Wednesday, September 23

Hunting Camp

We took the kids down to the hunting camp a bit ago, Deric wanted to check on his stuff so we thought it would be fun for the kids so we tagged along with him.

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We forgot sunglasses at home and daddy only had a few pairs in the truck so Reygann got to wear the super cool daddy glasses! 

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This is one of the ‘roads’ you have to drive on to get there, basically it’s just a path through the woods.

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It opens up into a corn field you have to hug the edge of the woods till the corner of the field and then go through a few trees before opening up into another field where the guys stay. 

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Ah, Camper Sweet Campers  (Snort, yeah right!  I’ll show you more camper picts later on)

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The kids loved the huge swing! 

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It was a good thing too, there wasn’t anything else to play with!  We brought a few trucks for Brody to play with but that’s it.

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This is where they eat and hang out.  There used to be a cover on the frame, but I don’t think there has been one in a few years.  There is a grill in the shed and they keep some stuff in there.  It used to be that all the guys would eat together and this is where they got dinner ready, but now they don’t do that anymore so they just make dinner in their own campers, they still hang out here though.

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Brody was so cute playing with his truck, he would load sticks in it and drive them somewhere and unload them and pick up different sticks and bring them somewhere else.

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Ha-haa checking out the porta potty!  Just kidding, they don’t use it anymore.

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They built themselves an outhouse!

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I think Kylie’s face here says it all!  Ewww!!

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What you really can’t see is the wet spot between Deric’s feet

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The potty has seen better days (see the hole now?)  But Deric built a new potty so they shouldn’t have problems with that anymore.

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I thought these pictures of the girls on the swing were so sweet.  Look at them telling secrets… oh wait no their not.  Kylie is telling Reygann she needed to get off the swing because it was her turn to swing by herself now!  Never would have guessed, huh?  I do love Reyganns face in the last pict!

Brody had fun doing boy stuff, he spend a lot of time hanging out and looking for bugs.

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There was snap weeds down by the creek, the kids had fun playing with them and snapping them apart.

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Deric and his dad shot a can on the other side of the creek

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Kylie looked for treasures

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Reygann and Brody watched

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Then I took a turn shooting the can, I took a few shot and hit it every time!  Oh yeah!  I used to shoot all the time, apparently I still have a little of it!

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Brody was just standing there looking at the creek, but the way he’s standing it kinda looks like he is taking a leak!

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The girls were making a snap weed sand pies, yumm.

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Yeah, not too thrilled about this one… this tick was on daddy, but I later found one on Reygann too!  Eek!  That was enough to keep me from wanting to go back!

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Brody found this stick and kept calling it his ‘letter G’ stick!  We’ll need to work on that…

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Brody had a blast playing with the shell casings.  Actually all the kids did, but Brody played with them the longest.  He would set them up, sing happy birthday to himself, and then blow them over!  It was super cute.

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Here it is, Deric’s camper sweet camper.

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Yep, that’s it.

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Leaving the campers behind.

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Kylie played with her pinwheel in the car

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Brody fell asleep playing with his ball

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And Reygann fell asleep with her pinwheel

The kids got a kick out of the windmill things on our way down

 

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We passed this on our way home, Brody was sleeping and didn’t get to see it.  He would have loved it, it was HUGE.

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See?  HUGE!  (That’s a pickup truck in the pict!) HuntingCamp-80

We stopped at a drive in and got ice cream, yummy!!

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I like that if you look closely you can see everyone in this pict.

Monday, September 21

It’s coming

…apple picking season that is!!  And like years past we are almost out of apples, perfectly planned again!  I made a few goodies this weekend and I have 1 bag of apples left.  Only 6 more days till we go picking, hopefully we will have amazing weather, if not I don’t know when we will get the chance to go again! PieThief

Doesn’t that pie look yummy??

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Someone thought it did, and snuck into it!

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Umm what’s up with that?!  Goobers! 

Thursday, September 3

Reygann’s first day of school!

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I can’t believe that my baby girl is old enough for school already!  She is so excited and has been counting down to this day.  She ate her breakfast in a flash and couldn’t wait to leave!

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Showing off her new backpack.  We almost didn’t get her a backpack, and she was going to use Kylie’s toddler backpack (we were having a hard time finding a toddler one (it’s smaller than a regular one), and she would need a bigger one next year so we were just going to wait), but I found this one for $5 so we went for it!  When she saw it her eye’s lit up, she was thrilled!

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I got Reygann a card for the first day of school she was tickled pink that she had her very own card.

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Reading her card

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Kylie offered to read it to her but she declined, and asked me to read it to her instead.

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She wasn’t too happy with me when we got in the car because I had her sit in Brody’s seat.

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But I had her sit in his seat so I could take a picture of her when Daddy called to wish her a ‘happy first day at school’.

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Standing outside in her class line

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And in the hallway…

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Kylie’s locker was right across from where Reygann was standing so she came over and gave her a hug!

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Haven was there (because they were dropping Harrison off) and gave her a hug too.

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Putting her stuff away in her cubby.  Apparently they ran out of lockers last year, and with another 60 new students this year they had to turn this closet into a cubby room! 

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Reygann and her teacher

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Sitting at her desk

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Of course we have to include a picture with her bestest friend Mckinley!

I can’t wait to pick her up and hear all about her day!

Kylie’s first day of school!

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Look at her, my first grader!  I can’t believe she is so big!

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Daddy called on our way to school to talk to the girls and to wish them a happy first day of school.

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Standing in her class line on the playground.

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And putting her stuff in her locker

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Reygann was right across the hall from her locker so she ran over and gave her a great big hug.  She is too sweet!

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Then she saw Harrison by his class and gave him a hug too (it’s his first year at the school).

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Do you see her?  I was taking pictures through the window in the door and since she was right there I really couldn’t see her. 

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How about now?  All you see is her hair and bow!  (She is next to the boy in blue)

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Ahh, now this is something you don’t see in most schools!