Our Little Fish

James has become quite the fish this summer! We've been swimming alot and James has gone swimming with Sophie and Nathan quite a few times.

James and Sophie

James has learned how to blow bubbles.

Nathan and James playing in Nathan's pool.

We went to a small waterpark too and James went down the slide - only once though - it was a little scary for him!

The best picture I got at the waterpark of all 3 kids - James, Sophie, and Nathan.

I love this picture of James and Nathan playing with Sophie's pink water tubes!

Quick Trip to South Dakota

Doug and James took a quick trip to South Dakota this past week. James had a great time playing with his cousins!

Kelsie and James

Bethany and James

Wade and Lane helping James go down the slide.

Riding the 4-wheeler with Lane

James also enjoyed looking at grasshoppers and playing baseball with Daddy and the boys.

Of course, Grandma got lots of time with James to snuggle and read books.

Minnesota Lake Vacation

James and I went to visit my friend Paula and her family in Minnesota this past week. We spent most of our time at Paula's mom and dad's lake house which was so relaxing and comfortable. It is on a peaceful, quiet lake and the water was warm and shallow on the beach - perfect for the kids! In this first picture, you can see the beach that they put in to the right of the dock.

All 3 kids love the water and enjoyed swimming right off the beach.

Paula, Whitney, Elliot, and James

We also took the kids to a sprinkler park in town.

After playing in the water, the kids picked Paula and I a bouquet of flowers.

We took Todd's fishing boat out a couple of times for a leisurely stroll around the lake.

It was a great vacation - thank you to my second family - Paula, Grant, Elliot and Whitney & Todd and Peg!!

Camping Trip

We decided this was the summer to expose James to camping so we packed our pick-up and way too much stuff to go camping with Nathan and Tricia. Since the boys are still little, we camped only about an hour away from home.

Doug and Tricia set up the tents with lots of help from James and Nathan.

We set up a tent for the boys to play in which they loved.

Other fun activities at the camp site included swinging, playing in the rocks, and eating hot dogs and fruit.

This is just a random picture of James riding his trike in our driveway that he got earlier this summer as a hand-me-down from Kaylynn. He loves it!!

Happy 4th of July!

We spent the 4th at Boyd Lake near Loveland with Doug's sisters Sondra and Tricia and our nephew Nathan on Tricia's boat. The boys loved going tubing with Doug!!

James also liked to swim off the back of the boat with my help of course.

All 6 of us really enjoyed the day - we had beautiful weather and were out on the lake for almost 6 hours. The boys even got naps on the boat. Despite minor sunburns, it was a wonderful day.

Prego Pic

Here I am this weekend at 32 weeks pregnant! I know some of you like to see the growing bump and I like to share it. :)