The highs, lows, and everything in between.

That is what I plan to share with you over the next several days.  We just got back from a camping trip at Mt. St. Helens and instead of trying to stuff all that we did into on post I plan to stretch it out.  For your viewing pleasure and my blogging pleasure.  Since I am the type to get the bad out of the way I will start with the biggest low.  IT RAINED!!  Good thing I am a hearty northwestern gal, raising hearty northwest children.  And, oh yeah, our good friends loaned us a trailer.  Which would be a major high!!  Not only that, but our other friends loaned us their van so we could tow a trailer!! Pretty darn amazing!

So, lets begin with our first day.  It was travel day.  We finished any last minute loading.  That includes kiddos.....

and hit the road.  It is about a five hour drive and to say that I was nervous our kids might kill each other or cause me to have a break down is an understatement.  You see we are blessed with a DVD player in our van.  Eight hour drive, no problem, pop in a few movies and you are there.  The van we borrowed had a tape deck!!!  But you know what, THEY DID GREAT!!  And when we arrived to this.

They still did great.  They were excited to be eating Subway

and be visiting a volcano.

And if that wasn't enough.  They had Isaiah to brighten the mood.

That is not to say that as soon as the trailer was ready they weren't swarming around the heat source.  Which again was a major high!

Then it was time for bed to rest up for our first real day of camp.  So stay tuned and learn where our adventures lead us. 

Incredible eyes

I am a sucker for incredible eyes.  I don't care if you are male, female, young or old.  Incredible eyes always make me so happy!  They also beg to be in a photo.  This weekend I met a young man with those kind of eyes.  The incredible, take my picture, and share with the world kind of eyes.  And Jen, I did it, I learned how to edit them in Photoshop Elements!  Here for your viewing pleasure, Jacob and his incredible eyes!

If you didn't notice, please let me point out, his eyes are brown and blue!!  I thought having eyes that were two different colors, one bluer, one greener was cool. 

This kid has brown and blue in one eye!!  It may be because one day the will be plain old brown, but for now they are INCREDIBLE!!!

Say hello...

to little Calvin or Kalvin?!

 And big brother Kaden.

 And to big brother Caleb.

Sword play

All things these days point to sword play.

Really there is nothing the boys like more.

The champion!

Even the cats can't help but watch!