Mega Gapper

Carson lost two teeth in one week! Technically these aren't his first teeth lost (he knocked out one of his front top teeth when he was 2), but it was sure exciting in our house! He pulled them out himself because he didn't want Eric doing it! Now Carson has gone from "The Gapper" to the "Mega Gapper"!!!

 

 

 

More Summa fun

 

We always love to go watch the bike racers in the annual Twilight Criterium.  These guys are crazy fast! A summer must-do, for sure.

 



 

We ventured to a different pool one day, it was a tad busy, but still fun!

 

 

We visited the Old Penitentiary one day, something we hadn't done yet since we've lived here!  Very interesting and kind of creepy!

 

 

Carson told me that if he went to jail, he would want to live in this cell. Yikes! ;)

 

 Austin moved onto the Bear group in Cub Scouts at our annual family picnic.  This is the initiation.

 

 

We went rafting with Eric's work one day, what a fun group!!

 

These two get a little crazy around each other.

 

 

Probably the best rope swing I've been on!  Crazy fun!

Swim team wrap-up

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am so proud of Austin.  He worked REALLY hard this year in swim team.  He improved his starts, learned how to flip turn (even if he flip turned on the wrong strokes sometimes ;), and got smoother and faster with his strokes!  This kid is such a fish!  All those early morning practices are worth it!  Next year we will have 2 kids on swim team, oh boy...

Redish Lake '14

Our annual Redfish Lake trip was a success! This year we got a huge group together--7 families to be exact, 24 kids (6 of those kids were 2 year olds)!!  We spent 4 days and 3 nights in the beautiful Sawtooth National Forest and it was heaven on Earth!

 

The beautiful Stanley Lake, about 4 miles from our campground.

 



 

 

Telling ghost stories in the tent

 

Who isn't happy to be on the boat on the lake?!

 

Redfish Lake is simply stunning! (Other than the smoke from wild fires.)

 

 

The view from a hike we did across the lake.

 

 

 

Getting these boys to stop and pose for a picture while hiking is like pulling teeth.  Seriously. UGH.



 

Tubing fun!!

 



 

Can you tell he doesn't like his picture taken? He's still cute though... ;)

 

Campfire fun roasting marshmallows.

 

This view never gets old.  Clear skies that morning!

 



 

We rented a double kayak for the day.

 

Our group kind of took over the beach! Perfect spot for the kiddos though...

 

Carson and Gavin pretending to jet ski ;)

 

This pooch was in heaven too!

 

 

Practicing my back flips

 

Paddle boarding--my favorite (esp with this guy)!

 

 

Hours of fun at the beach!

 

 

Don't even ask. But this was pretty darn funny. ;) 

 

We are lame.

 

 

Favorite family photo of the summer.  How can you not be happy at the lake?

 

 Yep, all 24 of them.  I think. ;)

 

 

Our crazy crew.  What fun friends we have!

 

We toured an old Gold Dredge in mining town.  It was pretty cool! (Nice photo bomb)

 

Learning how to pan for gold!  And we struck rich! (Ok, not really, but the kids did walk away with a flake of gold.)

 

 On the way home, we hit up the Kirkwood hot springs! Our favorite hot springs around!

 

 

 

 

Best shot of the trip in my opinion (good job Eric!).  This picture signifies my love of the outdoors, adventure and a little bit of my crazy! ;)

Eric cracks me up!

 

What a memorable trip we had, so much fun with these friends!  I love these memories we are making with our kids.  We love Idaho!!