Photo Dump from the Summer 2016

There are so many moments in between the big moments that somehow just get filed away and forgotten. The little things that you just experience everyday and begin to take for granted. The more I watch my kids grow up the more I try to capture those moments. Which leads to a very crowded phone and lots of selfies of me hardcore Mommin' it.
Anyways...in an attempt to free my phone of these jewels I save them in various places. This is one such place. Let the dumping begin!

All the boys want to hold Emmett all the time. It is sweet. I just wish they would have a little longer attention spans and I may actually be able to consider these little "breaks".

I tried to recreate this...I was in Jen's bathroom around 24 weeks pregnant (just entering my 6th month) and then I was there this July (2 months after baby).

Who doesn't make a breast feeding montage for themselves?

One of the first pics at Frog Lake, Emmett playing Peek-a-Boo

Brayden and Abram walked themselves to Taco Bell and he had to send me a picture!

Right after Emmett was born we went to Panera to try one of Ellie's favorite salads

One of the few times I could not get him to stop crying...I thought I'd get some cute crying pictures with me looking desperate. Haha...Poor Emmett. I had to prove to my sisters that he cries! He indeed cries.

The field of cabins from our hike in Sherwood

Bathtime is a fun time now...

My dad kept sending me pictures of myself when I was little. Man those freckles!

Pretty  much what every second of the day looked like the first couple months after Emmett was born

After Emmett being cranky so much in the carrier I tried him forward facing and he calmed down. Guess he liked to look around. (Or I smell?)

August loves dress up and he was putting on quite the ninja show this day.

Another gem of Emmett exercising his vocal abilities.

Jen and I & Jen and I

You take a pad out for one second and this happens...

I don't get the traditional love notes...I get subtle written hints.

And I cave and make WAYYY MORE popcorn than anyone should ever consume for this child.

A regular trip to Target

Fire pit fun

Emmett snuggling up to my back. He is a squirmy little mover.

4th of July fun

And we have a LAUGH! Ladies and gentlemen...I am hilarious.

Sitting on the back porch while the guys have an epic water balloon fight.

Brent's friends rode through town so we met them and their little girl at McDonadls! (So classy of us). And wouldn't ya know it I did not get any pictures of them when they showed up!

Another Frog Lake

The wee little frog

The lighting in Elysia's room was always so great. So bright. Emmett always looked so photogenic on her bed.

Looks like Mommy woke up first this day!

Elysia and Carleen LOVE this kid. They are obsessed with everything BABY

Came back into the room to see this! Awe melts my heart. Definitely one of my favs.

Ahh...the place where Brent and I met.

Pay no attention to the soiled diaper by my foot...yuck!

While Mitch worked at Uncle Max's I made him lunches and he reminded me that when he was little I used to draw elaborate pictures all over his bags...so I did a little doodle for him

One of our morning chats. Emmett is so vocal and happy when he wakes up

drifting into a milk coma

hiking around Suttle Lake with my guys...It ended up being super hot on one end of the lake and windy and cold on the other...Layers! PNW Layers!

Dam near Detroit Lake! Stopping to stretch our legs

All that hiking...We had one fun summer.
Here is when Emmett turned 2 months old.

While visiting cousins, Charlie showed his uniform to us.

Mitch was a good sport and pushed them around the yard for awhile!

Giving Mitch directions

I guess I surprised him with the camera

August asked, when I was cutting the cucumber, if he could have two slices and take a bath like they do on tv. What have I been watching?!

Went here quite a few times this summer to stay cool. It is nice to be able to let the boys run...

Some pics from Tryon State Creek park. August was particularly creative and he was on a magical quest the entire hike.

This was a magical tree that had "fairy houses in the holes"...

While we stopped to take a break on the bench, August decided we were on a boat.

August paddling us to shore.

It's all down hill from here

August's magical fort. He is currently "powering up" and getting ready for battle

August thought this really looked like a pirate ship. He was getting into character and shouting "Arghh"

Visiting Grandma Annette again! 

Carleen moved...again! We helped her settle into her new place. It was in walking distance to the FroYo place in Sherwood so we walked there and tried to unwind.

Stopped by sonic in Madras to nurse Emmett. Bray was excited to sit in the front seat and "order" for us. He's getting so big

Can there possibly be too many sleeping Emmett pictures?!

We spent this morning snuggling on our bed and reading stories. This was around the time Emmett go his shots and was NOT feeling too good from it. Brothers always know how to cheer him up though.

This was an early one at Emmett's two week apt. He was is the cutest little thing. Looks so good in stripes

Went walking in Bend with my friend Kaitlynn to try and pretend to exercise. August was making it more like a walk a little then sit down and pout, walk a little, then run off and not listen kind of exercise.

There is one of the pout stances as mentioned in the above caption.

Mitch was there trying to "help" entertain August.

Oh well it was a good two hours of walking at a new park in Bend...

Here is Brent talking to Emmett and getting him to smile...

Another trip to the water park. This time with Grandpa Tony.

Emmett had a bath and more naked tummy time...

Did I mention August's obsession with yard gnomes? Well he has one.
He was so excited to get two. He ended up giving one to Papa George though. He thought he needed to have one in his yard. He insisted, "I can go visit him all the time Mom. So it's fine."

This was August taking a picture of his gnome.
*after he gave the gnome a bath in the kitchen sink.

Some OLD pics (as seen by my prego belly) from Jen's camera. A hike we went to in Bend with my Mom and Dad.

Some of Jen's pics from the Wildlife Safari...

Kids riding the Camel!

Until the next dump...