Summer Fun!

Sandsledding

One of our favorite family activities to do in the winter is to go sand sledding! 

Allie had the best wreck this time. She flew off the sled and did a spread eagle in the air. 

Mark loved it this year. Even Luke and Johnny had a little turn. 

On Estefan’s second turn the sled broke and he just held onto the rope for a bit and let dad pull him. We had a great time!

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Walkin' on Water

One of our favorite family activities is canoeing at the res. The kids love it and we all have a great time.












When we went this time, the res was high and the little island was just under that water. When Dustin paddled out to it, he jumped out of the canoe and said, "Look, I'm walking on water!" We all thought it was the coolest thing ever. So we spent pretty much the rest of the time playing out on this little island and pretending to walk on water!

Recent things...

Estefan got a new 410 shot gun,

Allie lost her first tooth,

Mark caught a baby bird,

and the kids all went camping in the back yard!

Pickin' Pumpkins

Saturday evening we went a pumpkin pickin'!!

We had quite the truck full!

The Dalley's and The Greig's joined us for the fun.

Someone was trying to smuggle extra pumpkins out of the patch.. I'll let you guess who. ;)

Baby Dalley should be coming any day now!

I made all the Nelson grandkids sit together for a picture. Pretty successful!

Then the kids wrestled, swung on the swing set,

cried,

played and swung some more!

The kids kept asking who's birthday it was.
But sometimes you just have to get together for fun, right?!

A Nelson party isn't complete without Dustin making this face..

and being silly with the boys!

Then we concluded the night by watching Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.

With the pumpkins picked, its officially Fall and the start of the holiday season!! YAY!

Sunshine on a Cloudy Day

The rain has been so crazy this week! Tuesday night the sun peeked out for a short visit.
So we took advantage of it and BBQ'd and played outside on the swings and in the mud!

Then when we had our fill of dinner and mud we came in for baths and toys!

"Everyday moments make the best memories."
-- a frame in my kitchen