Powder Mountain Hike

 We went on a hike up Powder Mountain.  The leaves were changing colors and gorgeous!

 Again, this was during nap time, so during the first part of the hike Alex slept on my shoulder.

 Grandpa E, Alex, Grandma Sue, DJ, and Carson by the sign of Lightning Ridge.

 We stopped to take a family photo during the hike.

 

The boys got tired and DJ loved riding on Daddy's shoulders.

 Alex took a turn on Daddy's shoulders too.

 For being 2 years old DJ hiked quite a bit of the way on his own.

 At the top we found a shack.

 Another family picture at the top of the mountain.  Grandpa E and us were the only ones to make it the whole way.

 DJ and Grandpa E at the top of Lightning Ridge.

We had fun hiking and it was so great seeing all of the beautiful leaves changing color!

Fun in the Yard

 DJ has been working on potty training lately so we have had a lot of days playing at home. 

Alex showing off his basketball skills.

 DJ playing hoops.

Playing in the soccer goal.

  

DJ has decided that he doesn't slide anymore.  He LOVES to jump off the slide instead.  I love all of the funny faces he made with each jump!

 I sure do love my boys!

Camping with Friends

We went camping this past weekend with some friends. We had a lot of fun! We are so glad they invited us.

Alex enjoyed shooting Daddy with a water gun.

We played with water guns,

with cars,with dinosaurs,

in the dirt, and even princesses.

We took some four-wheeler rides.We had a lot of fun together!

Alex enjoyed climbing on rocks,making silly faces,

and hanging out with Mommy.

We had such a great and relaxing time up camping! It was so beautiful up at their property, the leave were changing colors. This is such a fun time of the year. We are so grateful for such wonderful friends!

Murray Park and Lunch

The boys and I decided to go play at Murray park today. It is such a fun park with things just for the little ones. There are little things that look like cups. You sit in them and spin. I put the boys in together, they didn't last long!

DJ loves climbing on things and there were 2 climbing walls, so he was in heaven.

Alex's favorite thing was the swing.

After the boys were done with the park we walked into the garden area. We found some stairs to play on.They have almost all of the trees named and DJ would run from plaque to plaque to plaque asking what type tree it was. The boys also found a fun hill they enjoyed running down.

We saw a group of ducks. Too bad we didn't have anything to feed them.

After we went over to Daddy's work and picked him up. He needed to go to the store so we took him and had lunch together.

What a fun day!

A Day of Fun in the Sun

For the holiday weekend we decided to take our canoe out for a ride in the lake. We hadn't taken it out since DJ was a baby. We were a little concerned on how two 2 year-olds would do in a canoe, but we willing and ready for the challenge. We decided to go to Pineview to
scope it out for later in the month.

We set up our stuff and got in our life jackets and headed out on the water.

We rowed to buoys so the boys could touch them with the paddles.

DJ rowing with DaddyOur family in the canoe. The boys did really good sitting still. We didn't even come close to tipping over.

When we got back to the beach we jumped in the water to play. I swear DJ is part fish! He swims all by himself and could stay in the lake all day!

We ventured back up on the beach to play in the sand. Alex stole Daddy's hat.Alex loved playing in the sand. He even got Daddy, by pouring sand on his legs while he was taking a nap.

DJ enjoys trying to build castles in the sand. He would scoop up all of the sand and then create a castle just to knock it down. Yes, he's all boy!We brought some toys to play with and of course the boys had to get some ball in!

I love this picture of DJ just watching the water.We had an incredible day making memories!

DJ's Favorite Game

Mountain Memories

Our sister, Hil planned a dinner in the mountains for Sunday. We love spending time in our beautiful mountains! We headed up early so we could have plenty of time to play with our family. It is gorgeous up there and the leaves are starting to change colors.

We played down by the river.We played up in the mountains.

We loved spending time with family.Daddy and DJ loved hiking around in the rocks.

DJ and Daddy hiked a mountain.They hiked to the top of a big mountain. That is our camp you can see right below them.Daddy took most of the kids in a cave. They loved it!Our family loves to play games, so of course we did plenty of that while we were up there.

DJ loves spending time with Grandpa!

These two are inseparable.

We celebrated Grandpa's and Kailee's birthday up in the mountains. Kailee and Grandpa share the same birthday.We also enjoyed marshmallows.

Family time is the best!