Eagle Feather NYLT

Brady was gone again for another week at Camp Oyo's Eagle Feather, a National Youth Leadership Training.  Brian and I arrived to pick up Brady and two other boys from his troop and to observe the boys receive their certificates of training at the final ceremony. Brady doesn't seem so big next to all these other stinky teenage boys.

Uniform inspection...he passed..down to his BSA socks...which he hadn't changed the entire week...ICK!!!!

Mail call, which he finally received the letter my mom, Brian's mom and I sent him...five days later.

I always tell Brady to do 3 things while at camp...say your prayers, apply sun screen AND bug spray.....hopefully he remembered to at least say his prayers.

Baseball

Cole played on two baseball teams this summer.  It has been a very long season and challenging to coordinate between two teams, but it was all worth it because Cole (and we) love baseball!!!

Some of my favorite pictures: (which are also included the video below ((which by the way...is one of my best videos that I've made)))

Humidity vs. Hair

Alyssa has wanted her curly hair straight these days, so we smooth and straighten her hair and it is so pretty.......until.....

...a humid evening car drive with the windows down..... :)

Gone Fishing!

Good thing they have mama with them...I'm the only one that will take the fish off the hook.  Every summer fishing in Canada as a kid teaches you how to properly care for fish, from off he hook, to to the filleting but not cooking or the eating, mainly because I don't like to eat it.

Anyway, Brady doesn't take me seriously....

How is he going to learn if he isn't even paying attention???

How about a fishy kiss for the fish??????

Animal Crazy

Our NEW fluffy addition: 

Harriet Buffalo

Little Harriet is as sweet as can be!  She looks just like a buffalo (and the kids don't know what Harry Buffalo really is...which makes the name even better :) )

To the Columbus Zoo to meet the new polar bears:

The new polar bears taking a snooze!

The Wilds

SO many WILD animals at The Wilds:

Wild Ass....heeheehee

One day, I'll make it to the Outer Banks to see wild horses, until then, these will have to do:

A few wild animals we were able to get really close to, we were even able to feed them:

 

A little bit of this and that

 WSHS Class of 2010

Jake's a graduate of Westerville South.  Congrats Jakey, we are so very proud of you!  He is on his way to Ohio University in the fall.

A summer wedding

...kinda.......

4th of July

@ Meme and Pampy's

Buzz cut before summer camp

He ASKED for the buzz cut and it looks GREAT...but from the pic below it is as if we forced him......such an attitude!

From the Jaxn5 yard

Remembering our Winston

Yesterday, our Winston Shiloh joined all the bunnies in Bunny Heaven.  We are very sad and we are not really sure what happened to little Winnie but we are confident that he is as happy as can be hopping all over the place, eating all the yummy Timothy Hay he can find and making amazing hideouts in the clouds.  Winston was such a friendly little bunny, he was so soft and he loved to be outside.  We will miss cuddling with him!!!!!!!  :(