Hiking Around

My nephew, Trent, with a fish that he caught.
Chase is so very sweet to Nate. The payoff? Nate ADORES Chase.

Maggie loved to go on hikes. She was one happy puppy dog.


Here Maggie is hoping that she can get a hold of Dylan's water bottle.

Dylan at the Beach

Daringly diving under dazzling waves.

Delighted.

Drawers dropping down :). He doesn't care.

Digging.

Buried.

Did he feel a nibble?

Done with that!

Cade at the Beach

Jubilantly jumping through the jostling waves.

Joyfully gliding.

Saltwater in eyes.

Stiff body, robot walk, SCREAM.

Saved by a towel wiping his eyes.

Joyfully joining the boys in the waves.

Repeat.

Puzzle Time

Nate loves puzzles, so he was thrilled that there were a lot of puzzles at the cabin. He was extra thrilled when his daddy helped him with the puzzles. He would finish one and then want to do another, and then another, and then another. Nate loves puzzles.

The Cave

There is a little cave by the cabin that the boys love to go explore. They also love to go hiking.

Maggie loved the hiking also
Exploring the cave


Maggie even explored it - for a minute

Going down made Nate a little nervous

The Boy Loves to Fish

The next stop on our adventure, the cabin at Camp Blue Haven. One of the best things about this part of our adventure is that Mark was with us :)

Dylan loves to fish and was very proud of this catch.

Cookie Cooking

Here is the actual pictures of the boys mixing the cookies made out of the self-ground mesquite bean flour.

More from the Old West Replica Town

This is a sight that I like to see :)

So dramatic!



Charlotte was nice to take 2 of the boys on a train ride.
Some of the other boys rode on some donkeys


If only I could have one of these in my house ;)

We look happy to be locked away from the kids :)

The boys loved the ax throwing



Now this is a scary sight, Cade with an ax

Rattlesnake Feast

While at the Old West replica town, we ate dinner. Dinner which included rattlesnake. We all ate some, and yes, it did taste like chicken :)

Cade adores my nephew, Drew. In Cade's words, Drew is a genius.
The stuff on Cade's face is band-aids from some sort of "injury" that he felt like he received. It was probably a very minor scratch, but a minor scratch is a major thing for my sensitive Cade. He kept the band-aids on for days, which was a bad idea because it caused a reaction. Then his face really looked good.


Dylan really looked like he was enjoying it.
Yes, I even ate some.
Nate, what is up with that face?
No worries, Drew will fix you up.
See, all better. Okay, still a little cheesy.
It was Drew's birthday, and the band sang to him.
I don't think that he was thrilled :)