Bella, Gabe and Josiah

We had a few more days with Jeremiah and the weather was reasonable so we had a fire and s’mores. The best we could get this summer of all five (boy) cousins in one picture. I was on the porch, minding my own business, when suddenly I was brutally attacked! Josy and Jeremiah had entirely too much fun together this summer. It’s been a lot of fun to watch them get to be little buddies. We had to take advantage of one last beautiful evening. Water fight! I got up early one morning and went for a run. The Lake was beautiful, just 24 hours after it had caused a lot of drama to a lot of people in our community. Just watching it be so calm and peaceful was hard to see. Josy cannot risk a hot chocolate date. He also tried to attack Gabe and his friend. Spoiler alert: it did not go well for Josy… We got to celebrate Pat’s birthday!  

We took all of the boys on a walk and, um, the amount of silliness that this many boys have all together is off the charts. Also, rock throwing. Can a boy pass a body if water and not throw a rock in???

Josy is my little kitchen helper. Chef Josy! Gabe just loves snuggling with the cats. It’s taken awhile, but he’s calmed down enough as he’s gotten older that Lucy now likes to sit in his lap. After Bryson and Knox left, Jeremiah came for a visit. Josy got to go on a lot of outings with Jeremiah.  Eating dinner and watching the Opening Ceremonies. Matching Bathrobes! Josy also decided to help new clean the bathtub. I will not complain about that. The little boys all decided that they needed to help us pay our Gabe. Spoiler alert: they were less than helpful. It is very hard to read your Bible with this much help. I don’t remember what this picture was of, but he was very proud of it. Uncle Nathan was attempting to talk to all of the nephews at once.  

I have a lot of summer to catch up on… The summer was full of cousins visiting, a lot of rain, and a lot of silliness. This might take me a lot of posts… He found Great Grandp’s old hat. Of course he had to try and steal it. Happy little Knox. It was raining a lot and the boys had just given umbrellas, so we figured the best thing to do was do some puddle jumping and Singing in the Rain. Gabe went on a walk with Bryson and, um, the trail was really flooded. He loves his tie. We walked out to go find the Boneyard. It was also very full of water. Gabe loves Knox. When they left, I’m not sure who he was sadder about: Bryson or Knox.  

Kindergarten. This child should not be in kindergarten already!! But then again, his big brother shouldn’t be in 3rd grade either. They are growing up entirely too fast!!