More Camping

More camping pics from this past summer. We so missed having Dustin there! Although since he has been working over seas living in almost tent like conditions camping is not something he wants to do these days. These were taken at Riley Creek campground. I really like it there..........except the bird poopy beach :(  So quick story : I had just bought Wyatt a pair of Keen sandals, yes they are a little pricey. So we were standing on the dock and I look over to see one of his sandals floating down the river :( Of course I swam out to it.........in my clothes...........and I spaced taking my flip flops off :( So..........I had to swim back to shore with flip flops in one hand and Keens in the other hand. Mind you I am not a great swimmer..........and there was a dam down stream so there was a bit of a current. At one point I was feeling a bit tired and I looked to shore and thought boy none of those guys are going to be able to save me (I was looking at 2 50+ women with health problems and a group of very young kids).  Then I kicked it into high gear and made it to shore. Lesson learned.............a Keen shoe may not be worth it............and remember to remove your flip flops before rescuing a shoe in the water :)

Picking Strawberries

Even though the berries were late we made sure to go pick strawberries this year. The past couple of years didn't work out for us to go. Of course most of the boys strawberries were eaten and never made their way into the flats. Oops totally did not get any pictures of Wyatt :) My mom ended up taking him to a shady area because it was pretty hot that day. We made a lot of freezer jam..........woot woot! There was still plenty left over for our smoothies and to make pancakes with strawberries and syrup....yum! What a blessing it is to be able to enjoy these things with the family. Gods every day little blessing are sometimes the best ones!

Noah turns 4

The photo above taken by jadeanbakerphotography.com

Ahh if only words could contain the joy I have over being blessed with Noah! So here goes a story for you all.......just a little piece of how God has blessed us.

We had been married for 8 1/2 awesome years but had not been able to have children. It was one of those unexplained infertility things. I can say emotionally I had my ups and downs, but trusted that God had a plan for us. Of course Dustin being the rock that he is never worried about what our family size looked like. He just had faith that God was in control and whatever happens he is always just counting his blessings. Me maybe a little bit of a roller coaster :) So Dustin got an awesome job opportunity to work in Paris..........yeah baby that is right Paris! We were able to live in Paris for 6 months and that is a whole other story and about 2000 pictures :) December of 2006 we received the good news that I was expecting a baby !!! Couldn't believe that we I was pregnant. If I were a writer maybe I could come up with some great way to state how I felt. It was amazing, I thought that I may never ever get to experience having a baby!
So in September of 2007 we were so blessed to meet our Noah! It was a long 32 hour labor of which 3/4 was without drugs. Come to find out I needed a c-section. But so worth it all! Our first impression
was......look at his hair. Loved the sticky up hair! It has been so much fun raising Noah! He is a very smart high energy boy who only like snuggles when he is hurt or tired. He LOVES people, LOVES books, and LOVES animals! Anyone who knows him can agree to the fact that Noah is always pretending to be an animal. He is not an animal in a cutsie kid way either. He has studied animals and trys to be realistic in his portrayal of the animal he is at the moment. Noah has always loved other kids especially his baby brother Wyatt. He recently informed me that he needs two more Wyatts and an Emma for Wyatt (Emma is his cousin and the only girl).
I could go on for days bragging about our wonderful boy! We are just so blessed and thankful for our fun loving amazing little man!

Summer Camping

These are some pictures from camping this summer. Noah has informed me that in the group photo he was busy picking food for the dog so he could not look at the camera. He always has a reason ;) We were camping at Riley Creek and they had a lot of beautiful vibrant flowers. It was a really nice place to go camping. There was a lot to do even if the weather was not warm, and a super bonus.........hot showers! In the bottom pic Noah is telling me about his day as we sit by the fire in the evening. One of my favorite things about camping is sitting around the camp fire until the late hours of the night :)