5-Year-Old Camp

Camp is always full of energy & is quite the chatterbox. He loves looking for bugs & equally likes to “bug” his siblings. He is tenderhearted and quick to apologize when he’s done something wrong. When he has something to say he usually prefaces it with “Can I tell you something?” & says “I love you” at least 5 times a day.

At bedtime last night, I was telling Camp how much I was going to miss “5-year-old Camp.” He asked me to sing him a song about it so I put my words to a made-up tune. As I finished singing, tears welled up in his eyes & he said “you’re making me cry.” He then proceeded to sing to me with the same teary eyes. The saddest part about parenting little kids is that they grow up way too fast. 🥲 Happy birthday big boy - here’s to hoping this next year goes by a whole lot slower.

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The Big Eight

Cooley is our chicken nugget-obsessed, robe & slipper-wearing peacemaker who is sweet to the core. He could care less about being the center of attention & can’t be pushed to do anything he doesn’t want to do. He is a man of few words but when he does talk, his comments are always very intentional & well thought out. So thankful we get celebrate 8 years with this special guy. ❤️

 

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Grand Canyon Deer Farm

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Flagstaff Snow Park

We visited the Flagstaff Snow Park this weekend & pretended it was winter for an afternoon.

The highlight was on the biggest hill when we all decided to go down together holding on to each other’s tubes. Milo & I were last in the line & the weight of everyone going down the hill pulled Milo right out of his tube & dragged him down the hill on his stomach as he had a death grip on Maeli’s tube. He wasn’t hurt and it was probably one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. We spent the rest of the day laughing about it. Definitely placing that image on a special page in my mental photo album. 

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