Hammock camping!

We have been very busy bees this Summer... and have had so much fun that we hardly took any pictures. On our last camping trip, we slept in hammocks, and Ben took pictures with his phone. We slept in the hammocks for 2 nights. We went on a hike, built a dam in the river, explored ice caves, cooked over the fire, and we saw a momma bear with her twin cubs (we were in the car on a forest service road when this happened). I hope you enjoy the pictures!

Sean posing next to the hammocks

Yep, we actually slept in hammocks!

We went on a hike

We explored the ice caves

All of us together in the caves

More spelunking

Still in the cave

It was ICY cold in the ice caves. There were columns of ice and icicles inside

The boys climbed into Ben's hammock in the morning for a snuggle

Making silly faces together

Momma got to snooze until the boys piled into the hammock with her

The beautiful morning view from the hammocks

A morning pic of the whole family

Happy Easter 2014!

Mark and Sean let me snap a few quick pictures today before church. They are getting so big!

Happy Easter to you!

Oh how we love our man-children!

Sean quote of the day

I thought you might enjoy this.

Sean has been bugging me for days to let him have a cough drop. They are the menthol version, and I had said no because they taste 'hot'. Today I finally gave in. Sean's face went from excited and triumphant at getting his wish, to somewhat surprised, then teary-eyed and determined, to finally panting into his hand. He lasted another 2 minutes and then spat it in the garbage. 
His comment: "I thiiiiink... that was maybe not a good idea, Momma. You shouldn't have given that to me because now my mouth hurts."

Snow Day!

Life has been so busy, I haven't had time to post in more than 2 months... but the boys played in the snow today for several hours, and had so much fun, I wanted to share the pictures with you.

Our entire town shut down due to the snow. No school, public buildings closed, a lot of businesses closed. I kind of have to laugh... but on the other hand, Vancouver just isn't equipped for this kind of weather. The city only owns 7ish snow plows, and most people don't have winter tires...