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Sep 2015

Daddy + Bug + Summer at the Lake 2015 [Part 1]

Well, it’s almost Christmas time and I’m just posting about this past Summer…oh well…too many wonderful memories to skip over!

First and most important, Daddy was nominated by our friend, Justin, and won the Father of the Year Award awarded by Channel 3 TV!  We were all so thankful for Justin’s thoughtfulness in nominating the one who we know is so worthy of this title!  We were blessed with a huge check (literally, ha!), a fun night out with family and friends, and a forever memory.  The boys and I are so blessed!  We love our Father of the Year!

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Asher’s first backpacking trip!  Everything was going beautifully…until, a fly flew into Asher’s ear!  Asher was screaming in pain because the fly was alive and freaking out and pounding against his ear drum.  Poor thing.  He was in pretty rough shape.  Of course they had just setup camp and were enjoying the adventure when it happened.  Jeremy had to throw everything into their bags and rush out of the woods to get Asher to the emergency room.  It was pretty traumatic for both Daddy and Asher.  Thankfully, there was no damage done.  I guess now Asher has a good story to tell to his buddies :).

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Before the whole fly incident happened, Daddy and Asher did enjoy their time.  They found a really cool cave, and Asher wanted to film a little segment for his tv audience.  I think he was inspired by Daddy’s debut :).

The boys and I were busy cramming in a few fun activities before we left for the lake.  It’s so wonderful not having a school schedule to work around, and to be able to have Asher along with us!  We hit up the dollar theater, Beck’s favorite thing (escalators), and Asher’s favorite (The Dinosaur Museum), Family Fun at the arcade, batting cages and baseball camp with Coach Brian.

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This is going to go down as one of my favorite Asher compilations.  At the museum they have a tv playing old shows, and you can be a part of the show.  I’m thinking Asher would really enjoy theater :).  I couldn’t stop taking pictures, he was cracking me up!!

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Punkie tried too…and had kisses for his brother :).

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Beck’s first Diamonbacks game!  He had so much fun!  But, he definitely did not like the huge bobble heads, and he had so much anxiety at the mere mention of taking a picture with them, ha!

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Punkie Bear got pretty sick.  It was awful…but, I’ll never forget him squeezing on to me and us cuddling for a few days.  You’ve always been the best cuddler, Punkie.

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So blessed to be able to bring the boys for an extended amount of time to one of our most favorites places on earth!  We’re so thankful Grandma and Grandpa don’t mind us moving in and making their home loud and active for a month :).  The boys love going to the lake to see Grandma and Grandpa, and playing outside for endless hours!

Grandma and Grandpa bought Asher a Chopper!  We still cannot get over this.  He has a motocycle.  He’s 7, ha!  He did look pretty cool riding it :).

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The first time Jeremy and I let the boys go down to the turn around by themselves.  It was sweet.  Asher felt so big being responsible for brother :).

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So beautiful.

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One of many strolls around the lake.

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I can’t get over how much Asher loves to fish.  He’s not quite keen on the idea of taking the fish he catches off the hook, but that can be a scary thing with all the fins and wiggling.  He has amazing patience for this sport!  Beck, on the other hand, went fishing with Grandma and Grandpa, and he just let go of his pole and dropped it in the lake.  He said, “I fish no more.”  LOL!

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Lots of water fun!

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Lots of trips to the sandbar to play around and adventure for treasures.

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My parents friends let us borrow their canoe so we were able to enjoy some adventuring around the lake.  We even saw a beaver working hard on his home!

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You’re so cute, Punkie.

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Fashion Show!

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4th of July on the lake.  Pontoon parade, tubing, guns and fireworks :).  The display on the lake was pretty spectacular.  We had about 10 different shows lighting up the sky and the lake.  So pretty!

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Jeremy and I were honored to host a wedding anniversary party for my parents, and celebrate their 40 years of marriage!

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Thanks Auntie Dana for coming to help, and capturing wonderful memories of the night!

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  • by rachelolimb
  • 1 Comment
  • Sep 22, 2015
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One Comment

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    G&G

    So many to pick from,loved them all-really have to put my order for a couple of them Honey! Asher did such a great job on his documentary in the cave-we kept saying no don’t go in any further! Thanks for sharing-Hugs

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