Halloween!

{Jake the Pirate}

{Tatum the Witch}

{Cambrie the Crazy Justin Bieber Fan}

{All 3 crazy kiddos}

{Jason the Chick Magnet & Me the Witch with Tatum & Cambrie}
Jake behind the camera!

Such a fun day! I LOVE all of Tater's witch faces. She was great at getting into character.

Huckleberry'n

It wouldn't be summer in Teton Valley without picking huckleberries. We didn't get out as much as we'd hoped, I guess I'll have to ration myself through the winter months. Anyway, we did all head out together, but with all the bear encounters this year, I was a little nervous.

Cambrie just getting started.

Evidence of success.

Although Jason kept teasing me about bears, he must've been a little worried, because you'll notice, he was packin'. I actually took bear spray and kept telling him that if we were attacked, I'd be better off. He still believes a gun is the way to go. Hopefully we'll never actually have to find out which of us is right.

Yummy goodness! Nothing is better than these babies!

Jake BuStEd!

Getting ready to head back home!

my little fisherman!

My very dear friend Wendy (knowing Jason as well as she does), gave this outfit to Jake when he was born. Luckily, I happened to be cleaning out his closet, or I would've forgotten about it (only because it's been nearly 5 years). Jake was there with me helping me sort into piles, keep, throw, donate, when all of the sudden he said, "Mom, where did this come from?" I looked to see what he was talking about, and he was grinning from ear to ear. "Mom, it's a fishing vest! We need to go fishing." He immediately changed into his fishing clothes, then proceeded to ask to go fishing about 50 more times. By the time Jason came home, I had moved onto the girls closet, but Jake was still undeterred. I asked Jason if he would please take Jake fishing (it was a tough decsion, help clean out our girls closet, or go fishing). He took Jake down to his man cave to get equipped and up they came. Jake now even had flies on his vest. He couldn't have been happier. Now, according to Jake, Monday is "Fishing Day." Thanks Wendy for knowing us so well and being so good to us.

Daddy Daughter Derby!

Cambrie participated in her 1st Pinewood Derby as part of Activity Days. It was a Daddy Daughter Derby. They worked on the car together. Cambrie looked online to find the design she wanted, then Jason helped her with the cutting and sanding. Cambrie picked out the colors and painted it mostly on her own. I got the movie Down and Derby from the library to help get them in the spirit.
Cambrie even wanted to take car themed treats, so we made these banana cars with marshmallow wheels.
And here is the car. She won the award for "Luckiest Car."

fishing with dad. . .

Jason and our neighbor must have been feeling adventurous because they decided to take 8 kids fishing on the South Fork.
Here are the pics they took. It sounds like they had a blast and the fish was delicious too.