kayaking in WV
Jensen turned 4 years old! He wanted a Chick Hicks birthday cake. I don't know why he likes the bad guy in the Cars movie? We had a fun pool party with some of his little buddies.
This is at the Inner Harbor area in downtown Baltimore. The fountains are so much fun!
We took a day trip to Ocean City. We love the beach!
Jensen's favorite thing these days is swinging on a rope swing! We seem to keep finding them on our adventures too! How convenient. This one is on a little sandy beach on Cheat Lake. My mom and dad took us out on their boat to waterski and then we had a little cookout on the shore.
Goofy Grandparents!
We did a lot of fruit picking again this year. Yummy peaches! We also got cherries, blueberries, raspberries, plums and we can't wait until the apples are ready.
We did a lot of hiking and fishing. We decided to invest in some trail maps and we've found lots of new places to explore.
We even caught a couple of fish worth keeping and eating! Yummy.
Some of our fishing places we rode our bikes to.
We even found a little waterfall.
We caught lots of other wildlife too, including frogs and crawfish.
Of course Ryley had to check and make sure it wasn't a prince.
Ryley wanted Evelyn to kiss it too. Evelyn willingly complied.
This little girl loves to get dirty.
The only downside to all the hiking has been the bee stings. The bees seem to be attracted to Jensen and he's gotten 5 so far this summer. I don't know why they like him. No one else has gotten stung. Luckily he's not allergic!
Evelyn meets a crawfish. So excited!
The pool has been the main attraction since it's been a hot summer. Ryley and Jensen can swim like little fishies and even Evelyn loves to kick her legs like crazy.
We still haven't ventured to try catching our own crabs yet, but we found some at a roadside stand. They were tasty!
We also had an earthquake this past week that was pretty exciting. We're on the second floor of our building so we were swaying a little bit when it happened. The kids were kind of scared, but thankfully everything was ok.
6 comments:
Looks so fun! Your kids are adorable. Maybe one of these years we will get out that way to visit.
WOW!! The kids are sure growing up!! Loved catching up on your summer with all the photos. So glad you were OK with the earthquake. I'm sure it was scary!!
Hurray for an update! What a blast you guys had. Little Evelyn has grown so much since last we saw her.
Wow! It looks like there are so many fun things to do out there! I want to come visit so bad!
PS. You have such a cute family! I wish we were closer and could hang out together all the time- miss you!
Wow I can't believe how old your kids look. I didn't realize that Jensen was so close in age to Maddie. Looks like you had tons of fun. That slippery slide looks AWESOME!!
Looks like so much fun!! Wish we could be there with you!
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