September week 1 + Family Reunion

Barber Family Reunion September 4-7 2015

Camping, Quading, Fishing, Hiking, Food, Games, and Fun

in Greenspeake...Near Greer AZ.

The kids played on here quite a bit

Collecting and cutting firewood

Out Quadding with my Jordan!  LOVE LOVE LOVE Him and outdoor adventuring with Him!

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Lyle was wood carving most of the time we were there.  He made guns, knives and swords for lots of people!

Macho Macho Man!!

Tasha, Mark, an their baby Ethan came to visit us Friday to Saturday!  It was awesome!

The boys were so awesome about taking the little ones out.  Blessed!

Mmmm precious moments!  Love seeing these two enjoying each other!

Trust Fall! :)

Gotta get a little football going up in here!

Calvin found a perfect climbing tree.  He wanted to eat up here, and sleep up here....that didn't happen, but he sure did spend a lot of time up here :)

Lol...Lyle saw this shirt in one of the shops in Greer
Its a bear deer hahaha

We went fishing and Calvin found this perfect little bush...reminded me of Spike on Land Before Time.

Surprisingly, the boys caught quite a few fish in this tiny little stream!

Calvin and Addison really seemed to bond this trip!

The boys would catch fish then call the little ones over to have them real em in.  So sweet!  The little kids were so excited!

Such Handsome boys!

Mom is so awesome!   Always making her grandkids feel like a million bucks :)

Calvin started building a fort with fallen branches, then the boys helped him make it big and awesome!  They brought toys inside and it was quite a cool little hideout.

Jordan was so sweet on all the dogs.

Packin up camp :(.  Bittersweet moment when it's time to go home.

It was a COLD rainy weekend, but we had a blast!
Thank you Mom and David for planning a TERRIFIC weekend!!

August Week 4 (23-31)

Went to IKEA with the boys...went on Tuesday so they could eat free lol...turns out they stopped doing that :(

 We got lunch anyway...and funny enough the only thing Calvin liked was the lettuce lol.

I cut Carly Morris' hair, and turns out their dog had puppies...I don't like dogs but these puppies were SOOO cute!!

 BARBARA took us to the movies!!!  We saw Inside Out.   It was cute but not as good as we hoped

Saturday we went to my Dad's and hung out and went swimming of course!

That night I took Lyle on a date to As You Wish.  It ended up being SOOO much fun!  While we were there, a HUGE storm began...flooding, trees fell...it was bad.

August Week 3 (16-22)

Dug a little duck pond today.
Boys in undies...seriously one of the cutest things ever :

 Lyle successfully grafted onto our orange tree!

The boys leading music at Family Night <3

Lyle and I went to the Colbie Callait, Christina Perri (it was her birthday that night!), and Rachel Platten concert!!!

We were missing Daddy extra much so we cuddled up and just chilled for a bit together.

 The boys went shopping with me, and I told them I had something special in mind I wanted to get for them.  I looked all over the store and could not find it, so I finally told them what it was so they could help me look for it.  When I told them, Jordan got SOOO excited he reached over and just SQUEEEEZED Calvin, pure joy beaming from him...lol...simplicities of childhood <3

Lol...and HERE they are enjoying their treat...white donuts :)!

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We had a garage sale this week too (NOT so successful)

August Week 2 (9-15)

Saying our Goodbye's to Roy and Trisha's families

On our way back from the blackberry bushes

More fun with the Cardboard Box...Calvin made a bed lol

Trisha left a bunch of snaps fireworks that the boys loved to play with.  They liked throwing them off the deck. 

Back at the Blackberry Bushes ;)

Grandma and Grandpa took us to the Hanford Museum
 (on the way home from this Museum was when we saw Bryan seizing on the road)

Went to Barbie Beach with Kinoa...one of Lyle's childhood friends.

An early morning  voyage to the blackberry bushes!!  Our favorite!

Mmmm what a sight.  Can't get enough!

Throwing more snaps ;)

Fresh picked strawberries from Grandma's garden

Lila wanted Lyle to make her a balance board for her physical therapy.  This one wasn't quite what she had asked for so Lyle made a different one for her and this became fun for the kids!

Calvin and Jordan LOVE when Grandma breaks out the popcorn machine!

The boys love to make believe play...they pretend they are traveling to all sorts of places...we went to Sea World!

The boys were out in the backyard everyday.  They really loved the neighbors dog "Charlie."  They were so sweet to him :).  We even went over to their yard one day to see him and their two other dogs.

This is my random picture of a really old leaf Lyle showed me and I thought it looked really cool.  I want to paint it. :).

Lol...our last night in Pasco we broke out some bubbly and had a great time!  Lyle got such a kick out of Calvin drinking mug root beer, out of a wine glass, WITH a straw, in Ninja Turtle Jammies, with the little pinky up of course ;)