Father's Day

This post is dedicated to my husband, Mike. The top ten unforgettable DAD moments for him (in my perspective) told through pictures, in no specific order (except for the number 1, because lets face it, that is #1!):

10. Teaching

9. Making sure that his boys get a good haircut

8. Passing on his love of Halloween and the fun we can have!

7. Taking his boys to experience new things
6. Playing on the floor with his boys

5. Just being plain silly


4. Being there when his boys get hurt or are sad
3. Passing his love of good food and cooking on to his boys
2. Making sure to cherish every moment with these two precious boys, Kimball and Brandon

1. Witnessing the birth of two precious boys...

Brandon
And Kimball

Mike, you are such a wonderful father and I love you so much more with every day, every time you hold our babies that love just grows. Thanks for showing your immense love for them and me with your hard work and dedication, your perseverance through all that comes your way in life, no matter how hard! Happy Father's Day, I hope that you enjoyed our celebrations we had this weekend, which also continued into Monday with the AWESOME steak we had for dinner followed by the beautiful hike and the warm campfire with the gooey smores. WE LOVE YOU!

To laugh and love is to live!

The title of the post explains these pictures more than adaquately!

It is a beautiful blessing to be a part of a family where there is so much love, who am I to be so blessed from on high?

Summer Festivities

The summer would not be complete without swimming...

Cold Watermelon...
Silly moments...
Smiles and laughter...
scraped knees and climbing trees...

Friendly Neighbors...

We have been looking into moving to a new apartment with 3 bedrooms, but there are really only 2 things holding us back. First of all, we can't find a good deal for a 3 bedroom but mostly we are becoming good friends with our neighbors, Chad and Amy Baker. They are a young couple like us, and they have 2 boys Braxton (2 weeks younger than Kimball) and Quentin (3 months older than Brandon). They love the outdoors and are just fun people to be around. I have some caught some cute moments on the camera of our kids playing together, and one of the two big kids (Mike and Chad) playing on some old skateboards. Last weekend while they were playing on the skateboards we decided to pack the kids in their strollers and everyone just take a stroll down the street and grab icecream at Farr's. Random? Of course, but that is how some of the best memories in life are made right? We also had an enjoyable time out in front of our apartments the other evening at a Dutch Oven Cookout. We won't be in these apartments forever, but while we are here so close to the Bakers, we'll try to enjoy it!

Braxton comes to our door often...

Brandon is wondering who this new guy is?
Riding along...
On your marks, get set, GO!
I was watching the boys during Chad and Amy's garage sale and the boys were fascinated with the train...

Raining Fish?

Well, it hasn't been exactly raining fish, but if we caught fish as much as it has rained this month, we'd save money on groceries! Mike took this picture of the sun breaking through the rain clouds that as of late have been our seemingly constant companions.

Here is another weather picture that I snapped as we were fishing at Eagle Rock, just down from American Falls Dam. We bought our fishing licenses and went fishing at the beginning of June, to kick off the summer festivities!
Our trip was complete with lots of snakes, we saw 4 in our short time by the river.
So we haven't caught anything yet, but we have only gone on 2 fishing trips as a family, and Mike ventured off on his own today for some fishing time over near Blackfoot after he finished tutoring a student in Math. We intend to catch some fish soon... actually to be quite honest, Mike will probably be the one to catch the fish because I admit to having very limited fishing skills, sadly enough!
Here are 2 more pics, Mike hooking a worm and Kimball chowing down on some snacks while Mom and Dad fish.
Any suggestions for good fishing grounds in Southeast Idaho? We'll take em...