Today

Liam went off on his first solo fishing trip with Tanner this morning. Before leaving on his trip Liam came into our room with this box in his hands and put it on the desk. "There, all done," he said. Apparently these are the items Liam saw fit to take with him on his trip (1 bag of orange play dough, 1 Storm Trooper, 1 lite saber and a picture of the Gibbons that I drew on a sticky note pad.)

Picture: Liam's box, Liam and Baby Lindsay.

Liam named his most favorite puppy after my sister's new little baby girl that was born this summer. It's so funny to hear Liam say things like, "Don't wake up Baby Lindsay!" or "Is Baby Lindsay in the car?" or "Baby Lindsay doesn't want to sleep, so I don't want to either."

Upon leaving I gave Liam a kiss goodbye at which he took his puppy and gave me a huge smooch with her mouth. Hey, I'll take what I can get (and at least I don't have any real doggy drool to worry about). I really hope they have a good time and that Liam will fall into the river only a couple of times!

Last Night

While walking this trail Liam did some awesome jumps off the sidewalk and asked if I could take some action shots. This particular one was Spiderman. You should have seen the Optimus Prime, Incredible Hulk and Iron Man jump which were almost as equally awesome.

Also while walking this trail Liam asked suddenly, "Mom, can we have a party? Eat cake... sing songs... have a dance?"

This is how Julian's face has been ever since he's learned the freedom of walking. He always laughs when he begins walking and usually somewhere during his 20 step streak. He loves feeling like a big boy.

At home he walks around with one sock in his hand. I don't know what the deal is with that, but whenever he does that Tanner and I have to chase him down for some major kisses on his cheeks for being so dang cute.

He Can Waddle!

!!!

And while Julian kept waddling towards that dog...

Liam kept his distance and stayed with the more safe and nice fowl.

What would be a roaring river in Utah or Southern Nevada is deemed a creek up in Idaho! This area was so much fun to camp, hike and fish and is absolutely beautiful.

The camp ground we stayed at has a 7 mile trail that follows the Creek for miles of beautiful hiking to the upper lake. It was perfect for us; Tanner would hike a bit with us, then hop into the river and fish, then hop back out and hike some more.

Tanner's hot- even in fishing waders pulled up to his ribs!

I loved seeing Tanner in his element and having such a good time. He kept snatching up fish and within 20 minutes he had already caught 5.

Although freezing at night, Liam only woke up once. The reason: to inform his dad that he loves to camp.

Tanner tried to prove his manliness by stomaching this badly charred food we overcooked. Good thing he's used to my bad cooking!

Summer Happs

Anyone can be all smiles in the middle of a hot State Park as long as a drumstick's in your hand.

Liam doesn't stop running at the petting zoo. We love visiting this place in the summer.

The baby horse we were lucky to see at only 3 days old.

Julian loved seeing the animals and would bark at each one. (Including this colorful horse with bars coming out of its head!)