Cousins, Camping, and Fun!

Cody, Ty, and Bryson (Cody is rocking out on his guitar)
Brock having fun jumping off the tube.
Nice hair!

Long lost brothers!
Brynlee's Miss America pose
Bryson and Cody had a lot of fun tubing.

Brynlee and Mommy on the boat.

We had a great time on our camp out this weekend. We went with Tim's cousin and her family. The boys were so excited to see one another again. You would have thought we won the lottery with how excited they were to spend time together. We had a little trouble getting there but better late than never right! It was just fun and relaxing for the whole 24 hours we were there. We definitely need to do this more often but maybe for at least two days. We had a nice time around the campfire last night and then on the boat today. Just a few pictures from our fun weekend. As we said all day F stands for Family Fun right Mark!!!

Our Hero Firefighter Dave

Firefighter Dave is in the front of the hose.
This is how the house looked when we got there.
Tim said it only took about 15 minutes to be completely in flames. Kind of scary to think it can go that fast considering the house was completely empty.
This was about 5 minutes later. The roof fell in when I took this shot.

Not much left after 10 minutes.
Look at the Chimney standing in the middle of the house still.

Trying to push the last side in. Way to go Firefighter Dave!!!

A local family moved and asked the local fire departments to burn the house down. I took the boys up after Tim aka Dave called and said they were getting close. When Bryson and Brock were little they had a favorite video called There Goes a Fire Truck and the star was Fireman Dave. So ever since Tim joined the fire department we have called him Fireman Dave and given him a hard time! Our favorite saying is Fireman Dave to the Rescue!!!!!!! We took a few pictures and some video of the days events.

The fire was so hot you could feel the heat down the road. You could feel it through the window as you drove by.

1st Day Back To School

I know this is going to shock you but we were running late so only one picture from the mornings events! The kids were thrilled I was running late and no more pictures!!

We had or first day of school on Friday. The boys had a pretty good morning. Bryson loves Junior High and he only had trouble with his locker 1 time. He was so nervous about the whole locker combination thing. I promised I would not write about how he led half of his class to the wrong class!! Good thing someone figured it out! All in all he had a great first day. Brock loves his teacher he is now in 3rd Grade I can not believe it. A lot of his good friends are in his class so he was very excited. A little upset that all the supplies I wrote his name on goes into a bin and they all share. SHARE who the heck does that!?! I asked him if it really mattered he said no but he just wanted the stuff I bought for him. I would like to think it was because his wonderful mom bought it for him but I think it is just because he is stubborn! Did I mention WE HAVE AIR CONDITIONING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is the first year with air and it is a good thing! We are going camping this weekend for our official ending of summer break. After this weekend back to the real world.............YUK!

Hot off the Press

We went to town today and on the way I thought I would call and see if we could get some pictures taken. I tried Portrait Innovations...............they were GREAT! I have never used them before and they did a fabulous job. Well I think they did what do you think! She was in such a good mood we had a hard time picking out the pictures. She is such a ham! Here are a few for you to take a peak at! I am a little late for 9 mos. but 10 3/4 mos. is better than none at all!!

Guess Who's on the Move!?!?!?!?!

Brynlee is slowly beginning to walk to things. The problem is when she starts moving she begins to run, then loses her balance. We are going to have our hands full!

Fun at the Lake!

Bryson tubing.
What a cute boater girl!
Hanging out on the boat.

Floating in "e-coli cove"
ssssooooooo BIG!
Eating at Captain Ron's or as Jack called it Captain Morgan's!
We had some very sleepy kids on the way home!

We had a great weekend at the Ozarks! The kids enjoyed tubing, swimming, floating, and trying to ski. Bryson almost got up on skis, he was so close! They had a great time playing with cousins and family. The condo is beautiful a big thank you to my aunt and uncle for letting us stay there with everyone. I posted pictures from the weekend. We can't wait until next summer to go down again! Have a great week.

Greatest Kids

Enjoying some "pasketti"
She loves her brothers! I think they like her too!

I have the best kids ever. I was a slick one today and fell and bruised my leg pretty good. Long story and a long fall. Anyways Bryson immediately took Brynlee and got her dressed and ready for grandma's by packing the diaper bag. We left to go to the doctor and he walked to grandma's with her. Brock called after he got out of VBS and was very concerned. They are the greatest kids ever! Brynlee started crying as soon as I did. She didn't know what to think. Tim said it was really cute she kept looking at me and then looking at him like "is this ok that she is crying dad?" Long story short I am gonna be black and blue and my kids are the best! Have a great week all!

Pool Fun

We are slowly melting away our summer days. School starts in a few weeks and none of us are ready. Getting up and out the door by 7:15 is going hurt! My wonderful children have started sleeping in with me until 8:45 or 9:00 (God bless them)! We are going to having fun these last few weeks. We have spent many days at grandma's pool. Brynlee loves the water she thinks it is a huge bath tub! I think we are going to have another fish on our hands. We will be enjoy these last few days of freedom, before we are back into the school routine.

4-H Fair

Notice the green shirt in 1st place?!

Bryson did a great job showing at the fair. He had a great time. They showed on Monday and his pigs did good. It is always hard to beat the big dogs. We came home with one first place and a few seconds and thirds and then a fourth place. We were very excited!! Yesterday was a fun day and they sat around and played poker all day. If you see him ask him about the girl in the green shirt, and watch his face!!! He is so funny! Our county has a great group of kids and they will have a lot of fun memories when they get older. Next up the state fair and we now know what we need to work on! We are looking forward to next week. Enjoy the pictures they are all of him showing and getting ready. The video is him showing for his first pig of the day. A special thanks to PaPa and Tri-County Tractor & Mower for buying Bryson's sale pig!

Getting ready for the fair!

Cousins

At least it's not all work! Gotta love a boy in rubber boots.
I totally wish I could tell you what this was but I really have no clue. Good thing Bryson knows what he is doing! Looks good to me though!!!
The two BJ's working with the piggies.
Talk about a very proud dad/uncle.

Fair time is here. The county fair is next week and the state fair the following week. This is the highlight of Bryson's summer! He loves 4-H and showing hogs! He and his cousin get to show again this year. The boys were out walking and working with the pigs tonight. I thought I would take a few pictures for a sneak peak of the goods! I will keep you posted with show results next week. Bryson shows on Monday. I love this time of year!!