The Garland Family

My uncle Jeff was able to make a trip down with his little boy Wison. I didn't take any pic's with Jeff in them (I don't know why) but we had a nice time and the kid's had a blast playing. It was great to spend time with the Family.

I don't know what it is about boys but they can make up games with just about any object. Today it was who could push the fastest without making the other fall out.
I am so glad we didn't send wilson home in a cast!

There could have been a tornado blowing right through the room and
Ian wouldn't have put the magnadoodle down.

What is it about Papa that makes children want to attack?

Little miss. maren

This is what the garland children do for fun.
It's gotta be genetic!

Dallas Zoo

It never gets old for me to watch my children enjoying themselves.

All of my kids are so photogenic.

well... not all of them.

Josh fits right in with all the animals.

Miss. Lulu bean wanted to be the butterfly.

Colorado

Our family trip this May to Colorado. Our favorite place to be. The most wonderful family I ever did see!

I think she smiled the whole week

Gordon and the strange boy we found in Denver decided to put their feet in the freezing water after a long hike filled with rain, snakes, sleeping children and footprints that were from either a bear or a dog (according to Josh it was a bear).

Gordon made sure the kids knew that this is "real snow."

The kiddos at the regularly visited Ice Cream/grocery store.

The View on the road to the cabin

Fossil Rim

We took another daytrip with the Harris' to Fossil Rim (a free roam animal conservation) and had a great adventure. The kid's could barely stay in the car and for some reason all the animals loved me - but who could blame them? The only animal that freaked us out was the ostrich that wanted to attack our vehicle. We were ready for him and dodged what could have been a very serious incident!

Tyler Zoo

We all got a lesson on how babies are made by the lions and the cheetahs, which was interesting to say the least.

The summers end

Most of this summer was spent at the pool. I decided to be brave and start taking the kid's into the big pool, where both Ella and Ian learned to swim and Josh grew fins.
We are all so sad to see summer go, not so much for the hours spent at the pool but for our bleached hair and brown skin. We are all so much better looking!

Blueberry Hill

Early July we went Blueberry picking with our family friends The Harris'. The bigger kids had a fun time racing to see who could fill up the buckets the fastest. It wasn’t until Ian understood that the blueberries were edible that he really started to enjoy the trip. This will definitely be an annual trip for our family.