4th of July at Brownlee

We spent the 4th of July at my sister's cabin on Brownlee Reservoir.  We met Dave's cousin Tim and his family and we spent 4 days swimming, fishing and relaxing. It was really fun and enjoyable. 

 Campfire for s'more making.

 Colt and Harry kissing fish.

 Camryn came with us! Love us some cousin time.

 In typical Camryn fashion she rescued some baby birds and ended up taking them home. We are happy to report that 2 of them made it and are still alive and flying!

 Taking splinters out of hands and feet was a regular occurrence at the table.

Cousins and best friends.

Happy 12th Birthday Colt

 Happy 12th Birthday Colt!

 For his birthday this year all he wanted was a nerf gun party.  Dave and the boys spent the day putting up pallets and stakes to create the perfect spot for capture the flag with nerf guns.  We had 10 boys including Jax and Case and it ended up being the most perfect day to celebrate Colt! The boys were awesome and played until way past when it was time to go home. 

 I had to beg them to stop to eat some pizza and cake before heading right back out for more nerf gun action.

 The crew!

 Colt and his best buddy Reilly.  

It was such a fun day celebrating him and everyone had a great time, especially Colt.  

12 year stats

Weight : 106 lbs

Height: 63  inches 

Birthday Questions
What do you want the most for your birthday?money and nerf guns
What do you want for your birthday breakfast? bread dough pudding
What is your favorite color? black
What is your favorite toy? nerf gun
What is your favorite fruit? mangos
What is your favorite vegetable? carrots

What is your favorite movie? Spiderman Far From Home

What is your favorite animal? dog
What is your favorite book? Dogman
Who is your best friend? Reilly and Kyler
What is your favorite sport? basketball
What is your favorite thing to do outside? play wiffle ball
What do you sleep with at night? my blanket that DiDi made me and my lovie
What is your favorite thing to eat? pizza
What do you want to be when you grow up? firefighter
What is your favorite thing to do with dad? work on projects together.

 What is your favorite thing to do with mom? play flashlight tag

Happy 10th Birthday Jax!

 For Jax;s birthday he wanted to go hunting so he got to skip school (his brothers too) and Dave took them up to the mountains to hunt turkey.

 I got this picture sent to me early that morning.  They didn't find any turkeys to shoot but they did see 4 bears and that was a huge highlight for all of them. 

  They came home from hunting and I took all of them to the movie Avengers: End Game. Jax had already seen it but he has been wanting me to watch it with him so I took him.  Then we came home and had cake with Papa and DiDi.

 Happy 10th birthday Jax!

 The next day after baseball we had all the Pemberton family over for a little party to celebrate Jax.

 Cousins with Memah.

10 year stats

Weight: 93 lbs

Height: 57 inches 

Birthday Questions
What do you want the most for your birthday? Money
What do you want for your birthday breakfast? Bread dough pudding
What is your favorite color? blue
What is your favorite toy? my bow
What is your favorite fruit? strawberries
What is your favorite vegetable? broccoli
What is your favorite thing to watch? Avengers End Game
What is your favorite animal? bear
What is your favorite book? Avenger comic books
Who is your best friend? Joel
What is your favorite sport? baseball
What is your favorite thing to do outside? shoot bows
What do you sleep with at night? lovie
What is your favorite thing to eat? sushi
What do you want to be when you grow up? nurse anesthesiologist
What is your favorite thing to do with dad? go to the mountains
What is your favorite thing to do with mom? go get yoguccinos with her

Happy 8th Birthday Case

 Case turns 8! I got the annual photo of Papa and Case celebrating their birthday's together. They will forever be birthday buddies.

 Case started the morning with bread dough pudding and presents.

 That night we went to Bright's for birthday treats with all the grandparents.

 He had a baseball game that night so we grabbed Subway and met at the field to watch him play. 

 The weekend before Poppee and Memah came to watch the boys play but Case's game was cancelled so they came back on his birthday.  Katie and the kids came too.

 A few days after his birthday he had a couple friends over for a small party.  They had a great time playing football, wiffle ball, bike riding and ziplining.  Such fun boys!

 As usual little sister just jumped right in and played with all the boys.

Happy Birthday buddy!!

8 year stats
Weight:  60 lbs (60%)

Height:  52.5 inches (80%)

Birthday Questions

What do you want the most for your birthday? bow

What do you want for your birthday breakfast? bread dough pudding

What is your favorite color? blue

What is your favorite toy? nerf guns

What is your favorite fruit? apples

What is your favorite vegetable? carrots

What is your favorite movie? Spiderman Far from Home

What is your favorite animal? lion

What is your favorite book? Frog and Toad

Who is your best friend? Evan and Isaac

What is your favorite sport? soccer

What is your favorite thing to do outside? play in the back river

What do you sleep with at night?Groot and my lovie

What is your favorite thing to eat? sushi

What do you want to be when you grow up? fireman

What is your favorite thing to do with dad? go adventure with him

What is your favorite thing to do with mom? play baseball or football outside

Colbi's last day of Preschool

 Colbi finished preschool today. Her last day at Betty's and our very last day of preschool in the Pemberton house. Very bittersweet for me especially. I don't know where the last 5.5 years went but its over and it really feels like a new season is beginning.

 Colbi and her best friend Lennon. Colbi was so lucky this year to get to stay with my best friend Audra and her girls while I worked everyday.  She got to go with Lennon to preschool 3 days a week and hang out at Lennon's house on the days they didn't have school.  She asks me every weekend how many more days until she goes back to Lennon's. 

 Giving Julie a hug goodbye.

 Hugs from Betty. It is Betty's last year as well. 

Next up kindergarten at Berney in the fall with Jax and Case! But first the boys are going to finish up school and I am going to finish up teaching and then we are going to enjoy every single bit of summer!!

Care's 1st Bloomsday

 My friend Megan asked if I wanted to run Bloomsday with her this year and once I realized Dave was off work and we had a relatively low key weekend (I did miss a couple baseball games) I said yes and we had the best time. We left Saturday, ate good food, laughed a lot, went to bed early and ran hard on Sunday. It was a great weekend to get away, be with friends and relax.

Already looking forward to running again next year!