The Beach, A Potty Party & Halloween

Pretty hot sunglasses huh?

Just laying out, like the not very covered lady next to us.  We went to the beach the next day with a bunch of friends and the kids got into the water by themselves for the first time.  We had lots of floaty toys and they had a blast.  I even got in- huge sunburn though.  It was really fun.

Reagan is obsessed with birthdays and birthday cakes.  She went to a birthday party the other day and was determined to buy him a cake instead of a toy.  So, after one week of no accidents Reagan got to go to the store and pick out a birthday cake.  She chose ladybug cupcakes and ate ALL the frosting first, she wanted everyone to have mustaches like her.

Brother trying to stick out his tongue like Reagan, good mustache. 

I think he is trying to be a princess pirate.  It could be the latest thing, like the puffy shirt.  I guess we'll have to wait and see if it catches on.  We'll try to find a more manly costume for Halloween.

Our First Camping Trip

This is as close as they got to sleeping in the tent.  

Reagan wants to be Belle one day, so she's practicing doing her hair just right.  I think she's just about got it.

Coen foraging for food.

Our favorite game!!

We're trying to get ourselves prepared for emergencies.  So we thought we'd try out the tent in the backyard and see if it was possible for the kids to fall asleep with us in there with them, before we ever have to do it for real.  We were all ready with our scriptures read when we heard some thunder and then saw some lightning.  So we had to come inside.  We tried to wait it out, but after an hour and a half we admitted defeat and put the kids to bed in their rooms.  So boring!!!  We'll try again some other day.

More Summer

Solar cooked Reagan.  YUM!

Our tomatoes!!!  We can't wait to have tons of fresh tomatoes!  That is one plant in front of Nick and one behind him.  Then there are 3 other tomatoes, 2 peppers, a cucumber & a pumpkin.  We didn't get any beans or peas this year, but hopefully next year we will.

We went down to Art on the Green today.  It was great fun.  Perfect weather.  The kids played on the beach after slurping smoothies & buying way cool sunglasses.  Of course I didn't bring the camera, but Coen looked smokin'.