Randomness

A double rainbow right outside our house - so cool!!

Trip to Southern Colorado - I can't believe I didn't take pictures of all of the friends we got to see! :-( However, we did have a great time! :-)

Kids at the childrens museum.

Eating at one of our favorite green chile restaurants, The Cactus Flower.

Kaleb "playing" with Nathan and Danica's dog, Duncan.

Playing on their new PS3 Move -awesome!!

Kaleb's First Hair Cut - Before:

After:

And last but not least, Lacey has acquired her own camera and THIS is what she has taken pictures of:

(She hasn't quite figured out how to change the date....)

Looking forward to the holiday season for more updates!! :-)

The Karate Kid

So we had heard that karate might be a good outlet for our son with a rather high energy level.

We have been going for about 6 weeks now. I was very impressed with the teacher and his patience with the kids.

They also tried very hard to teach them about manners and being good listeners. Unfortunately, they raised their prices by quite a bit, so we won't be going there any more.

I also talked to a few school counselors, therapists, and such that assured me that he is not ready for Karate yet anyway.

But he enjoyed it for the most part. :-)

On to the next big thing I guess.....

Annual Family Photos

Every year our family gets their pictures taken. I have always loved being able to archive the growth and changes of everyone. We have a fabulously talented friend, Mary, who has been taking them for us - love her!! This year we went to Freeman Park in IF. It had beautiful scenery - perfect for the pics - so here you go! Some day I'll figure out how to do them in a slide show..... :-)

Daddy and Kaleb

12 1/2 happy years later.....

Joshua

Alivia

Fun in the creek!

Getting kisses!!

Lacey

Taking a little stroll....

Snugglin'!

Wrestle Time!!

Sisters yeah!

Kaleb

He probably weighs about as much as she does! :-)

Erickson Family September 2010

Back to School....

So everyone else is doing it, I guess I should too! Peer pressures not always a bad thing right?!

Lacey is going into the 5th Grade!

Alivia is headed to the 3rd Grade!

Joshua is ready to conquer Kindergarten!!

All three had a hard time going to bed last night, but I have a feeling that tonight will be much easier!!

And here we have Kaleb and Daddy ready to tackle Football season!! :-)

And there is no picture of Mommy - just picture a quiet, peaceful, happy place and you'll get the idea!:-)

End of Summer Fun

Kaleb has decided that he wants to feed himself. It's a very messy learning process!

He was very proud of his efforts!!

We also went on our annual summer camping trip this past week. Lucky for us, it turned out to be the night of the first Freeze!!! However, we all survived and everyone had a great time!

The men gathering fire wood!:-)

The kids had a great time"hiking" around the campsite. Fortunately, we didn't encounter any lions, tigers or bears! We did have either a skunk or raccoon come into camp in the middle of the night and help themselves to our garbage and the spilled bag of candy Josh left.

This has definitely been the longest, short summer in history! I don't think we got around to doing everything we had planned this summer, but it was still a fun-filled time! :-)

Alivia's Baptism

Saturday was a very exciting one for Alivia and our family. Alivia was able to be baptized with 6 other kids from our ward!

We were lucky enough to have a lot of family and friends share her special day with us.

Congratulations Livey! We are so proud of you!!

Afterwards, a few of us had some fun at the local Ammon Days! :-)

Good times had by all!!

Mountain River Ranch

Scott and I decided to have a Whole Day Date. Well, most of the day anyway...

First, we had lunch at Taco Time. Exciting I know! The kids don't like it, so we never get to go there.

Then, we drove up to Heise to play a round of golf. The course was luckily a Par 3 one, so I didn't suck too bad.It was really hot, but a lot of fun! Scott even birdied the last hole and got a round of applause from nearby spectators!!

Next, we drove around Targhee National Forest scouting out future camp sites. There was some beautiful country up there, but I think we'll have to go on a week day so it's not so crowded.

Finally, we were off to the Mountain River Ranch. They put on a old-fashioned Wild West Shoot Out. Then you get to ride in wagons to a barn where they feed you yummy food and put on a little variety show. It was a lot of fun! We even got to dance in a conga line!

The music and singing was definitely better than the comedy...

It was an expensive venture, but definitely worth the trip!