I survived..

We did it.. went camping and I did not die!
BUT...lol We took NO Pictures!! I *forgot* ;)
I know you feel shocked and disappointed to not see pictures of me in a sleeping bag or Rune trying to figure out the tent, none of the kids in their Pj's all day and none of the OutHouse/honey bucket.. None of the great food and none of our neighbors who camped in our grounds with us. You also are not seeing any pictures of the air bed that did not hold the air OR the lizard that the kids found.

It was a fun time I have a true belief that Camping should last longer than 15 hours..Maybe next time *lol* we will go for more than one night! :)
It was nice to spend time with Church pals in the great outdoors!

PS..it rained.

CAMPING

We are going on our ward camp out this weekend! Just thought I would tell the whole world...
(I am not a great camper)

BUT, I AM GOING CAMPING

The last time we went to the ward camp out Katie was cutting her first tooth and cried the whole night... We were lovingly told by a few friends that they were overjoyed to hear our family all night long...lol So I am a little worried!

But we will do fine right?? Right!!

OK,
I will return and report;)

My 11 week Hiatus or *How I spent my Summer Vacation*

When this last summer started I thought I would take a break from the world of blogging.. It had really become a chore that took me away from the fam.. (I am sure I did not replace it with anything better..lol ) BUT, you know us... we still took all the pictures so that we could share them. So here are a *few* lol
There are of course stories for each picture but, I will never get it all done if I write them all :) SO, if you want to know more ask!





















Leaburg Fish hatchery

Lilly by the McKenzie..( she was named after it)

Dancing at the Saturday Market

One of the joys of living in our part of the world is the Saturday Market. My Dad thinks it is full of hippies ;) I think it is one of the most fun places to people watch! Enjoy our girls, who dance better than me!

In the last few weeks.

We have been Crazy!!
All the end of the school year stuff and more!
Here are the a *few* of the snap shots from our lives..
(We start with the most resent.)

Katie lost her first tooth.. She pulled it out all by herself. Sam ran to us to tell us..lol Brave girl!

Proof we had it for a moment she promptly lost it!

Me and my toothless girl.

Earlier that day I took this picture of her because she was so darn cute telling me she was going to get it out that day!

Rune found the biggest scary spider in our back yard.

He has NO love for spiders..(they only have Daddy long legs in Norway so he never knows what kind are poisonous.)

we had friends over..

for Birthday parties..

Our BIG 2 year old Niece A.J. ;) Happy Birthday!

Friends having Fun times!

Birthday Cake for our dear friend Doug!

Birthday cake for A.J.

Played with Josh..every kid loves this Car!~

Ate Father's day Breakfast.

Made the said Breakfast! The kids made the Monkey bread!

Hung out with the Elders Quorum gang!

Made Bird houses at Home Depot..We Love the Saturday free kid classes!

Celebrated the end of the school year with a cone!

Katie Graduated Kindergarten! Kate with the Class helper Steve..

With Justine one of her Teachers

Cari her main Teacher.

Kids flew the plane of the roof..With their Daddy of course!

Had some mad moments ...

had some happy moments!

We went to Milla's birthday Party and had rainbow ice cream.

Sam was in the second grade *Follow the Drinking Gourd* program.

We made Cheese!

We did about 4000 things but..this is probably as many pictures as you all can handle..lol