Gone Campin'

I have to start my blog with this picture even though it happened at the END

of our camping trip after we got home.

Chance is not really peeing, seeing that he isn't potty trained.

Maybe he is thinking that it would be very cool to pee outside though.

We hadn't officially gone camping this year, so we decided we needed to hurry and do it because our summer is quickly going to turn to fall.

We saw some wildlife on our trip, and Chance seemed to think this one was the most scary.



It was so funny to see him so terrified. I guess we must tell too many scary bear stories at our house.

Kelly was our camp cook. The most I ever had to do for meal prep. was boil some water.

Now that is AWESOME!!

Thanks Kel!

This was a beautiful SHALLOW lake that we camped next to, which had no fish in it.

DARN!

But we did go wade in it and fill up our squirt guns.

Chance really would be outside full time if we would let him.

Brace yourselves because I am about to reveal a fun camping activity.

I drew faces, monsters, houses, people, animals and lakes on rocks and the boys

thought they had died and gone to heaven. They played with these for hours.

Kelly asked, "Why do we buy toys???"

Little Camper

He really was playing with his shadow. It was fun to watch him trying to figure it out.

Hunter was our camp musician. He got a recorder for his birthday from his friend Maren, and he really had us rockin' out to some crazy campin' tunes.

The dirty camping faces that only a mother could love.

They are so dirty, but so cute!

Hunter discovered a great love of photography while we were in the wilderness. He took LOTS of pictures.

(Another face only a mother could love.)

This is a lovely picture of the truck taken by Hunter.

Candid shot of his brother

The beautiful view

A happy Dad

We saw this caribou as we were driving out of our camping area

We had a fun time together as a family. We spent time laughing, picking berries, relaxing, telling stories, singing, and staying warm by the campfire. What a great time!

Birthday Fun With a Few Friends

On August 1st, we had a friend party for the boys at one of our favorite places...

Gym Inc.

All we had to do was invite the friends, and bring the cake and ice cream!

Chance had a really hard time deciding between a baseball cake, or a hockey cake, but ultimately ended up with an LA Dodgers Baseball cake.

He was pretty excited about it!

Hunter went with a Batman cake. He really wanted a cake with Batman's face and Batmobile on it, but we were able to help him settle for the Batman symbol...thank goodness!
We invited 8 friends, and as soon as they started arriving, we all started
PARTYING!!!!


The zip line was the most popular. Hunter and several others really got into character.
He was always, Batman or Spiderman.
Look at that form!

This is our friend Maren jumping off the vault into the super padded pit.

Saige landing her jump.

We could hardly believe that Chance was strong enough to hang on and go for a ride, but he LOVED it and did it again and again.

This is Ali and her cool pink motorcycle.

Adrian riding the zipline.

Adrian's little brother Bodey

(I love his hair)

Hunter's friend Marshall from church.

Hunter Carson, Kelly, and Chance on the alligator teeter-totter.

Kelly got right into playing with the kids, in fact he was sweating by the end.

Bennett and his Dad Abe.

Bennett just woke up from a nap and wasn't too sure about the whole thing.

Hunter rolling someone around.

Hunter Carson loved the car!!

Time for Cake!!!

Notice Chance just stuck his hand, and then his fork right into the cake.

In picture clockwise: Bennett, Chance, Ali, Hunter, Jensen, Saige

Maybe he thought that the traditional 1st birthday "get the cake" idea should be carried through every year.

Hunter and his good buddy Jensen waiting patiently for cake.

"I'm ready to keep eating and they lit the cake on fire....I'm mad!"

Blow out all 4 candles Hunter!

He did it again!!! Well, we all knew Chancey had good lungs anyway!

YUMMY!!!

Well, it was a fun day for everyone, turning 2 and 4 isn't so bad.

I think we will go ahead and let them turn 3 and 5 next year, only next time it will be

Disneyland style! YIPEE!!!

Happy Birthday to my FAVORITE little guys!!!

On July 30, 2005 we had this little guy

Hunter Kelly McGee

8 lbs 1 oz

On July 30, 2007

we had this little guy

Chance Ben McGee

8 lbs 5 oz

We love them both VERY much!

On this day, July 30, 2009

we celebrated their 2nd and 4th birthdays

and this is how our day went....

The boys woke up to a few decorations

and a few presents

They both got bikes that they are very happy about!

They each had a decorated "birthday boy" chair

and a cup with a wacky straw.

The boys requested blueberry pancakes for breakfast,

so we used these little lovlies that we picked the night before.

A Birthday panCAKE

Make a wish!!

This is really fun :)

He REALLY did it!

After breakfast and showers we loaded up the bikes and took the boys to a park to ride.

However, we stopped for a few errands on the way and Chance fell asleep. He had a cold which included a runny nose that you can see

HERE.

The training wheels we purchased didn't fit on the bike, so Kelly was the bike runner.

They did really well together, but no official bike rider yet.

Father and Son

Since we were riding on grass, we pulled Chance on rope.

It was FUN!

Momma McGee loves her boys!

Blueberry Pickin'....I mean eatin'

Tonight we went out on a spontaneous berry picking trip. We loaded everyone up after dinner, drove 15 minutes, climbed up a hill, and found a dream field of blueberries. We were in heaven, especially Chance! We had our 2 ice cream pails and everyone contributed to the filling of the buckets, except for Chance. He ate, and ate, and ate, and ate....he would just scurry from one patch to another. He did take a few breaks for pooping, tumbling, running, rolling, or bounding down the hill. He was pretty excited to be in the wide open eating one of his favorite treats.

Now, if you have ever visited us around this time of year you'll know that you are missing out on THE yummiest blueberry milkshakes. Don't worry though, we will think of you while we are drinking them.

The Cutest Thing

Kelly has been working on building a little play log cabin for the boys. He has cut up the birch, and tonight they were starting to build. Kelly told the boys to come on out to help and watch. Hunter ran right to the door to put on his shoes, and Chance ran right to his room to get all of his "tools". I didn't get a picture, but it was pretty cute.