Hallenberger Reunion

We went to Cascade this year where we got eaten alive by mosquitoes....seems to be an on going theme this year with camping and river trips! We made the best of it and had a great time with the family!

 

Adeline and Gwendolyn enjoying some breakfast by the camp fire.

Oh ya jumping off the dock! (My huge swimsuit that kept falling off of me...I really should get a knew one!)

Then Ian finally did it! WHoot!

Building sandcastles!

Now this was um.....fun........ ya!

Me and Michele being silly!

Ahhhhh brother and sister loves....no this was not prompted for a pic!

The family with my trade mark!

Cousins

Our four..........I know cute right?!!

Uuuuugh this started out as a cool thing to do until it turned into at least an hour of trying to get a fire going with magnifying glass.......remember burning ants as a kid?! I sure do!!

Day trip to the river

We love going up on the river just for a day trip and we haven't done it yet this year so Sunday after church off we went! We for got the bug spray and between all of us we had over 200 mosquito bites!! Yes I know it has been a rough last few days, but we did have fun!

We found a spot that we hadn't been too and it had great sand to play in!

Adeline loves to give thumbs up!

Robert found a shallow hole for the boys to swim in and dared them to jump in........Ian didn't want to go under (it was cold) so he dunked his head instead! Ian I give you a 10 for that dunk!

 Nice job Elijah...I give that a 10!

The crew

Gweny loved the sand and she liked it when I would bury her legs in it......

Elijah watched a guy at their scout day camp make an arrow head out of rocks....now he is trying it!

Robert had a good time catching fish......they were little but still fun!

HEE HEE I love this pic........we had to wash the girls off before they got back into their clothes.

More Summer Stuffs

WE LOVE SNOW CONES they are the BEST!!! We love friends they are the best too!! After snow cones we headed over to Tully park.

Ahhh yes rolling coins! We went to Fred Meyer to the change machine with all our coins that we found around the house....they wanted to charge 9.8 cents per dollar AND you got a cash voucher that had to be spent in the store that day....uhhh no thanks! So we did it the old fashioned way, and it brought back memories of me and my sister rolling coins when we were little!

Cinderella

Oh my goodness....this girl is a GIRLY GIRL.........and here I was all worried because I am NOT a girly girl and I had 2 boys first.....well FEAR NO MORE!!! (K i knew that a while ago, but it still shocks me) Adeline loves the princess Cinderella and she really wants a Cinderella birthday party so my mom made her this dress and she LOVES IT! She wants to wear it 24/7...but not just the dress...the shoes, headband, and gloves too! So here she is in all her girlishness!

My mom found a Cinderella dress for her bear too!

Adeline you are our princess!! We love you!

Addy wanted to show Grandma how her dress looked when she danced.

Scout Day Camp

This was Elijah's first year to go to Scout Day Camp! I was asked to help drive the second day and I said sure as long as I can stay and play!

 

LOL never thought I would see the day that MY SON would be doing this Cheer!! Classic!

Here they are learning about directions....North South East West....they heard to remember it by Never Eat Santa's Wife.......lol I learned Never Eat Shredded Wheat!

Knot Tying class.........I will have to say for being left handed and having to reverse what people show him he is pretty dang good and quick at tying those knots!

Shooting the bee bee guns....oh yeah mamma here got a bullseye!!

Me and my buddy!

Working with leather....

Bows and arrows! Awesome! And yes mamma got a bullseye AGAIN!! RIGHT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE!!!

So did Elijah!! Nice job bud!

Leaders and Moms that went...Casey, Kelli, Patty, Johanna

Relay races! So funny to watch!

LOL remember trying to this as a kid?!

Ahhh what a great day! Thanks for letting mom tag along Elijah, I had a great time spending the day with you!

*Our troop was the Horse Shoe Crew

*The cheer was.......Yippee Ki-yi saddle up lets ride!

*Out of 10 troops we won the Fire Safety Game!

Bitter Sweet Day......

This Monday Elijah had Scout Day Camp so I packed up a lunch and we headed to the park after the gym. We had us some food then played on the splash pad. Gweny was having such a great time that she started to run. She slipped and landed on her bum then fell back and bonked her head. She got upset, got to her feet then started to run towards me and slipped again! This time she fell forward right onto her face...hard....she ended up chipping her front tooth and I was devastated......I know it's just a baby tooth but for some reason I really took it hard, ME not her, she was fine in a few minutes............ I am starting to get used to it.....I am just hoping it didn't damage her gums or kill the tooth.....next week we shall see!

This is a pic of her tooth...there on the right...... =(

Friends Pool

Our good friends the Anderson's have a community pool and we have been over a few times this summer so I thought I should finally take some pics of all the fun we have there!

Adeline loves to go under water now. We like to go under at the same time and smile at each other.....she also has me hold her underwater so she can "swim"

Ian has been soooooooo good with Gwendolyn lately. This is him dragging her around the pool while she relaxes and enjoys her Popsicle! Ahhhh it's nice to have big brothers!!

Gwendolyn discovered that she LOVES to jump into the pool.....you have to be on guard because she will just go for it!

Love this..........doesn't this pic make summer look so FUN!!!

Ian wanted to get one of him jumping in............he didn't have anything to keep him a float and couldn't quit touch at the other end, so this is his jump at the shallow end.

Elijah and his freestyle...............love the floaty bud! Nice touch!!

Thanks Em for some great times!!