Saturday we celebrated the 3rd birthday of one of Brayden's very best friends, Avery. The party was at a local park, which Brayden and Connor both LOVED.
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playground jail :)
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my little dude, complete with his crazy spiky long hair
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sweet Jack.
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little Will. He's a sweetie.
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the birthday girl herself.
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Jack about to knock it down
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that's my boy. Check out his form ;)
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After about 15 kids too their turn and the pinata still didn't bust, we put a dad to the task. Check out the plastic bat
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and that's what happens when a dad uses a plastic bat on a pinata :)
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LOTS of candy!
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Sunday we served at church, and then left after serving to meet up with our friends Stacy & Orrin at the lake. The weather this time was GORGEOUS (last time it was kind of rainy)... pretty much picture perfect, other than some strong winds. We tubed a bit, but mainly just docked down and hung out in coves to swim. I was kind of nervous about going to the lake during what is normally naptime, but both boys surprised me and actually fell asleep on the boat. I didn't take many pictures since I was holding a sleeping Connor most of the boat ride. I also was stupid and didn't put sunblock on until about 3 hours after being on the water... big mistake that I payed for in the form of a nasty, nasty sunburn :(
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Connor doing what he does best... EATING!
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taking a water break
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the cove we parked at for a while. Isn't it BEAUTIFUL?! I seriously could have stayed there forever.
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me and Stacy. So grateful for her friendship.
We left the lake Sunday afternoon and went straight to a Memorial Day bbq later that evening. Brayden was so happy to just stay in his swim suit from the lake and go straight to the wading pool and slip-n-slide at his friend Jack's house. These slip-n-slide pics are hilarious to me... the dads were literally tossing the kids.
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I love watching these two play together
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Cooper's getting so big!
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Connor was kind enough to do yardwork on his night off ;)
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Avery
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Ava
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Connor LOVED it, despite not really understanding that he wasn't supposed to roll over (this was his first run down)
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He was a pro after a while.
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