August

In August we were THRILLED to have Uncle Earl, Aunty Dawn and babies Addison and Ella come and spend a whole week with us!!

You can tell the whole twin thing was a hit with Maddie....

Despite all my other pictures in my previous post, we really did have a crummy summer, weather-wise, but still managed to get outside and make the most of it. That IS why God made rain gear, right?

Some dear family friends generously gave us a handmade excavator their son (he's my age) had as a toddler. It's been a huge hit around here and we've already spent many hours digging in the sand.

Maddie was a big help with the babies while they were here. She was right in there at every feeding and diaper changing. Given the chance I know she would have packed them around as well :-)

Uncle Erik LOVES holding sleeping babies, it means he can catch a quick snooze as well!

Payton feeding his cousin.

Dawn and Earl were great sports and agreed to hike a mountain, with 2 4-month olds!! A great time was had by all and even more impressive was Payton and Madelyn hiked the whole way too! (Okay, so maybe we took a tram, but it's a good mile up to Father Brown's cross and they they walked both ways!)

Can't forget our adventures on Nana and Baba's boat! My dad put his raft on the deck with the outboard in the hold so the kids could "drive" the boat, complete with motor on. Payton had a great time revving the engine.