I can’t believe school is starting in a few short weeks. there were so many things I wanted to do this summer and I feel like we haven’t done much of anything. It has gone by way too fast! I am finished school shopping for the kids- It’s always a good feeling to get that done!
The kids just finished with swimming lessons and they both passed the levels they were in.. wahoo! Gavin is a pretty good little swimmer. In the little pool he swims like a fish, but when they take him into the deep water, he panics. Once he gets past that, he does pretty well.
They both jumped off of the diving board even! Avery was upset that she didn’t get to go with them so I will have to take them just for fun one of these days.
One thing I have wanted to do all summer is to go camping. We finally were able to do it and we had so much fun! This is the first time that we have gone and not stayed in the campground. I definitely think it was much better!
Grandpa Sill came and brought Preston, Trey and Tage for part of the time. He also brought his 4-wheelers!
mmmm. Tinfoil dinners!
We did some fishing while we were there and the kids were catching them like crazy.. one after another.
One night we cooked some of the fish. Avery LOVED it! I would break it up into little pieces and pick out all of the bones and she would grab it by handfuls and just shove it into her mouth as fast as she could. It was pretty funny! Preston even somehow convinced Trey to eat an eyeball and part of a fish’s brain. I don’t know how much he had to pay him to do it but I’m sure it wasn’t enough-yuck!
They caught a whole bunch of these fish. They were all white or yellow with red eyes. I have never seen fish like that before..
Gavin had developed an aversion to my camera.. Every time I try to take a picture of him, he hides. I love this one of him and Dallas sitting at the lake though- and he didn’t even know I took it!
Avery, on the other hand, loves to pose for the camera!
She spent most of her time exploring and painting rocks.
The weather couldn’t have been better. We could have done without the mosquitos and horse flies though!
Someday she is going to thank me for taking this picture lol!
Of course, you can’t go camping without s’mores!
Ahh.. Time for bed!
I think she will thank me for this one too!
After 4 days, the kids still didn’t want to leave. Maybe we will get lucky and will be able to go out and put our trailer to use one more time before it gets too cold-
