Camping-revisited

A while back I posted our family pictures from our camping trip... well here are a few more pics from the fun weekend....

Daddy's got more help than a man could ask for... even Jingles is in on the fun! The tent is "his thing" so I just continued to unload the food and get everything set up while he pitched the tent with the boys... it took some serious patience, but I am pretty sure everyone had a "job" to "help" with!

Sweet Micah LOVES everything about camping and he likes to be right in the middle of it all... from pitching the tent to starting the fires and sleeping on the ground in a warm sleeping bag... he loves it all!

Coby is not as big of a fan of all the "outdoorsy" stuff, but he was a good helper, too! He told me his favorite part was snuggling in mommy and daddy's sleeping bags in the morning when it was cold!

Cason did a good job taking good care of Jingles on his first camping trip with his new family. He rarely barks at home, but he barked at everyone (and everything) that passed by... it was annoying... he is so tiny but he would get so worked up... we nicknamed him "Killer" :o)

Bryson is "HELPING..." cant you tell??

I changed this pic to sepia color because everything was so dry and dead looking... kinda sad! That helped us to be thankful for the rain even though it hit while we were trying to load up to go home... has anyone ever tried to put a tent away in the RAIN?! We actually kinda wadded it up and pitched it again in the front yard we got home to dry it out. Yes, our neighbors love us.

Here is the Rock-Throwing CREW. You can see the evidence of the drought by how low the lake was... There were trees sticking up everywhere!

Coby was so proud of this fish skeleton that he found... mommy got the heebie jeebies when she found it in her washer the next day...

The traditional "family pic"

Spoiled??

I have had Bryson home with Coby for a few days while he was sick... We took a trip to get Coby a slush from Sonic to make his throat feel better and I got one for Bryson, too. I guess it made Coby feel a little less "special" since Bry got one, too... so here was our conversation on the way home....
Coby: "I wish I was the littlest one in our family...."
Me: "You do? Why?"
Coby: "Because then I would always get to have everything I wanted, even when it isn't fair!"
**Seriously, did my 6 year old just call me out on spoiling my baby?? :o)

Look at him... how could we NOT spoil this child??!! :o)

YEE-HAW!

Yesterday was RODEO DAY at our preschool! I love this day! The kids have such a blast, and I have to admit, I do too. this year, we added a live horse and cotton candy to the rodeo, so it was pretty exciting! I didnt get a picture of Cason with his cotton candy, so I am posting this sweet pic of 2 sweet little gals in my class... 2 of Cason's little "girlfriends!" :o)

Here is Cowboy cason ready to "rope a steer"

They got to "milk" a cow

They got to see/pet/feed a real live horse... so cool!

My favorite lil' cowboy!

They got to shoot at rattle snakes... here are Cason and Atticus showin off their "rugged cowboy" look...

Momma and her cowboy

Strep throat and another tooth

Sweet Coby has been home from school with STREP... yukk... it has been kinda nice spending some quality time with one of my "middle" kiddos... they so rarely get time with mom by themselves!! He also lost his first top tooth, and he has the cutest little grin! I love it... now if only that tooth fairy would get her (or his) act together and remember to come visit him. He is on my bed right now watching a movie and composing a letter to the tooth fairy to remind her (or him) to come get this tooth that has been sitting under his pillow for 2 nights now.... oops!

He looks chubbier in this pic than he really is.... I was at a funny angle to get the "hole" in the smile! Love my Cobe!!

We survived!

It was COLD... but it was FUN!

The high was only 65 and the low was 42.

But the rain held off til this morning.

It was way too cold for a shower, so by day 3, we were lathering up in smelly lotion & extra deoderant, and pigtails were my only option. :o)

A shower never felt as good as the one I took today!

I will post some more pics of the trip, but for now, here is how we felt by the end of the camping trip.....

So we got a little carried away with the silly pics... it is the boys favorite part of me making them pose for pictures... so we set the self timer and went crazy. There are many more. These were just a few favorites. :o)

XOXOXO

I hope everyone gets to spend the day tomorrow with those that you LOVE!

We are headed out on a family camping trip... hope we still feel the LOVE after spending 3 days in a tent with one another with a 30% chance of rain! :o)

Fingers are crossed for some beautiful weather!

Happy *heart* day!

Fowler Family

While my whole family was here for Christmas, I took some pictures for my mom. It is sometime quite a chore to get all 10 kids looking at the tripod, but we managed a pretty good photo shoot. Momma was one happy grandma!

Dad and Mom

Josh and Heather

Clint and Summer

Casey and Amber

Jordan and Jen

Josh's crew

Summer's crew

Casey's crew

The original crew

Mimi and PawPaw with the kids crew

The guys

The gals

The WHOLE crew (click the picture to enlarge)

I know, I know....

It is FEBRUARY and I am uploading some Christmas pictures on my blog... I have gotten the emails and the comments.... we ARE alive.... we are just busy, busy. And the further and further behind I fell, the more daunting the task of playing "catch-up" seemed.... but I plan to stay in my PJs for a while because I dont have to work today, so I am going to attempt to catch up our friends and family on the month of January for the Best Gang!

And since I am Type-A and the posts have to be in date order, scroll on down, my friends!! :o)

Cub Scout Pinewood Derby

We survived our first official Pinewood Derby. We learned a lot about the weights for the cars and WHERE they are allowed to be mounted.... Daddy was working frantically down to the wire to fix both boys' cars so they would be legal to race, and we just barely made it. The boys had so much fun building their cars and they are already planning their cars for next year.

Here is Micah with his car

And Coby with his

They had 3 cars per heat so they were chosen at random. Once, the boys raced eachother for a heat. They thought that was cool. Micah is smiling because his car beat Coby's this heat! :o)

Coby and his friend, Cade, showing off their awards.

Coby won 2nd place for Best Craftsmanship!

Bry got a hold of my camera during the races....

Believe it or not, Bryson took this picture!! Momma needs to be in a pic every now and then!

Macy Leeann Loftis

My sweet friend Kaylee had her baby on January 12... Macy Leeann Loftis was born right on her due date. OH, MY CUTENESS!!! She is just precious and I am thrilled to be living right around the corner to get me some baby lovin when I need it.... Although I am a bit jealous of girl #2, and the fact that "Macy" was going to be my girl name.... 4 different times.... but, hey, I couldnt have picked a better person to "share" that name with!! (kidding, K! Love you!!)

Preciuos Baby...

Here is Kaylee with Macy and all her "aunties" I love these girls! We went and had "Ladies night" with Kaylee in the hospital while Devan coached a basketball game. How unfair is that Kaylee just had a baby in this picture! You are beautiful, my friend!

Big boys...

Here are the boys in some new PJs that they got for Christmas (thanks, Gigi!). I just loved this picture and how you can really see their heights.... and how skinny they all are, too! :o)... they are already beginning to eat me out of house and home! My boys sure are growing up!!

Cousins

One of our favorite parts of Christmas is the time we spend with extended family! The boys have such a fun time with all their cousins!!

Here are the Fowler cousins with Mimi and PawPaw

What a crew!!

And here are the boys with Jarrell... he is the only cousin (for now) on the Best side... better get on that, Russ and Ang! We bough J some pjs to match the boys for Christmas... how cute!