Eli went on his first hunting trip 2 weeks ago. He had a "perty" shot that hit a cow elk... we are looking forward to making some jerky and ...whatever else you use elk for... soon! I spared you some of the pictures of the cleaning, but if for some reason you are interested, email me and I can send you the pics of him cleaning her out!
Here are my 3 boys, sitting on the couch watching the Georgia game. Nothing like football season!!
Well, I packed up the 2 kids and hit the road toward Phoenix (it is about an hour drive). We had a great time! It was really warm (very high 90s, maybe even breaking triple digits) but we were lucky--the zoo has splash parks dotting different areas around the exhibits. Jax had a great time running in and out of the water, trying to cool off.
We had a great time and I am so glad we went. Going alone with 2 kids was an adventure, to say the least! But we have some fun memories.
Jax fell asleep before we could even pull out of the parking lot. Overall, a very fun day!
He has been great so far, not even an accident in the house. He spends the night at the foot of our bed on the floors, but usually ends up wandering into Jax's room at some point to check on him and sometimes sleeps at the foot of his bed.
He is playful and well-behaved. Hasn't added any stress yet! We are keeping our fingers crossed that he continues to be such a great new addition to our family. Love you already, Maxx!
You can't tell me that you have seen anything much cuter than these pictures! Okay, I admit that I am extremely biased because they are my boys but I was so happy that Kallee snapped these super cute pictures of our swimming day last week! It was Ty's first time in the pool and he loved it! He fell asleep and just floated around in the lady bug float (Sorry Ty, not the most manly float but we did the best we could. It could be worse). Jax is getting more confident in the water. We had a great time while Eli took a short break from his 8 hour study day! YAY!
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Digging in!
Tah-dah! Jaxon's first fort! We connected the blankets to our TV, coffee table, and dining chairs to make different tunnels we could crawl through. We lined the inside flooring with blankets and brought down our pillows. We even put Cosmo's bed in our fort so that he would hang out with us. Jax was kind enough to want Ty to come inside so we pulled him in with his bouncer.
We grabbed a bunch of Jax's favorite books, some water and some goldfish crackers, and settled in for a fun afternoon (Jax even suckered me into letting him have his "soother"... or binkie, for those who aren't Canadian).And, of course, what's a boy gonna do without his favorite boots? Those came in the fort too.
Surprisingly,the fort lasted virtually the whole afternoon with us crawling in and out and doing lots of activities in there. 
It came to a screeching halt when Jax tried to climb from the coffee table to the top of the dining table via the draped blankets--below is a picture of the results. He laughed it off, but we decided it was time to clean up. It made for a very fun afternoon!
Eli's birthday was last Saturday, but I was out of town. We didn't have a chance to celebrate until this week. I made him a cake that was sort of modeled after one of his favorite hats. It didn't turn out as good as I would have liked, but it was still okay. All that matters is that we had cake and got to celebrate!
