S.D. Extended Family Fun

 

Dear Crandall family, we are really glad you all made such an effort to come out to S.D. to camp together. We had a great time and think it could not have gone much better than it did! (Other than the stress of the new Marion van and the Denver van trouble.) If you are up for it, we should do it again next year! Thanks Hillary, Sara, and Jan for all the work getting the food together and getting the kids prepared for camping! Here are some photos to remember the good times:

 

Alan, Jan and our family carpooled down to Rapid and took a small detour to the Badlands and Wall Drug.

If you enlarge this photo, you will see a rainbow over the badlands.

 

ALL the cousins made it up to the top of our steep hike behind the camp. Yay us! Thanks Hillary, for encouraging me up the climb. It was my first attempt at such a think holding Elijah.

  

Mt. Rushmore

 

So cute!!!!

We all made it up to the dinosaur park for a picnic.

 It was amusing to see all the cousins get to the air museum and giggle while spinning the plane wheels.

Don't know why this is out of order. I just thought it was a nice photo of the Denver Crandalls.

 What a nice photo of the brothers and their babies.

 Cold creek fun and relaxation was in order.

 

We also can't forget how awesome the "giant sandbox" was at camp. Who knew the kids would be SO into it for so long.

 

The Crandall Family - Summer 2013

(Do you like how the photographer forgot to get Mt. Rushmore in the picture???)

 The newest cousins spending time together:

 Campfire fun. Thanks guys for building it up for us all to enjoy, and for the music.

 The cave was fun as well; here are the Marion Crandalls in the cave. We all made it through the cave in one piece!!!!

Mr Buffalo says, "See you next time in South Dakota!"

I am 3 Months

I was 14 lb 4 oz. at my 2 1/2 month checkup. 26 1/4" long. I still really struggle with my reflux. I have an adorable smile when I do smile though!

These are the two people that make me smile the most. My big brother, Levi, is especially good at it! I

I am starting to sit in the bumbo now.

"Spring" activities & weather comparison

April 12 - quite a bit of snow! Tryin on the big man gloves.

April 22 - Another snow :(

April 25 - No coat, snow gone. Raking new grass seed.

April 27 - picnicing in shorts.

Levi is trying out his scissors and is already good at it!

Andrew took Levi to see the racecars at our track. He loved it. When it got loud, he wore my flying headset. :)

Levi can blow his own bubbles now!

My two cuties.

Toddler friend over for a play date.

finger painting for Mimi and Papa.

Trying out the sling.

Those are big shoes to fill!

House project time with Daddy! Thanks for the great shoe rack hun!

2 Months! & 1st Bike.

I found this trike at a garage sale and we fixed it up for Levi. Its a little too big for him after we put new pedals on it :( but he still likes it

Brotherly love.

We can't believe E. has been in our lives for this long already! We feel blessed and tired :)

This is E.'s new trick, the eyebrow raise. I think Levi taught it to him.

Happy Easter 2013!

 

We finally got a quick family photo. Happy Easter 2013 to our friends and family! This was the only photo with Levi in it because he was asleep during the other photo session resulting in the following:

Warmer Weather Fun

Okay, so a few days ago, when Andrew was gone for the weekend, I was getting desperite to keep Levi occupied. We NEEDED to get outside but it was cold. (3 degrees for the low at night) I started making "train tunnels" out of our couch cushions.

We also went out for a "treat" date of fries but as you can  see, we came home and he ended up eating mostly "salad dippers" as we have affectionately named ripped up lettuce with ranch. He is learning :0) 

God gave us 3 beautiful days in a row since then! 56 degrees, 65 degrees and then 53 degrees. We have been outdoors ALMOST non-stop. Here he is painting the grass green to help spring along.

Then he decided to paint the sky. (notice this picture is from the 1st "warm" day and the following photos show the amazing snow melt that followed in only 3 days!)

Levi found a sweet little hideaway in the neighbors evergreens.

Here Levi points out our growing daffodils.

Levi is on his way to an egg hunt with his friends.

Precious!

It randomly clouded up and rained for a few minutes while we were at the park waiting for the egg hunt so I hustled the kids in to the truck to keep dry.

The egg hunt is held at a nursing home here so we talked with the residents and petted baby goats, chicks, and ducks until it started. That is about all for now. :) An attempt at a family picture will be made tomorrow.