Can't live with HIM...can't live without.

I thought I'd do a post tonight dedicated just to Nixon.  I have so many funny pictures of him and so many great stories.  He's going to have a great slide show one day when he gets married.  I'd thought I'd share a few of my favorites of the summer with all of you tonight.

Here he is at Walmart with an Iron Man helmet on.  He calls Iron Man, Beautiful Man so I guess he thought he looked beautiful in this picture.  I don't know where his shoes were...not unusual for Nixon.

Here's a picture that makes me laugh out loud every time I look at it.  I have no idea who took this picture or how he got underwear to put on his head while driving, but here he is none the less.  He truly makes me laugh everyday.

Sugar is this boys main food group.  He eats it all the time and without end.  I'm not sure why he is eating two ice cream cones but he's pretty pleased with himself as you can see. Scotia is probably beside him crying because he took  hers.  Another common occurrence.  The candy thief!

I had to put this in here because this is what Nixon's faced looked like half the summer. Covered in dirt and food.  This is just so classic Nixon.  I've given up on cleaning him until bedtime.  I figure as long as I wash the dirt layer off once and day so that he can start fresh the next we're doing good.  Face washing is just not one of my strong suits most of the time.  

These are my pajama pants.  He was dancing in them when I found him.  Very random and very funny.  I wish I could get into his head sometimes.

Covered in mud and playing with nails.  We encourage our children to explore the world around them...as you can see that's not always safe.  He's having fun though so I guess we're getting a few things right.

Here he is pretending to eat fake poop at an interpretive center we visited in Whitefish.  Of course we can't just look at the poo and touch it; we have to also try to eat it.  It's a good thing it was only rubber.

He made himself a squirt gun out of a shampoo bottle and had to poise with it for a picture.  He's just so silly.

Last but not least, a great picture of him goofing off in the boat.

As much as this boy drives me crazy I love him to pieces.  What would life be like without Nixon in it?  I dare say a little on the dull side don't you think?

I love you Nixon!

Summer Highlights

We started off the summer celebrating that school was out.  Ally invited some friends over for a backyard pool party and BBQ.  We had delicious hot dogs, chips, pop, popsicles, and watermelon.  There was music, water and laughs.  The kids loved it and so did I.  We just LOVE summer time!

We celebrated July 1st the usual way in Raymond with the May family.  The kids just LOVE getting together and this year was no exception.  Here we all are at the parade waiting for candy.  Buddy in front and the kid beside him are not related to us.  They did however steal some of our candy and ruin this picture.  Don't worry.  At one point I yelled at him to go away; it worked.

Ally participated in her first summer games this year.  Thanks to Uncle Matt's great coaching he took her team to the finals where they won SILVER MEDALS.  We were so proud of her.  She's quite the little soccer star and is so proud of herself for the win.  It was fun to watch and even more fun to cheer for our little Ally as she did her best.  

The Nelson crew joined us at the Lake this year.  We LOVED having them with us.  We had a great week on the water.  The kids made a wipeout coarse, played in the mud, swam, water skied, did pedicures, and pretty much played hard all week.  Trev was a trooper and pulled the kids countless times on the tub and various other behind the boat things.  We were all sad to see them go home.

Jayce stayed with use at the Lake the following week and we really enjoyed having him there.  We hiked, put on a play, rode a gondola, went down the alpine slides, shopped, swam some more, and had another great week.  He's a great help to have around and we were really sad when he went home.  Do you think Laura and Al would miss him to much if we just adopted him as one of our own?

Our week with the Wallace's was fun and exciting.  We did lots more on the water, had a pirate adventure the took us to poo island, tye dyed t-shirts, ate yummy food, and just enjoyed each others company.  Summers don't last long enough.

 

We've camped a few times, driven all over the place, eaten a 10 scoop ice cream cone, hiked, biked and played hard this summer.  With back to school tomorrow; looking back I don't know how it went so fast.  

Last but not least, here's a pic of Scotia with her summer highlighted hair.  Summer highlights really are the best!

Let's hope we have a fun and exciting school year too.

Cheers everyone!