Big Flat

We went on a 4 day camping trip a couple hours away from here last weekend. We camped right on the river and had a really good time.

Hudson's favorite thing to do was throw rocks into the river.
Cute little Adlee.

We went on a drive into the mountains each morning. We went exploring, hiking, had a snowball fight, found some grubs, and made flower crowns.
Joe is extremely passionate about butterflies. He even has his own butterfly net to catch and study them :)
The kids had a movie and popcorn night.


Hudson pointing to the direction he thinks we should go.

All the kids playing in the water
Adlee trying to ride Porter's bike.

Joe thinks he is the master marshmallow roaster and I gotta say this one does look pretty good.

Here is the play area we made by moving some trees and rocks so the kids could touch the water without me having a heart attack.
Hudson got tired of waiting so he tried to roast his own marshmallow on his bubble wand. He is so darn cute!
Porter's perfectly roasted marshmallow.

The end of our trip photo.

Silly

Fiddle Festival

We were looking for something to do on a Friday night when we realized it was the week of the Olde Time Fiddle Festival in Weiser. We decided we would go check it out and take the kids to the carnival. The carnival was tiny and really not very family friendly. They were blasting inappropriate music, the rides are so expensive, and carnies are just creepy. We walked around, ate some food, and went on a few rides. We did not even stay long enough to see any fiddlers.

Whiffle Ball

I signed Porter up for whiffle ball again this year even though last year he said he never wanted to play ever again. I did not sign Adlee up because I was just not sure if she would play. There were a couple younger sisters on the team and we had a small team so the coaches let the younger ones play if they wanted. It turns out that Adlee loves it and Porter still hates it. So, Porter was forced to finish the season, Adlee was sad that it ended and Hudson slept through most of the games.

Adlee: the big three year old!

Adlee has never been one for getting her pictures taken, but now that she is not a baby anymore she was much more cooperative. I hope this is telling of what three years old will be for Adlee, because she is a lot of thing but usually cooperative is not one of them.

Adlee's 3rd Birthday

Our little girl turned three on Friday. We threw a small party for her and had lots of fun. She asked for princess dresses, Tinkerbell cake, and a yata (pinata).

Camping

On our camping trip we did a lot of this:and this:
Lots of this:
and this:
and of course this:
Oh what a cute picture.

One more cute picture.Our traditional end of trip photo. We had been rained on, snowed on, hailed on, rolled in dirt and marshmallows and needed showers badly.

Summer!!!

School is out but the weather has not been summer like. We keep getting a few days of good weather followed by a storm. When the weather is good we are all outside enjoying it. Porter starts whiffle ball this week :) and we are taking off to McCall for our first camping trip of the season.

Hudson looked like this


I turned around to get a picture of Porter


and then Hudson looked like this. The kid loves to eat dirt!


Adlee does not like to have her picture taken but she is enjoying fixing her own hair. She comes up with some creative hairdos. One day Joe refused to be seen with her in a store because of her crazy accessories.


Speaking of accessories here is Hudson's :) Yeah Adlee was potty training at his age and he just wants to wear the potty seat around. It actually was stuck I had a small moment of panic where I imagined having to take him in to have a potty seat cut from his neck.