"Kade's A Big Boy!"

I can't believe our little Munchkin is 3!!! He keeps reminding us that he's a big boy now! His whole goal in life is to be a big boy so he can play sports. Here are a couple pics from his birthday party. (I'll add more later, when my Mom emails them to me. :))

Make a wish...

Riding the carousel

Mmmmmmm....

Tonight we made homemade cobbler from our canned peaches. It was heavenly!!! Kade ate 2 bowls!!!

Aunt Annie's Orchard

A few weeks ago, we drove out to Wilcox to pick peaches. We had a fun day, and brought home tons of fresh produce.

Kade enjoyed riding in the wagon.

He picked this peach himself, and then just decided to have a bite.

Rob decided to devour a peach also.

Kade wanted to go on the tractor ride before we left.

It was pretty fun...and bumpy.

Some of the watermelon from the orchard.

Kade loved the sweet corn that we brought back.

Rob picked out the largest squash he could find, and we're still eating it.

We had some friends over to play games... and eat watermelon. (You can tell their Mom takes a lot of pictures, because little Porter is holding up his plate back there. I told them to ,"say hi w/ their watermelon.")

little buddies

Canning Peaches

We spent one night canning the peaches we had picked at Aunt Annie's Orchard. It took forever!!!!

Rob's hard at work

Rob finally went to bed around 1:00 am, while I waited for the jars to finish processing. (After all I would get to take a nap the next day.)

Wrist Update...

The scary bump on top is smaller.

It's a little green...

That's a nice color on me.

More bruising

The fun splint I get to wear until they figure out what's wrong w/ it. How many Doctors does it take to diagnose a broken wrist? More x-rays to come next week.

Ouch!!!

This is what I did last night in my soccer game. Then we spent 3 hours in the ER, to find out that I have to go to a hand specialist, because they can't figure out what's wrong with it.

I took a funny fall backwards and heard my wrist make some crunching sounds.
I'm in a brace, waiting to go to the DR. on Monday. I hope it's nothing major, being my right hand and all....

Camping in Carlsbad

Over the 4th of July we did some "beach" camping in Carlsbad, with ALL of Rob's family (something like 36 people), plus all of my SIL's family. We must have had 10 campsites, with 3 families per site. We actually camped on campsites that overlooked the beach, and hiked down to the beach during the day. It was a little colder than we expected, but we had a great time!

Here's our camp, before Eric & Kim showed up w/ more grass and their humongous tent!

Havin' a peach...

My bro-in-law spent about 20 minutes making a sandwich, so of course I had to get a pic of the thing...

Doesn't it look delicious?

Goofin' around

Flying kites on a breezy beach day.

Yummiest breakfast at Brockton Villa, overlooking the ocean.

Of course we had to hit Sea World!

Checking out the map, and planning the day.

Kade's favorite exhibit. (Why didn't this picture turn?)

We went thru the shark tunnel twice, per Kade's request.

Kade & Mommy (yes, I have new eyes! It's been a long time coming...)

Kade enjoying the "white noise" on the beach.

Uncle Russ cuddling Kade (Kade's newest cousin, baby Owen w/ his Mommy, Jen)

Kade holding baby Owen, w/ a little help from Daddy

We rode a school bus over to an amphitheatre where the fireworks show was awesome!

Rob's BF Cameron, wife Natalie & baby Ava

SIL responsible for this trip, Deirdre, Wade & lotsa boys!

In awe of the fireworks.

I realized after the trip that I didn't take very many family pictures. I wish I had taken more... We did have a photographer friend take some of the WHOLE family down on the beach. I'll have to add them when we get them. :)

One last picture of my BIL, Eric. Are words even necessary?