The kids were always there to help out. The little ones are Helping my sister while she is taking down their tent. They are pounding the stakes into the ground with rocks that are nearby.
We celebrated Ella's 6th Birthday while in the San Bernidino Mountains. Ella loves camping and being out side. Our camp site was across the way from the site where we celebrated Ella's first birthday. It was a lot of fun thinking back 5 years and seeing how much she has grown, along with how much my whole family has grown.
Owen tried very hard to play in the water. Lucky for me when he figured out that if he used all his wight, the handle would drop, water would come out, but then he would slip, fall on him bum, and the water would turn off. This took up a lot of his time.
While there over the 4th of July, that also meant my moms birthday. A tradition that we have always done, even if she didn't like it. Along with celebrating her special day we celebrated our country. We hung decorations and told stories. It was a lot of fun.
Rock painting has become tradition with our kids now. It is not bad enough that Nathan, being a geologist, collects rocks, now my kids do. However Owen is falling more in his dads footsteps. He painted rocks faster then we could clean them off, so when he said he wanted the rock by papa's feet, we decided that it should take him a while to paint that one. We did bring it home, and it is in our front garden area. However that is nothing compared to the "intrusive, granite, dike" rock Nathan put in the back of our can to take home. (I am learning)
3 comments:
I love how little boys entertain themselves. :) Happy Belated Birthday Ella!!
Great camping posts! Thanks for finally sharing :). I'm sure Ella will enjoy having a camping birthday for many years to come!
Love the rock! Your uncle Dion loves to bring rocks home too. We have them from every place we've been too. Your cousin Orin's daughter Grace-- is becoming the rock hound in their family.
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