This Summer...Part 2...Misc.

This Summer...I fell more in love with my guys!

This Summer...Part 1

This summer has been a long hot one.  Yet, somehow time flies by with 4little men needing attention.  So they got it and the family blog got no attention.  So now I get to play catch up.  

This summer we went to Flagstaff, a couple of times.  We headed north for Memorial Day weekend, and my Mom and I took some of the Clouse Cousins to Walnut Canyon National Park on a hike.

At the top of the Canyon with Grandma

Jacob and Joseph

What Mom and I thought would be just over an hour hike, we did in about 30 minutes.  These kids set the pace and kept us moving.  I slowed down enough to grab a few pictures of the dwellings...

We then went back to Flag a couple weeks later.  Jeffery had to go to Florida for a week long business trip, and there was no way I was going to stay at home.  So to Grandma's house we went for almost 2weeks!  It was wonderful!

This summer we got to celebrate Father's Day with my Dad!

and had fun playing outside in Grandma and Grandpa's yard...

 even if the boys had to do a little bit of yard work!

This summer we hiked on Mt.Elden.  We attempted to hike to the grave site on the base of the mountain from Grandma's house.  The boys ended up taking the lead and not following Grandma.   We ended up wandering the mountain for a couple of hours.   We never made it to the grave that day, but we did make a lot of good memories!

A few days later we hiked a different way to the grave.

This summer while still in Flagstaff, we got to go swimming with cousins...

and played at Grandpa and Grandma Anderson's house too!

This summer, we watched Grandpa play softball. I can't remember the last time I saw my dad play ball!

Grandpa's cheering section!

This Summer, the boys tried everything to cool down, including sitting in a tub of water.

and having water gun fights with Dad...

This Summer was a little bit exhausting, and this is only Part 1!!