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Turtle Races.  A perfect balance of weird and sweet nostalgia :).  It just makes me smile that I get to bring the boys to these races every year!

Grandpa took the boys on a train ride around the city.  Too cute :).

This has quickly become a tradition as well.  Hard to beat pickin’ fresh berries and smashing them in your mouths on the ride home!  So pretty.  So yummy.

Ha!  Beck.  Your face is cracking me up!

Beck is in the background moving the nice, hard-working, farmer lady’s “start picking here” flag.  Ha!  Such a circus…but it’s our circus, and we love them so much :).

Then the boys and I added a little adventure onto our tradition, and checked out a new area.  We will absolutely be back.  We had the best time running around climbing trees, rolling around in the grass together, and checking out an old flour mill.

Being silly and laughing together.  Always their favorite.

Big brother helping Beck to “climb” a tree :).

Their matching tongues are so cute.

Asher grabbed some of my most favorite pictures with Punkie Bear.  So proud of him, and so thankful to have these keepsakes!  Beck’s squishy cheeks will always be on my favorites list.

For some reason, Beck HAD to stand like this after he rolled the ball down.  What a crack up!

Sweetness.

Grandma and Grandpa took us to the state fair!  It was so fun watching the boys light up with carnie delight :).  Asher walked away with this!  I still cannot believe this happened.  His very first game, his very last ring to toss, and he nails the middle bottle.  When does that ever happen?!  When you flew somewhere for sure, ha!  Grandma and Grandpa are driving down for Christmas, so until then, he awaits the return of his beloved Pikachu.  So cute :).

Major photo props to my dad, who grabbed all the pictures of us enjoying the day!

Asher and I trying to get Beck’s attention on the swings, ha!

Guns out suns out.  He even has a scar on his cheek to go along with the tough look, ha!

We were hoping the ride people would include the spike in his height :).  I feel like we’re out of this stage now, which is sad, so this is a throw back to when Beck would ask every morning, “Mom, can I have crazy hair!!!!” 🙂

Grandma got to introduce the boys to her favorite ride, the Tilt’a Whirl.  Can’t you just hear the giggling and little screams of delight :).

How cute is this!  Grandma and Grandpa registered the boys to be in the Dent Days Parade.  Asher drove the golf cart, and Beck threw out candy to all the kids, lol!  So cute!

I forgot to include in part 1 that Jeremy and I flew separately with the boys.  We both enjoyed getting special airplane dates with the boys :).

That’s a wrap Summer at the Lake 2015.  It was an awesome vacation.  Thank you so much, Mom and Dad!!!

I came across these sweet pics after the last post and just had to include them.  This is from Daddy and Asher’s last backpacking trip that ended in a mad dash out to the emergency room.  They’ll be back though.  So beautiful.  Asher, you are blessed to have a Daddy who wants to give you childhood memories together in the woods.