I know I am way behind on keeping you involved in our lives, so I will now post about another highlight of our summer. . . . Clay and Aria's wedding.
It was truly beautiful, and we are so happy that Clay found such a darling girl to marry him. The kids were so excited to be at the wedding and the reception was a hit with the paddle boats.
What a great end to a great summer!
We spent an idyllic week with all the Rampton clan on the Oregon coast. We rented a huge house on the beach and were able to spend the entire week with the ones we love the most. We had a great time crabbing, (we actually caught and ate some) kite flying, eating, judging the annual ugly picture contest (www.uglypicturecontest.blogspot.com), eating, hiking, doing puzzles (Jason), hottubbing (Carter and Aidan), eating, ultimate frisbee, going to a cheese factory, and eating all the while. Here are some of our finest moments. Thanks for a great week gang!
I have found that it is impossible to get 3 children to look at the camera at the same time and have them smile! If I were very adept at photoshop I could make it work, but that is one thing I can't manage to fit into my day.
The boys are loving the warmer weather, and they love to be out while I work in the garden. However, Aidan has decided he is deathly afraid of bees. He make me douse him in "bug spray" before he will go outside. (Plain old water in an old bug repellent bottle works wonders.) Even then, he scream a bloodcurdling scream anytime he sees anything that might be a bee. Sometimes it turns out to be a fly, a flower petal, water, or my favorite ... invisible bees. We're trying to rid him of the paranoia, but hey, some people are still afraid of crickets at the ripe old age of 56!
Carter loves to climb the crabapple tree in our front yard. He been scrambling into the tree since the summer he was 2 years old.
Although it doesn't give him any pause at all anymore, you still find him sitting and hanging out it his favorite tree.
The absolute best thing about spring is the beginning of gardening season! As soon as I see little buds and small green stalks pushing their way out of the ground, my hands start itching to get out and work in the garden.
These are pictures Jason took of some of the prettiest parts of our garden. I have already started digging out more grass for a new garden in the back. Soon the kids won't have any more grass on which to play.
Aidan cannot keep himself out of the water. It is like a magnetic attraction. If there is water around, he comes running. If he hears the bath water running for any reason, he runs into the bathroom with half of his clothes already off.
The other day, Jason was working in the yard and decided to let Aidan water the lettuce we just planted. Within a few minutes Aidan had filled a small hole with water and was covered from head to toe in mud. He was entertained for well over an hour and all smiles when he had to have a bath to clean himself up. He loved wallowing in the mud.
