Camping....and the traditional shoot...

We had an awesome June camping weekend this year. Although camping with a 1 1/2 year old is no easy task, the boys had a great time and that made it worth all the effort.

The archery part is always a ball, and Tanner's shooting was amazing. At 4, he is by far the youngest in his age category and got 3rd place. We were really proud of him. He shot every target, and even was challenging himself to shoot from further back than he should be at his age.

Cammy proudly carried his bow all over the woods and shot several targets too which was super cute.

We also had a great time picking wild strawberries, catching salamanders in the pond (there were so many of them this year and Tan figured out how to catch them on his own which was very cool!) and playing in the river. Both boys loved cooking over the camp stove and eating camp meals and of course sleeping in the tent is always a highlight:)

Our garden....

Finally our garden is fully in, thanks to my wonderful garden helper!!! We're growing a bunch of fun things this year, and we already have some good lettuce and calendula flowers for our salads which is exciting. I attempted to plant it "perelandra" style so I'm excited to see how it turns out.

Memorial Day in Vergennes....

We had such a great time at the Memorial Day parade this year, and it was a great activity to come home too (see previous post). You've just got to love small town life - you always run into all sorts of people you know, people in the parade wave/honk at you, even Daisy can join us (I swear it's a highlight of her life) and it's easy to get a front row seat which you just can't beat!!! We always watch the parade from Mike's office (the parade route goes right down main street) and for several years we've watched it with good friends of ours, the Gallivan's, which always makes it especially wonderful, fun and special.

Visiting Texas....

We just got back from a week in Texas, and we all had a SUCH a great time. We did so many fun things while we were there, and especially enjoyed just being with the family. We were there for Jen's highschool graduation, which was really exciting (Congrats Jen!), and Tan did a great job and sat through the whole thing. Both boys LOVED going to the waterpark, and to the aquarium with our resident expert Jen, who taught us all so much:) Aunt Karen took Tan for his first slushy ever which he loved...and he just loved playing with his incredible Aunts who are always so wonderful to him and to all of us. Mike and I got out on several dates and twice we went shooting sporting clays at the Dallas Gun Club which was a ball:) We have a ton more pictures - I haven't had a chance to work through them all...but here are a few. Mike got Tan his first Cowboy outfit while he was there, and Granpa taught Tan to "smile like a Cowboy" which he's doing in a few of the pictures:)