Jude Stephen (3 1/2 months)

Here are some new pictures of my handsome "little man". Can you tell I'm in love?

My "Baby" Lost His First Tooth

I can't believe it's already time for Josh to loose his baby teeth. It seems like just the other day I was writing in his baby book when he got his first tooth.

Joshua's First Day of School

Joshua started first grade today. I am doing Abeka DVDs with him. Our first day went pretty smoothly, besides the fact that I was exhausted from staying up previous nights in preparation. This quarter the theme is the zoo, so I made some animals to hang on the wall. I even found a desk tag online with a lion on it(I think I was more excited about that than he was). Next year I think I will start him a week after our academy, that way Dan and I won't be stressing on the same weekend to get things done:)

Our Family Vacation

We had a great family vacation. My uncle let us stay at his cabin in Priest River. You know how sometimes at the end of your vacation you're just ready to go home...well this was not that kind of vacation! It was so relaxing and beautiful there. It reminded me of the verse- Be still and know that I am God.
We roasted marshmallows one night and made smores for the kids. Kayla was totally disgusted with getting the marshmallow on her hands, so she finally got a wet wipe and would clean the marshmallow off before her next bite. She even cleaned the marshmallow off her graham cracker with the wet wipe. Occasionally, the girl in her shines through!

Here are some pictures of Dan chopping down an 80 foot tree with an ax. My uncle told him if he was bored he could cut down one of his dead trees. Unfortunately, this was one of his neighbors dead trees...details:)

We tried to do something fun with the kids every day on our vacation. We took walks, went huckleberry picking, Dan took them fishing, we went to a place called "The mud hole" to go swimming, drove around on the 4-wheelers etc. Anyway, we did have lots of fun. Of course, if it was just Dan and me, we would have been content sitting on the porch swing half the day-but you know kids, they get "bored".

The Many Faces of Jude

Men and Boys Campout

We have had a busy last couple of weeks, but I am going to try to get caught up on all of my pictures. Dan took Joshua to the men and boys camp out with our church. They had a great time. Dan said Josh's favorite part was probably throwing rocks in the river. When I asked Josh if that was true he said, "Ya, but my other best thing was eating pop tarts for breakfast." I didn't make the menu and I didn't ask:)