Camping and swinging

A few fridays ago Blake set up the tent in our backyard and someone told him you can start a fire in an old metal wheelbarrow, so we gave it a try. It was a smoky fire, but we all enjoyed it. The wood on the bottom of the wheelbarrow and the rubber tire didn't like the heat too much, but with a couple buckets of water they were fine. We roasted marshmallows, starbursts and enjoyed s'mores. Parker was already asleep, so it was kinda relaxing since the other 3 understand to stay away from the fire. Then Blake, Remi, Broden and Alissa slept in the tent. They had so much fun with their daddy!

Remi roasting her marshmallows
She had her face painted that day at Blake's work party.

Blake eating his s'more

Broden eating his s'more
He also had his face painted.

Remi and Alissa posing

Jenny and Broden roasting marshmallows

 The next morning Parker enjoyed playing on the tarp after we took the tent down.

 A family in our ward gave us their swing set before they moved and the kids LOVE it! They all wanted us to push them all the time when we first got it, but now they all do it themselves, except Parker. He would always say to me, "Wing, bush"(swing, push) while pulling me outside. So I would give him little pushes on the swing and he would just cry and say, "bush, bush." I eventually just left him crying because I didn't understand what he wanted me to do. I was pushing him. Then one day he pulled on Blake to go push him. I watched Blake sit him in the swing and push him just as high as the other kids. Parker laughed and laughed. No wonder he didn't like how I was pushing him. He was barely moving when I did it. He wanted to go higher. It scared me at first, but he holds on pretty good and loves it!

enjoying his swing

He is getting too big, too fast! All of them are. We have so much fun together though.