Camping 2015

For our annual Martin family campout last year we went to Frozen Springs campground, which is up past Anderson Ranch Reservoir. We'd camped there once or twice before and it's one of the best places we've found that's not too far away.

Here are a bunch of random photos from the campout.

Rain Gutter Regalia, 2015

The older boys got to participate in a Raingutter Regalia for cubscouts. I don't remember how they did over all, but they had fun.

 Here's a video of the race when Morgan and William were matched up against each other. Close race!

David wanted to try his hand it at also, so he faced off with one of the other dads. I can't remember the outcome of that race either. 

June 2015 summer fun

We got a tiny swimming pool last year. It was pretty popular for a month or two though.

 Alli wore her diaper in the pool and it ended up looking all sollen like this. 

We also got a couple new things to cook on over the fire. See?

We also got a gigantic frying pan. Perfect for cooking babies in.

Teemo

Our cat Daisy had a litter of kittens. She had four of them in the neighbors flower garden. We took them to our garage for warmth and safety. But we couldn't save them from Daisy's horrible mothering. Of the four only one lived past the first two weeks. We named him Teemo and planned on keeping him. 

He was kept out of reach for a long time though, and it was hard to interact with him while he was young, so he turned out pretty wild and afraid of humans. And then he completely disappeared. But...the kids liked having kittens while they lasted...

Anderson or Peterson Ponds

Last June we went to an end of school year homeschool party at, I think it's called Anderson pond in Parma. (Maybe Peterson Pond?)
It's a really cool place and super fun! Unfortunately it was on a day that we didn't have William and Owen, so they weren't able to come. Morgan invited his friend Hayden though.

 There were tadpoles and frogs everywhere. Pretty fun.

 There was a big platform for the diving board and a zip line. They also had a big water slide, but it wasn't operating on the day we went. There were floating docks all around, canoes, paddle boats, and enough life jackets for as many people that wanted them. And imported sand. They put a lot of money into their pond and they don't even charge for its use!

Post-it #166

Here are just some random fun/cute photos from June that don't fit in with a specific event. Not a lot of explanation for each is required. 

Post-it #165

Last year for Father's Day I made a fun video for David. It will be fun to watch as the children grow.