Happy Birthday to Mike

The boys went to a YMCA day camp where they played football in the morning and swam in the afternoon.  I picked them up at lunch one day, and caught the end of a scrimmage.  Josh threw a touchdown!

Happy Birthday to Mike!  We went to dinner at Sidewinders and took a lovely Jeep ride to get there.  

Luke loved riding in the front seat, and Mike loved riding in the back! 

Friday night was the fair, and we had a great time.  We ran into Spencer, riding with Josh, and met Kyler for some rides too.  I am glad they like the Spider.  I loved it when I was their age.  

Kyler's pig was too small to auction off, so Barnard agreed to buy it from him privately.  We had to go visit the swine, and Kyler got down and petted it.  How sweet!?

Ashytn's pig did great, and she got a purple ribbon!  Bernard bought her pig too, so we had to capture a picture of  the buyer and the seller. :) 

This is the handshake after a few hours of negotiating the price.  Kyler did a great job negotiating against Mike. 

We had a great time at the fair, the boys rode a zillion rides and had a great time!

Saturday we headed to Holter Lake to meet the grandparents and most of the Fontanas.  We set up our camp quickly and went straight to the bar for lunch. 

The view from the deck at Indian Trails, our favorite little lake bar. 

After lunch we did some tubing waiting for the wind to die down.  This is Luke with Cassie and Sierra. 

This is Bonnie, Luke, and Cassie.  Bonnie said that Luke didn't stop talking the whole time, and Luke said Bonnie didn't stop laughing the whole time. 

 Boating wore Sammy out.  She gets so nervous when her people are out of the boat, it must stress her out 

Josh did some surfing for us.  He's so fun to watch!

Luke surfed for a long time too.  He did great, he's learning so quickly! 

I love windblown hair! 

The boys eagerly read the signs at our campground, and it made me realize how little they've read this summer.  This is their #summerreading in a nutshell. ha ha

Learning and camping, what's better? 

Luke built this fire by himself!  Daddy helped/watched, but it was all Luke and it was a great fire!

Josh loves this hammock! It's very comfortable, we all tried it!

Sunday morning coffee by the fire is Mike's favorite. 

Josh is super handy around the camp, he made us hot water for coffee (and tea) and oatmeal! 

Love this boy

We have so much to talk about! 

Luke's  good little boat driver. I love two watch him grow confidence!

Our little surfer dude. 

Sunday wake boarding. 

 Josh is getting good at wake boarding, jumping and having fun back there.

This is the first time Luke has wakeboarded since he chipped his tooth two weekends ago. We're proud of him for getting back on the board and for having fun! 

Josh even skied, making another trifecta water sports weekend for him.  

Luke surfed and had fun.  He did a transfer from the left side of the wake to the right using a rope this weekend.  It was fun to watch him keep trying until he got it! 

Just as we were leaving we saw people jumping off this cliff.  Josh asked if he could do it, and we said yes but no one was going to go with him.  He swam in from the boat, and just walked up and jumped off.  He was so brave!  We think this is the biggest cliff he's done.