We had, seriously, the BEST summer ever. It was long, hot, filled with fun, sweet memories and just plain wonderful.
The most amazing thing about this summer was that Ben did not have to
teach summer school. For the past few years Ben has had commitments
during the summer that didn't allow us much time to be together as a
family. But this year he worked very part time with a flexible boss :)
So he was around to play with us a lot more this summer, it was
a gift.
We started out by taking a road trip to visit my grandpa and grandma in Weiser, Idaho. There's really ONE main thing that happens in Weiser - The fiddle festival. So we planned our trip around going to that MAIN event. It was a real good time. It was exciting to see family, we capped our time by stopping in to see my Aunt and Uncle in Boise. (We also snuck in a quick visit to some friends of ours from Tacoma that moved to Boise recently - Yeah for the Knesals!)
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| Road Trip! |
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| The Stoehr great-grands and kids! |
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| My sweet Aunt Tammy! xo |
Arts Camp for Caleb and Nathan and VBS for Alena
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| Nathan strong and mighty |
HIKING with the kiddos!
Fourth of July was spent with friends, family and...guns. An interesting combination but super fun!
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| Does it get any better than this? True country livin'. |
Trips to the pond to fish and hunt for frogs
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| Caleb with his frog Beans |
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| Nathan fishing with dad |
Riverfront Park!
A visit from our FUN FRIEND WINNIE!!!
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| Love ya Winnie! |
A trip to Wenatchee to see the Sutherland clan; Jocelyn, Ethan and Kyle. Mama Susan hosted us as if we were queens. Love.
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| Kyle, Ethan, Alena, Nathan |
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| Hello hot tub in 100 degree weather! :) |
Lemonade Stands
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| Little boys keeping it cool |
FUN, FuN, fUn, FUN trip to Tacoma - friend, water parks, zoo, etc
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| Arielle and Alena |
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| Titus adoring Myron |
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| I got to be at the shower for Joc and Hailey! |
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| Mr and Mrs Titus and Ruby Cochran |
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| They are training for the Olympics |
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| PD Zoo with Hippes and Mocks |
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| My gracious hostess |
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| Rainer's game! |
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| Baseball chic |
CAMPING with friends - so extremely enjoyable
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| Lizzy, Alena, Luke, Caleb, Nathan, Isaiah |
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| Da boys |
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| MY boys |
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| Best buds |
Swim lessons
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| Alena waiting for her lesson |
Looks like we had a fun summer huh? It WAS a blast. It's an amazing feeling when you get to a spot where you know, "this is our family," the 6 of us. What will we do? One thing we established this summer is, we are a family that has fun together! Good-by to summer for now - I anticipate your return!
