So sit back, grab a beverage-maybe a snack and enjoy a huge lot of pictures!
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| We had hot, sunny days for our last camping trip of the year...the annual labor day weekend. Our kids are all little fishies-they absolutely love the water...I'm still noticing the tan lines from playing at the beach! |
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| Good save Zo Zo |
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| Austin caught her a little froggie and she wanted to grab it but it jumped away before she had a chance...she's not afraid of little creatures... |
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| Some down time with big brother watching a movie after swimming...she loves her brother! |
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| The stud muffin! You'd think this kid never eats a good meal.... |
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| The thinker |
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| Bayleann got to ride the watercraft with Jenni...she loved it! This kid loves machine and speed..she's always telling Dad to go faster on the 4-wheelers! |
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| Family time...so much fun in the sun means some deserved lounge time |
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| Putting on a bike show for the campers...doing jumps and being the one jumped over...cover the family jewels! |
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| Hunting for the boys started the weekend after Labor Day and they were pretty successful. Andy always say even a bad day hunting is better than no hunting at all! These guys live for the hunting season-Austin is a chip off the old block of his Father! |
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| Bayleann loves helping pluck the feathers :o) I'm thinking she'll be hunting soon too! |
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| It was such a beautiful fall day...wish we could still be running around in our summer jammies! |
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| Painting bubbie's face with a stick.... |
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| Even Zoey doesn't mind dead ducks! Bayleann gave one a kiss when she was little, now Zoey got trained in :o) |
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| Austin got to participate in a 3 on 3 League this fall for 5 weeks...Every Sunday evening we traveled to Alex and he played 2 20 minute games half court. Sometimes he only got a 5 minute break between games. Needless to say those nights he slept well! This was a great learning experience for him...it was very fast paced and only half court so they had to be on the ball for defense and offense. They won a fair share of their games and lost a few. It is so great as a parent to watch his growth each time he gets on that court! |
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| Team Air Jordans! Alex, Josh, Austin & Graham |
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| Andy & I coached flag football again this fall...Every Tuesday for 6 weeks we taught 3rd-6th graders the basics of football and played scrimmages. The kids really seemed to enjoy themselves...Next year Austin will be too old (since he'll be over at the high school) but Bayleann has already said she wants to play so I guess we'll be coaching for quite a few years! |
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| Another good day hunting!!! Can't wait for the duck jerky!!! |
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| The kids wanted me to take a picture of the bullet wound since it was in the shape of a heart! |
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| This girl loves her fuzzy creatures....she wanted to squeeze this guy a little too hard :o) Each year we take pictures down by the lake in the fall....I probably snapped over 50 pictures...narrowing that down is not fun for a person like me!!! It doesn't help when the subjects are just so darn cute! |
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| Run away Zoey in the corn!!! Oh no! |
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| Always got a kiss for Daddy! |
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| Jammin in our mud boots! |
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| Cutest Darn Sock Monkey!!!! |
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| When Dad went to South Dakota hunting over MEA break the kids had friend over...I think I was the only one that was tired that night!!! Girls being Girls.....makeup, dress-up and fashion shows :o) |
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| Can't forget the nails! |
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| Peas in a pod! Olivia, Bayleann, Hannah & Taylor |
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| Now the boys....they had some outdoor fun... Airsoft gun wars! You weren't safe to go out the front door! |
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| They look like a cool gang of misfits! Dawson, Austin, Kolby, Zach & Eric |
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| What I love about these boys is they may be almost teenagers but they still love to play with tractors...they had our whole living room made into a whole working farm. |
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| Andy had a good time again this year hunting out in South Dakota....It was decent weather and they got their limit...these are his share of the kill that he brought home. Next year Austin will finally be old enough to go with dad! He can't wait! |
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| His buddy Eric had a pool birthday party and I got to help his momma keep these crazy kids in line! They had a blast! |
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| Austin is the goof ball in the glasses...they are nerd glasses with pink tape in the center...If you look closely he is the spitting image of Johnny Knoxville! Oh Brother!!! |
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| There are no words..... |
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| Pumpkin time!!! Thinking of our designs, carving and baking seeds....it was a fun and messy night! |
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| Zoey wasn't quite sure what to think of the whole pumpkin carving...she didn't want to dig her had inside at first..than she liked the goopy guts |
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| Dad's crazy pumpkin....with a little pumpkin friend inside |
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| Austin's monster pumpkin eating it's small pumpkin friend....my sock monkey! |
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| Bayleann's little minion and Zoey's crazy eyed pumpkin! |
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| The 5th & 6th grades classes took their field trip last week to the Science Museum and State Capital...I got to chaperone :o) I love going on field trips with Austin's class-they are such a good group of kids. Jodi and I have gone on just about every trip they have taken and we have a blast! Austin and his girlfriend Emily :o) |
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| As a chaperone I was in charge of a small group....here are my little delinquents :o) Actually they are good kids and we had a great time running through the museum...we had to see as much as we could in the hour we got to spend there...defiantly not enough time! But that's how field trips work sometimes. |
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| On the news! |
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| Again...there are no words! Told him this could be his first car when he turns 16!!!! |
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| Interrupting a tornado...this was a cool exhibit |
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| The 6th grade class...the majority of these kids have been together since they were in preschool. Just think they will be starting high school next year! AHHHHHHHHH |
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| The tour guide gave the kids different jobs that happen in the State Capital and government...Your looking at Governor Austin Moen....he said his main focus would be wildlife :o) Imagine that! Who cares if the budget balances....wait the real guys don't care either...so we're good! |
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| A cute little ladybug that you don't want to squish....just squeeze!!! Zoey defiantly had more fun this year for Halloween. She knows how to look cute and get candy than turn around and want to eat all that candy! She was so sticky from suckers! |
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| For the school Halloween party each classroom gets a pumpkin to decorate and than during the party everyone votes on the best ones....this year the two 2nd grade classrooms did the Minion Buddies....And they won first place...They were so darn cute!!! |
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| More jerky! :o) |
