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| We went to Gabe's lucky fishing hole on Sunday night. It was a gorgeous night. |
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| Ady was talking to herself, moving her arm around telling part of her story... |
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| Just as we were heading home, Ady's pole caught a fish. Look at that smile!! |
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| Everyone wanted to hold it...Gabe was thrilled that his fishing hole didn't disappointed us. |
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| Since we had the boat from 7 AM until 1 PM, we did a crappy job with sunscreen on our kids. Poor Joshy had a lot of sun and a lot of bug bites. But he was happy enough to give me his "photo" smile while he was whittling his marshmallow stick. |
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| Luke was SO proud of his marshmallow roasting stick. |
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| Josh called in the big guns (dad) to help him get the marshmallow stick just perfect. |
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| Luke was so happy to roast his own marshmallows on his own stick... |
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| Every year for the last 3 years we've had a picture of these two camping...this year their smiles are bigger than usual....could have something to do with what's in that cup and what's in Luke's hand. :) |
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| The kids loved tubing. We had two different groups -- the daredevils and the ones who didn't want any bumps. These pictures aren't great, but they show some of the big huge smiles that we got to see on our favorite kids' faces. |
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| Tom and Mike rode together and Mike got cocky and tried to do a little position changing...it didn't last long before he turned around feet first. |
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| Kevin and Derek were trying to knock each other off the tube...Derek won. |
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| What a gorgeous lake to spend Labor Day weekend enjoying. We rented a pontoon boat for 1/2 a day Saturday, and we had a grand ol' time with it. |
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| That's Captain Gabe to you, ma'am. |
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| Luke got cuddled up nicely by Lisa. |
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| These kids make me happy -- look at that bum line up. :) |
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| Connor and Ty agreed that the boat was a darn good time. |
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| My boys. Oh how I love these boys. |
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| What would a family picture be without a Silly Pose shot. I like that Josh's silly face is a LOT like his regular "Please don't take a picture" face. |
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| He has such a nice smile, too. |
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| Momma and her boys |
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| The prerequisite first day of school in front of our tree picture. |
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| Little extra swag with the backpack over his shoulder. |
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| I think the backpack deserved a close up. Josh loves this backpack. |
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| We did this pose when he walked to the bus for Kindergarten, and I like it now to measure how tall he's getting. He clearly thinks I'm a dork. |
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| Last but not least, our sweet Lukey is a Little Falcon now. The daycare he goes to has a preK room and he's all about it. I love this crazy smiling, hulk shirt with twisty shorts wearing dude. |
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| Last year I saw a pin on Pinterest about making a tinfoil river and sending plastic boats down it. How fun is that? I thought I'd for sure do this with the boys and we'd be just the happiest family ever. Well, one summer passed us by without me even looking up. Now 2013 is closing, today was our last day of summer, and by God we built the tinfoil river. First, it was super windy. Second, we have a relatively flat back yard. Third, we don't have any plastic boats. But dammit we had a tinfoil path and we filled it with water, and we sent some leaves down it. And it was fun. You hear me, it was fun! |
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| Daddy was teaching Luke how to throw a mean spiral. |
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| Luke was a quick study. |
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| I'm not sure who was teaching whom. I wonder if Mike would make that face if he didn't have a drink in his hand... |
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| And last but not least, my dear friend Keely hugging her sweet Adyson. Kinda random, but I didn't take that many pictures... |
