Camping photos

I am behind on posting summer pictures. We have been busy and I have been taking a graduate level class that has been taking up a lot of my sacred nap times, when it is best to post. Anyway, we went camping in the end of July at Waldo Lake with two other families that my families has been camping with for more than twenty years now! This camping trip was especially interesting because there were an endless number of mosquitoes!! They were out night and day and nothing detoured them other than if we were in our tent or our screened-in tent. We had mosquito sprays, citronella candles... you name it and we tried it. Even the dogs were swelling up from being bitten all day long! I have never seen so many mosquitoes in my life. At night, I would get in the tent to put Preston to bed and I would have to spend the next ten minutes killing at least 20 mosquitoes that has entered even though I had crawled in the tent as quick as I could. And in the morning, we would wake to the buzzing sound of mosquitoes and when I opened my eyes, I could see hundreds (yes hundreds) of them buzzing above our tent, just waiting to bite us. It was in the mid -80s and we tried to go swimming on the lake (if you have not been there, it is beautiful lake), but the mosquitoes were endless. Anyway, we were happy to come back to our house which is mosquito free. We look forward to going back there another year, when the mosquitoes are not so plentiful! Here are the few pictures we took.

Preston was as happy as can be, despite getting bit constantly

Piggy-back ride

My brother Lucas and his wife, Leslie, under some netting to keep the mosquitoes from biting their faces

Family picture

Playing with the water faucet

Preston and his grandparents

My mom and dad were down to visit and here is a picture of them with Preston.

Preston and Dallas

Preston loves Dallas and here are a few pictures of Preston sitting on him.

Swimming

Here is Preston swimming in the wadding pool. He likes the water but is very cautious about it.

Preston

Here are some cute little pictures when Preston liked that I was chasing him with the camera.

He loves to sit and play his piano and will dance his body around while he plays.

Pictures

Trying on Daddy's hat

Talking to Dylan

Tasting a zucchini from our garden

Running around at the park when we were in Bend

Checking out the ducks and geese

Playing with Ella when the Wrights came to visit on the 4th of July

Drinking

Hugs

Oops... this one is on twice but didn't want to let me erase it!

June pictures

Here is a random assortment of pictures from June. Preston turned 17 months old. He was now 33 inches long and weighed 24 lbs. 9 oz. He is saying new words all the time although he still jabbers mostly.

Working in the yard

It's so much fun to garden naked

Preston and his cousin Kelsee at Brenna's shower

Carl's sister Brenna... she is due in two weeks!

Carl's mom Debbie and our niece Taylor

Our niece Kelsee and sister-in-law Aimee

Eating great food at the baby shower

Preston and his Uncle Lucas (Preston and I went to Boise to visit)

Helping brush those teeth

Preston and his grandpa. Before Boise we went to Arizona to visit my dad

In the pool with grandpa

Driving in his boat

Smiles

Preston loves to put on and take off his shades