weekend list

 Tree:

 cut. 

 Gingerbread house extravaganza: 

 complete.

3 year old mischief: you betcha. 

happy day x3

!!!!

 Someone is VERY excited

to have learned how to ride her bike this week!!

BWCA or bust

 A very delayed portrayal of an

 end of summer trip to the BWCA by these 3. 

 Just a slim selection of photos that

 Annabelle took from their trip

 with Daddy.

 From all the stories, it was a special and 

 exciting adventure, and a

very sweet way to wrap up the summer! 

girls x7, take 2

2nd annual girls-only camping trip! 

 Auntie Tree Hugger, 

 mushroom seeking cousins,

(little photographers took at least 50 more mushroom pictures....)

 soaking HOT feet in the cool stream, 

 and fire-master teen.

 So many smiles and laughs, 

 woodsy memories,

and piles of goofy pics.

Such fun!

happy day

Eight!

and they're off

Hello Kindergarten!  

And good-bye

1/2 of family!

ta-da

Finally, Operation Playhouse 

 is complete. 

 Just in time for

 making woodsy stews and 

having a little place to call home.

off camera

Somehow the camera was just out of reach to capture the latest chapter in our camping adventures: bee stings, 

leaping flames from the pan of butter that caught on fire (quite an impressive sight), 

 strained back from carrying toddler on front + giant pack on back, 

 endless chorus of "are we there yet?",

and 104.5 degree fevers. 

We gather memories like beachcombers at the shore, each one as unique as the other and file them away

in this great adventure we call Family.

all things pig & garlic

 Lots of snout time around here lately --

an endless source of entertainment.

 Lots and lots

 and lots of garlic on these hot harvesting days.

And cushy rides for lucky little ones.

Lake Spit

 

Sunny beach days reign,

clad in goggles 

 and sandy mini-speedos.

Overheard beachy conversations include:

"Let's pick up one grain of sand," shortly followed by

 "Let's make a lake of spit!".....Oh, brothers.