Cute kids outdoors - one of the best things about summer!!

I am currently working on editing a bunch of pictures I took last week for Landon's family. I love when these cuties are in town - they are such great photo subjects!



Besides being very sweet, can I just point out that these kids have the most amazing hair? The little guy in these pics is younger than Hale but he makes Hale look like a Hair Club for Men candidate!



Course, if you look at their mom's (and grandma's) hair it makes sense.


The kids had some fun with this cute red holstein calf.





Here's another cute cousin. Can you tell these are dairy kids - no matter how small they are they have no fear!



Grandpa joins the fun...



Such a sweet face!

Farmer's Day Parade

This morning we had some great weather for the Farmer's Day Parade in Lynden. Hale and I went with Grandma Susan and, as an unexpected bonus, Landon and Grandpa were able to join us as well!

To no one's surprise Hale loved the parade!

Waiting for it all to begin.


Waving is one of his favorite pastimes- he did plenty of it today!


Of course, a lot of his energy was spent trying to gain the most candy. Being the solo child with a group of adults meant that most of the candy tossers didn't throw it our way. They usually aimed for the big group of kids to our right or to our left. At first we encouraged Hale to run and try to get in on the scramble with the other kids nearby. However, it got to the point that if Hale saw candy coming he would dart in front of one of these groups with the intention of intercepting as much (or all) of the candy as soon as it was tossed. His pockets got so full that we suggested that he start throwing his own candy out to share with the other kids.

Showing off some of his loot.


Hale spotted some candy throwers that were relatives/buddies from the farm and he decided to run across the street and get some straight from the source.




One of the tractors from the farm was pulling this three hay wagon float. It was fun to watch something familiar go by.

Memorial Day Weekend Fishing

Despite the fact that we had terrible weather we decided to go fishing last weekend. Rocklyn came up- so we had to do something fun!

Here are the kids all ready to get into the boat.


The first crew heading out into the lake.


The first group did really well. At the point when this picture was taken they had caught five fish.


Hale and Rocklyn holding the fish from the first round.



Touching the slippery fish.


The second round of fishing: Hale and Grandpa reeled in a big one.
(When Hale and I were reviewing the pictures I showed him this picture and asked "Where is the fish?" He said "Right there in that basketball net!")