Hiking Mount Manadnock

While we were in New Hampshire, the 3 guys took the 4 oldest boys on a hike. They had lots of fun and had lots of stories to tell when they got back!


After a few hours... finally to the top! Bryce,Aidan,Ethan,Dylan


The whole crew!


Dave with Bryce & Dylan


Brian with Ethan & Aidan


Brian, Paul & Dave- these 3 guys took many trips together when they were all single, and many were hiking trips. I'm sure it never crossed their minds that they would be taking their boys all hiking together someday!

(I did it again, and got these posts out of order, so the "New Hampshire' post is the first one of this trip.)

You always have to make time for the 'formal' pictures!!


The boys all dressed up and ready for meeting Sunday Morning.


Our Family


Brian & Lindi, Ethan and Aidan


Paul, Cheryl and Pierce

Oh my, this little guy just stole all of our hearts!! Pierce was 6 months old here, and at that really cute age! Isn't it amazing that the 3 guys all have little boys! :) We have some really fun years ahead of us!


Lindi always buys the boys matching shirts when we get together :)


Enjoying the bikes & scooters


We 3 ladies had a really fun time together also!


We took the boys for a hotdog one evening and ice cream afterwards.

New Hampshire Trip

We had a fantastic trip this summer to New Hampshire to visit our friends Bian & Lindi, Ethan and Aidan. Paul & Cheryl and their new little guy, Pierce met us there also. The 3 guys, Dave, Brian & Paul were good buddies in their growing up years and took lots of awesome trips together...until they got married! :) Now, we try to meet up every year or 2 at someone's house. They boys all got along great this year again and we had a really fun time!


All the kids (big & small!) had fun on the gocarts and mini bike.




Bryce took Mommy on a ride!


All the boys in the tree fort by the river behind their house:
Ethan, Dylan, Aidan, Cayden, Bryce


Going out for a kayak trip

Birthday party!

Cayden had a fun birthday party with some of his friends at a Splash pad/ Playground. They all had fun playing and enjoying getting wet to keep cooled down!

This was the easiest cake I've made yet, because he practically decorated it! He had so much fun putting all the Legos on it and deciding which Lego men to put on it!


We had to get pictures at the beginning of the party because it was so hot that the icing started melting just minutes after we got it out of the car!






Cayden and Alayne, our neighbor that he loves playing with!

Random Summer Photos

We've had a really busy but fun summer & I can't believe school is right around the corner! Here are just a few shots of the boys.
Bryce had this idea of making a Lemonade Stand. So, Daddy & him stayed up very late one evening building this stand from scrap wood they had collected to work on their fort. The next day, Dylan helped him paint it, and the next week they were out selling cold drinks at the end of our driveway! We only have 10 houses in our subdivision, and we have wonderful neighbors, so they all stopped and bought a drink at some time!

Bryce & Dylan painting and as you can see they had a little fun with the orange paint! :)

Matt, one of the neighbor boys was the first customer and also a repeat customer :)

We went to Happy Convention this summer and the boys enjoyed seeing and playing with their friends. Trae & Seth moved away from our meeting and now live 5 or so hours away, so the boys have missed their buddies!

The 'crew': Bryce, Seth, Trae, Andrew, Luke and Dylan, Cayden in front

The boys each made a Bow & Arrow between meetings with things they found in the woods around the grounds.


Bryce made Milkshake a bed out of a shoe box! And, she actually thrilled him by climbing in it and taking a few naps that day!

Happy Birthday, Cayden!!

How can it be that our 'baby' is 5 (yesterday!)?? We had a fun day at the pool with some friends, then had cupcakes after dinner. He's been opening presents all week, so there wasn't a 'rush' of new toys all in one evening! :) This little guy definitely keeps us hopping- a true, sweet but mischievious boy! Happy Birthday, Cayden! We love you very much!!


All of the kids at the pool: Brent & Bryce in the back; Suzannah, Brooklyn, Dylan, Benjamin, Cayden & Brock in the front. Caleena is sneaking off to the side :)


We're having a party for him tomorrow at a Splash Pad, so tonight we had cupcakes. He is very into Legos (actually, all the boys are), so he wanted a Star Wars Lego party.


Bryce, Cayden, Dylan & Benjamin
Benjamin went to Mother's Day Out with Bryce & Dylan, and they've stayed good buddies every since!