Random pics from spring/summer

Daddy's birthday cake (very late picture).

"I've had ENOUGH!"

Daddy cooking at work campout.

Camping!

Tayson and Brady's co-worker Renee at the campout.

An afternoon by the river.

They do love each other.

Boys making silly faces for the camera, though Camden's is rather mean....

Now that Camden rides without Training wheels as of a couple months ago (way to go CAM!), Baylee has made claim on this bike. She LOVES IT!

Camden practicing at Tayson's practice. This kid LOVES soccer.

Tayson at soccer practice

Pictures before the boys and Dad head out backpacking

Camden had a run-in with a mall kiosk. OUCH! First stitches.

Playing Peek-a-boo

A few days after the accident. Beginning to look better.

Camden wanted to take a pic of us.

She definitely LOVES her brothers. But is not afraid to let them know when she has had ENOUGH! :)

The boys new bunkbed (well, used but new to us), and Tayson finally got his desk that he has been hoping for, just so happened to be sold with the bunkbed. So much more space in their room now compared to their old bunk bed.

The boys decided to make Baylee.... SUPER BAYLEE!

More and more of Hawaii

Baylee eating while cousin Hayden entertains her.
Baylee really did LOVE the ocean. She was perfectly fine with Daddy dunking her every time he had her in the water too.

Ted's Pies will make anyone this happy! :)

Tayson had fun husking this coconut shortly before we headed home.

Baylee and Jessica. Baylee enjoyed her cousins for a period of time. By the time it was time to head home though, she was the only one who was more than ready to go home. She generally doesn't like anyone but mom or dad to hold her, so to have cousins wanting to hold her all the time got to be a bit much. This sweetheart Jessica LOVED Baylee. If she could she would have made Baylee her baby doll. :) I can't help but be relieved at the idea that should we by some small chance all end up back there next summer for ward camp, I will no longer have the baby in the family. Jana and Carla's babies will be the baby dolls and Baylee will hopefully have a little more freedom to get around. :)

More of Hawaii

Baylee LOVED the water

and she loved the sand for the most part

Just not so much being buried in the sand.

The boys just simply LOVED EVERYTHING about Hawaii.

Cousin Hudson holding some of the fish that were caught one night doing (I can't remember what it is called, I'll have to ask Brady) Sorry. Or I'm sure someone else can fill it in. :) Not the hukilau, but the one where they go out with the tube and lay the net and use the leaves to pat the water and scare the fish into the net. (THANKS Lindsey. It is paipai fishing.)

Here are the fish that were caught on the first try. They did it a few other times after the kids went to bed.

Brady and his brother Todd and cousin Andrew went out and went spear fishing with a few of the men from the ward in Kayaks. Our men didn't fair so well, but the men they went with caught quite a few and willingly shared some of their catch with us when they came back. It was a fun experience for them though.

Grandma Clark and cousin Andrew were able to fly over and join us for ward camp too. It was a lot of fun!

Cousins playing Ruckus. Funny story behind this game. I happened to be at Deseret book up by the temple shortly before Christmas and saw this game that caught my attention only because of the name. In high school some of Brady's best friends had a band called Ruckus, only spelled slightly different I think. But I decided to by the game strictly because of the name as sort of a silly gift for Brady. Well, we finally broke the game out about a month and a half or two ago and the kids LOVED it, so when Brady's mom came for the marathon, they taught her to play. She loved it and went to Utah and bought one and taught Brady's brother's and sister's families and bought a few more games when she got back to Hawaii and when we went there, they taught his other Brother's family the game to, and so the kids had a blast playing it while we were there. Who would have thought the game would have become so popular. :) I still just have to laugh.

Some pics from Ward Camp. Sorry we didn't think to take pics during any of the festivities, mainly because neither of us wanted to haul Brady's camera around much, and mine broke shortly after we got there.

And I can't even begin to describe what it was like to fall asleep and wake up to the sound of this each night and morning that we were at camp. Simply Magical!

Part of our Hawaiian fun!

The boys LOVED helping Grandpa Judd build a new picnic table. Tayson especially loved it! He is very much like his Grandpa Judd with idea after idea of things he can build or make flowing through his mind on a regular basis. Some are unrealistic ideas, but I've learned it does no good to tell him it won't work, it just gives him fuel to try to prove otherwise. I am giving Grandpa Judd the responisibility to tame his ideas. :)

Daddy and the boys and cousins jumped Maunawili Falls. They had a lot of fun. I have videos but they wouldn't upload, but did for facebook so you'll have to look there if you want to see them. Camden even jumped!

YUM!

Treehouse and splash pads

The boys love the treehouse at the outlets and of course all the splashpads around town. Its so fun to have summer here and nice weather to be able to enjoy being outside in this beautiful place.

Backpacking with Daddy

Mid June Brady and the boys went on a backpacking trip just the 3 of them. Brady had been planning this for quite some time and they were all excited. They had a blast, though the trek in too longer than Brady may have originally expected, but not a surprise with a 6 and 4 year old carrying packs and backpacking 2 miles in and 2 miles out. There were a few moments of Tayson saying "I never ever want to go hiking again" because he was tired, but overall the boys had a blast. I was nervous having them go, but it was a great experience for them and Brady did a good job keeping an eye on them too I guess, or so he says. :) No one got hurt, so I can't complain. Wasn't until they got back and I took Camden somewhere that he ended up requiring stitches. haha. Apparently Brady should be more concerned about me watching the kids than I about him. Brady, like most dads and husbands (at least I think he is like most men, and if not then I blame it on his dad because he is just like his dad and brothers in this way :) ) just tends to walk along wherever we go and it seems as if he thinks the boys are following right behind in a perfect line or something, when it reality I'm in the very back, constantly grabbing them and pulling them and pushing them along to keep up with dad and now and then I have to yell to him to turn around and come back and help. So the idea of them going off into the woods alone with me not there to keep tabs on the boys, was a little frightening. But it all worked out in the end. In reality, Brady is an AWESOME daddy and husband. Oh the adventures these guys have had and will continue to have with him!

They found a mine (no they did not go in), just explored from the outside.

Tayson tried to make a zipline I guess. See, someone had one at father and sons and so of course Tayson thought, since a guy made one there, he would be able to make one while backpacking. This kid has a lot of confidence when it comes to his ideas, even if they don't work out in the end.