Tuesday, September 18, 2012

camping!

so we went to devil's lake campground for the weekend with the boys. our friends aliza and joel met us the 2nd night and drove all the way from chicago to see us with their little guy jakob. it was an adventure for sure! we had a lot of fun, but camping with 2 little boys is a LOT of work! (which we expected:) we hope to make it a yearly tradition. we love this place!
watching daddy set up our tent!

josiah's bed for 2 nights. just as happy as always! he was very easy-going the whole time, as usual. 

very interested in watching daddy make the fire

trying to help.. (making mommy a bit nervous)

chevelle loves to camp because she gets to sleep in bed with daddy under the covers:)

finding wood for the fire

eating breakfast.. daddy made eggs, bacon, and of course, coffee!

relaxing.. javan thought it was a swing and wanted us to keep "pushing" him:)

enjoying a perfect day


javan loved the leaves, sticks, rocks, etc..:)


chopping wood

helping daddy cut wood

relaxing by the fire

jared and jared jr. :)



not napping at nap time

we could not have asked for more beautiful fall weather

buddies jakob and josiah

joel, aliza, and jakob sleeping under the stars (their air mattress did not fit in the tent!)

the boys loved playing in the tent~

roasting marshmellows




yum.. smores!

more relaxing in the hammock


our family:)










Thursday, September 6, 2012

family pics

i know this is a bit late, but here are some of our family pics from june :)

our family
javan jared-2
josiah james-6 months
 

 
 brothers
 
 
 
 
you would have never guessed javan had a complete meltdown after about 10 mins into the photoshoot..
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
thanks to sarah schultz photography for the free session!!!!


Monday, September 3, 2012

playdate with rhys


shelley and i met halfway in madison, wi so our little (well not so little) guys could meet. it was such a fun trip! we loved spending time together and wish we lived closer. josiah and rhys played together so nice! it was great catching up with a great friend as well:)



at the children's museum in madison




at the hotel all ready for the pool!

they loved the water! (couldn't really get any pics of them actually in the deeper water.. didn't want to ruin the camera:) plus we had to hold on tight to these squirmy wet boys

having a late night snack


looking for breakfast