Hayden Lake is Happenin'!!!

Every summer we spend a good chunk of our time here.

(well, this year it was 2 driveways up from the last few, but generally same place ;)

I present to you, The Erickson family funhouse.

There are plenty of toys and movies,
"Grammie bath times" in the big tub,

movie time in the kid cave,

yummy meals by Grammie, adult game nights, fires in the firepit, and of course, extreme days on Hayden Lake!

the daredevil, JJ

Bruce II

Brandon and Sherry

the brothers (don't ask)

There's lots of dock tricks,

chillaxin,

awesome jumps,

and even more amazing dock jumps (while saying "summer kitty")!

Emma

Cade, Jon, Jay

both our boys were obsessed with jumping! Go Cade!

Sherry and Audrey

"Taco Hoots" aka "Laundry"

And, of course, there is always water skiing and tubing to the point of adrenaline induced breakdowns.

Bruce, Brandon, Emma

Audrey on the boat

Blue skies!

the flag man

Cade (our cute Xtreme tuber!!) with Grandpa

"Show your muscles!"

Yeah, we tubed like this!

Bruce II and dad, brandon.

Cade loves Emma!

Grandpa

Crazy JJ

Camila, Audrey

Some of the cousins!

It's always a great time!!

Random Summer Pics

The boys @ Corbin Park

(by our house on the river)

Jay in Nana's dress up clothes
Cade gettin' a tan through the window... :)
Cade exercising his organizational skills. Quirky kid!

no words. :)

downtown cda. Too much sugar?

"Hey homie,"

"sup."

Cade 3.5 yrs, Jay 18 mos

Cade: you are amazing! Inquisitive, independent, bashful yet talkative, a great big brother and a total tease. You are growing up so fast. You are so smart for your age, and you LOVE to sing...you know more songs than the primary kids! You love pirates, batman, spiderman and toy story (woody and buzz). You love to color and draw, play soccer, watch movies and be pushed on the swing. You also just went tubing and rafting on the Salmon and LOVED taking the waves in the teeth and getting bounced around! (you didn't before). :)

Jay: You are amazing, too! You have attitude, you are a total dare-devil, you are very particular, you are very clingy (especially to mommy) but you go well to nursery and the gym, you love following your brother around and doing and saying anything he says. You are a great swimmer and jump off the dock by yourself! You are starting to talk before our eyes! Some of your favorite quotes right now:

" Ina do it" (I wanna do it)

" I baaaa" (I want a bath)

"I a up" (I want up)

"Ina dink" (I want a drink)

"Nut night" (night night)

"Bye. ta too." (Bye, thank you)

"Daaaa" (yeah)

You also love doing any songs that have motions (especially BofM stories).

We love you two so much!

Lately...

Cade in front of his favorite ride at Lagoon in UT... the dragon egg drop!! Even I lost my stomach on it!

Jay on "The Bulgy Whale"
the egg drop is like a mini panic plunge!

Oren and Betty Gatten Family Reunion:

We drove down to Kaysville, UT to meet with family members we hadn't seen in a loooong time! It was so fun to catch up! We went swimming at a pool, played volleyball, and listened to stories from my dad and siblings about growing up. The next day we hit LAGOON!! Water park and rides. The boys loved it! Little thrill seekers that they are... :) We stayed with our good friends Scott and Colette Brady and road tripped through Burley, ID and stayed with Roxanne and Matt Beck...my old Utah State friends!

The Salmon River Trip:

We went down to the Maui of Idaho with Tom's family, Brett and my dad. We of course, went white water rafting. We hit "Toilet bowl" in the teeth, enjoyed the white, sandy beaches, played some beach football, cliff jumped, and went dancing to some live music at "Hot Summer Nights" in Riggins. It was an AMAZING trip (as always)!!

-Jon has been traveling all over with his job, but home enough to keep us happy. :) He enjoyed some fishing in Alaska this week, while working, and is training for a half marathon in October.

-I have been keeping busy unpacking and repacking for trips and trying to keep our home "show ready". That's a job in and of itself! :) A few nibbles, but nothing yet.

I have also been busy teaching fitness classes (and LOVING it!) and I also got to coach a K-4th grade basketball camp this week.

Whenever we have a free minute, we are hitting the beach or Hayden lake for a tube or waterski!! Thank heavens for summer!

Flashback Friday (On a Wednesday...whatever)

I was browsing pics on my mom's computer and stumbled across this....

This was the night before I had Jay-J.

How does a tummy even get THAT BIG??

Crazy.