s'mores on the deck

Father's Day seems like a good day for s'mores at the fire pit, right?  Why not!  This was cousin Dutch's first taste of s'mores (or anything that sweet!).  

Are these two crazy cute or what?

st. patrick's day tradition

Not the best photo, but proof that we celebrated our annual tradition.  Paddy O'Buckley playing in the background of course. 

edelweiss

Fondue family dinner and The Sound of Music.  A pretty perfect evening.  

date night with the handsome hubs

dinner table

Hot cocoa in a Santa mug and Fritz loves to steal Daddy's wine.  These boys.

dinner delicious

bribery

breakfast

Fritz: "Eggs are super yucky.  They taste like garbage!! I only like Cheesy Eggs!"

That's right, folks, CHEESY EGGS.  The All American (gosh darn it!) dish consisting of scrambled eggs and American cheese made in the microwave.

lost and found

A few summer pics missing from this record:

nightly battle

Fritz' rebellion of choice at the moment is over food.  What to eat, when to eat...mostly what NOT to eat and when NOT to eat.  He threw such an animated fit about it the other night he flung himself off the picnic bench and fell flat on his face.  First nose bleed...check.  

granola for grandaddy

Sometimes if you grumble enough in front of the right folks...you just might get what you want!  That is if you have industrious little grandsons.  

snapshot of dinner

@ Sunriver making enchiladas with Gramma.

dd ranch

$5 per kid and parents free every Friday at DD Ranch in Terrebonne is a screaming deal if you ask me!  This place was awesome.  No crowds, just our families and one other.  A tractor pulled hay ride through the fields with a bit of ranch family history thrown in for good measure.  Two kids play areas, garden, vintage trucks and tractors, friendly dogs, picnic tables, and the most gorgeous modern barn I've ever seen.  They also have a petting zoo with goats, a donkey, chickens, ducks, a fat pig, a baby bunny, and turkeys.  We will be back.  

 Buckin' bronco practice.  

 My favorite part...I loved this donkey!  Cutest thing ever!

My cool guy getting ready for some steer roping.  

best shots of the day

 Ryan conquering one of his first ice cream cones.

Fritz and Kermit.  Matching smiles.  

juniper junction

Grandma Kelley lead us to this ice cream pilgrimage site last summer.  It is a place she has gone since she was young.  Based on the steady stream of traffic pulling up for a cone, I'd say she isn't alone.  On this day, the (dare I say) wacky old guy who runs the ice cream window and rock climbing store was not in when we arrived.  A few impatient preschoolers ringing the bell finally brought him out of hiding.  As Auntie Ali said, I'm certain the only reason he made an exception to them being closed was the intolerable cuteness of said preschoolers.  And so it was that the boys had their huckleberry cones and licked up the gooey drips as we dispersed the bad news of no ice cream to group after group that pulled into the driveway.