Anniversary Bash

A rare family photo of the 8 of us. I hope that Josh and Luke look back at this rare opportunity and feel bad for making bratty faces. 

Luke and Grampa Wright are tight buddies. 

Mom's best friend made this sign.  Sentimental things are really important to mom and dad after their house exploded. 

A bunch of old people. My aunt Rosie, uncle Mike and aunt Andi, and mom and dad. 

My mom and her best friends, Barb and Lynn

And a pictuer of old pictures.  My cousin (or something) Kevin brought these photos and they mean teh world to my parents.  

Whitefish Lake

The boys loved being able to walk out forever in this lake.  Luke LOVED walking to where his neck was wet.  I wonder what he was thinking when he was making this face. 

Doesn't he look proud? 

Josh quickly put Luke to work...building mud reservoirs and filling buckets and working working working. Can you see how delighted Luke is?

This is the NO PICTURES face. 

Not sure what he's looking at...but a cute picture nonetheless.

Add caLUke was rocking his size 3T shirt...we had to put sunscreen on his flanks. 

Fishing with Grampa

Two fishermen, just standing on a rock...

This was the only fish of the day or the evening fishing excursions.  Grampa has the touch.

Josh just loves to fish.

Indiana Jones Moment

Josh found a snake while we were wading in the river after Crystal Cave.  Boys boys boys

Gabe loved the snakes.  I swear he wanted  to snuggle with this guy.

We found a lot of snakes, and they kept running back to this den.  I think Gabe was searching for more...

Even Ty liked the snakes.  Brave young boy

Luke did not like the snakes so he hung out with me. 

Cave Dwellers

We camped at Red Cliffs Campground (south of Big Sky) with the Ryles and the Tisdels this weekend.  We heard about a great cave that had crystals in it and so we set off exploring.  The hike was an adventure in and of itself!

Once we got there, we realized it was worth the walk!

They searched for crystals everywhere.

There were two ways to get to the cave, and the kids could only do one.  This is Josh on his way out.  Happy kiddo.

They found this little honey hole with several crystals in it. 

Look at that smile -- he has no idea he's in a dirty, semi-dangerous cave. 

This is one of the specimens that we took home.

I was so impressed that Mike made it up there. He does not like heights, but he likes fun. 

He's growing up

Josh outgrew his dinosaur bedroom, so we redecorated it this weekend. He basically chose everything in here, and I just "steered" him toward cool stuff. :) 

In their natural states

Champ loves being in the backyard.  She is quite a hunter.  She loves my dogwood bushes.

We set up a slack line in our back yard.  Josh was super serious about it, and got pretty good at it.  We had to take it down because we were pulling over our fence posts. :) 

Luke preferred hurdles for his outdoor obstacle.