Lights, Camera, Action!

And to complete the summer's recap, here are a few short videos of (mostly) Owen's activities. Enjoy!

Underwater Swimming

Owen and T-Rex

(tilt your head to the right and forgive me

for the poor forsight while filming!

Morning time at the Woodruffs

Humpy Heaven

...and August!

In August, Owen, Annabelle and I took a 3-week trip to introduce Annabelle to my sister and her family. While there, we went to a lake in Northern Minnesota to celebrate Emma and Megan's 13th birthday and drove to Bismarck, ND to visit my Grandma. On the way home, we stopped in Washington for a quick visit and took Owen to the Woodland Park Zoo where they were having a dinosaur exhibit. Then, home again, home again jiggity jig!

Owen and his new buddy, Graham Burkholder riding the tractor at the zoo

little Owen boy

Owen finally meets his love

posing on the pictosaurous

Owen and I with Megan and Parker

my new favorite picture

me and my girl

beware leaches!

Kolden Girls

Annie and Great Grammie

...turns out he also loves frogs!

super Megan!

Parker showing his fancy moves

boat ride and birthday girls

Birthday crocheting lessons

Cousins enjoying a breakfast of Great Grandma's rice krispy treats

It's cereal, right?

Bailey, Erin and Emma

Birthday pipe cleaner tiaras

blondies

sweet blue-eyed girl

So happy with her Uncle Chris

Exploring the park with Auntie Erin

...and then there was July

In July we celebrated Owen's 4th birthday and got out fishing... Enjoy!

Sometimes Owen likes to take control of the camera...

mama battling a humpy (for crab bait)

luke in humpy heaven

Happy Birthday pinata

Candy Land!

The perfect birthday combination:

oatmeal, strawberries, candles and a water balloon

dino birthday cake

happy beach baby

Owen and his friends- Hunter, Cody and Kyle

fishing fool

water gun at the beach

crabby and crabby

bathtime babies

June in Pictures

In June, we got to go camping on a long beautiful weekend with our dear friends, the Andersons. We also spent time on the boat, going fishing... here are the pictures to prove it!

Around the campfire

camping arts and crafts

boy on the beach

chubby cheeks

camping dog

Woodruff family

fresh from the dryer

trio of campers

fishermen

wildflowers

hooray for the boat!

passed-out after a long weekend camping

drumming

my solution to keeping rocks out of Annabelle's mouth

pretty girl

beach swimming in undies

boat buddies

Owen with his dear friends, Gabie and Samson

xtra tuffs