Showing posts with label swimming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label swimming. Show all posts

Thursday, August 25, 2016

Iowa Trip Part 2...camping!

Yep that's right...we went camping!!  Like tent camping.  For reals.  Crazy right?!  I am not that experienced with camping, but I was so excited to do it with the kids.  Plus my whole family was there...aunts, uncles, cousins, their kids.  Quality time with my fam...it was wonderful in so many ways!  I didn't count how many people were there, but I'm guessing around 20 adults and 20 kids.  A lot.  It was perfect and I enjoyed every sweaty second!


Our home for two days and one very hot night.  Ash did not just take a shower.  He was soaking wet (we all were) from sweat because it was like 95 degrees with 88% humidity.  I'm serious.  Smoking hot!  

I scored some glow sticks on clearance at Target which made for a lot of fun for the kids...and adults lol.  

So I joked before we got to the campsite about how we would all sleep in our undies.  And then it happened ha!  It was hot guys.  Thank goodness my mom was smart and packed an oscillating fan.  Not sure we would've made it without it.  It wasn't the best sleep of my life, but the kids slept like babies.  And waking up to the birds chirping and light rain was pretty amazing.  

Cutest thing ever!
He slept till almost 9am!  


Breakfast with the whole fam...awesome!  I think we went through 2 bags of oranges, 4 pounds of bacon, 48 sausage links, 3 dozen eggs, 2 loaves of bread and a bunch of yummy donuts.  It was delish!  I've been making 'camping eggs' almost every day since...love them.  

This tractor slide was a big hit for all the littles.  

He was a dirty mess pretty much the entire time.  But that's how it's supposed to be right?!

The boys met some friends.
They got along so well.
So much so that Vann and
Bode are now pen pals!
This was the huge hill that
led us to the lake.  Going down
was a breeze.  Coming back
up was another story lol.  


Family fishing!

Belle showing the boys a fish they caught.

It was gorgeous out this day.  It rained a little in the morning and then was perfect!  

Belle helping Ash fish. 
So cute!


He caught his first fish!!  

He was so proud.  


Then she helped
Vann fish.
She is the sweetest
thing ever!




And he caught a fish too!!

Love!

Swimming fun!  Yeah I did not get in the lake.  But the kids did and loved it!



Covered in sand :)



Sitting in their hole.

Mud...yes!

I mean why not right?!


One last pic with Grandma before we headed back home. 

It was such a great time!  The boys had a blast with all of my cousin's kids.  I loved spending time with my family.  It was much needed and made my heart so so happy.  On our drive home all I could think about was how we should buy a camper.  Because I gotta tell ya...camping is fun!  

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Hangman & Hearts

Letter H is in the books!  We played Hangman, an oldie but goodie that the boys love.  Practiced our handwriting.  Chaycers is printing, Vann is working on his cursive and little Ash is doing mostly capital letters.  We learned about horses.  Did you know that a female foal is called a filly?  I'm not sure how, but I didn't know that!  We made homemade salsa.  Ash helped me cut some cilantro from our garden.  Fresh herbs are my fav.  We chatted about our hearts in our bodies.  We felt them beating and talked a little about how they work.  Then I showed them the easy way to cut a heart out of paper.  Ash was amazed!

Chaycers and I playing
Hangman
We have this cool
Hangman game


It's great for car rides too.

He was so cute cutting out his hearts.

He folded the paper in half.
I drew the line for him and
then he cut it out.


Chaycers got in on the action too.

I love when he concentrates.

They wanted to glue them
on another piece of paper.
He loved his hearts!


Peek-a-boo!



Look Mom!

Right here is perfect.


We hit the pool after work again.  I packed up a quick dinner (ham and cheese tortilla roll ups, blueberries, peaches and baby tomatoes...easy peasy) and off we went!  I'm in love with our pool pass.  It will get a ton of use this summer for sure!  

The boys playing catch.

Ash would throw the ball...

And the older two would try to get it first.


These two also rode on all the slides, went around the lazy river, played with a few friends they knew.  Lots of fun!

My Sweets and I...I heart that cute face :)
He was all about me throwing the diving sticks and him retrieving them.  We did this over and over again!