happiness: knowing that summer is not over yet

well, my memory stick is full, so i guess it's time for some more updates.
a few weeks ago the boys and i went to bloomington lakes with dillon's family. he was on call, so he had to stay and work while we went and played. it was a beautiful day and very memorable:)




we have a great apple tree in the backyard and dillon decided to practice his BB gun skills with the boys. they loved it...to say the least. i especially loved their faces when trying to shoot. so funny.

this summer i took on a project to make a sandbox for the boys. it was educational and satisfying to come up with a plan, get all the materials (which took the longest) and finally make it happen...might i add without the help of my husband. i loved it and the boys LOVE to play in it.







for labor day weekend, we drove up to bozeman to be with ben and julie, callie and kate and josh and brittany (josh's girlfriend) and to be at Kate's baby blessing. (mom, dad and emily and kyle were in Alaska and couldn't make it.) kate is such a beautiful little girl. she is a very sweet and tender little spirit. we are so glad she is healthy and in our family. we had a great weekend and i had fun spending time with just my brothers and julie and brittany. dillon especially liked shooting bows and arrows. he's decided he wants to sell his rifle and buy a bow. good thing i started a new budget this month :) he also got creative with a plastic fork on the drive home. he is so much fun. i sure love him.