Today, I took pictures of my nephew. He gives new meaning to the affectionate title, “little squirt”! To see more, click here!
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Today, I took pictures of my nephew. He gives new meaning to the affectionate title, “little squirt”! To see more, click here!
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Yesterday, my second nephew, Elijah James, was born! My little brother now has two boys to call his own!
I took some shots of Eli on his BIRTH day that I put on my photography blog here.
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love being an aunt! |
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my brother, his two sons, and my dad-the Erickson men! |
My kids got to meet their new cousin today!
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they used such delicate hands to touch…so sweet |
Ella was the most smitten with him. She told me she never wanted to stop holding him!
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future babysitter! |
My family with Eli!
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Me, my sister, my mom, and my brother holding his new son.
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These past two weeks have been all about camp and VBS! During first week of June, my girls went to Pine Cove base camp at our church!
I highly recommend this as a transition for overnight camps. Next summer, I would love to send my girls to Pine Cove overnight week long camp, and I think they would be totally ready for it based on the week they had at base camp! It was 9-4 p.m. Monday-Friday and they loved every minute of it! (Okay, Rilyn did complain about being too sweaty some days!) 🙂 But that is a girly girl for ya!
They had tons of water activities every day!
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Ella on the far left |
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Ella in the middle trying to drink the water sprinkles! |
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Rilyn and her friends! |
They had Bible study in their tents every day!
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Rilyn in the red |
They got to act silly!
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Ella |
Listen to silly skits!
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Ella loving being in the front row! |
They did the Wobble (I totally recommend playing this for the kids, so fun!)
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The girls LOVE this clean version of the song |
They had worship!
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Rilyn |
And during the last day, the counselors (which both my girls want to be when they are in college!), presented them with a certificate of character quality!
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Ella and her counselor |
Ella’s said, “Ella is an outgoing young lady. Her enthusiastic attitude is contagious and inspiring. Her positive outlook is a blessing to those around her.”
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Rilyn and her counselor |
Rilyn’s said, “Rilyn is selfless, putting others before herself. She is uplifting in what she says and does. Her gracious attitude is a blessing to those around her.”
We also went go-karting at Austin Park and Pizza. There was an adult race track where adults could drive with kids, and then there was a “junior” race track. Rilyn and her friend wanted to drive their own cars so they headed over to that line. Meanwhile I was watching James and Asher having the time of their lives!
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bonding |
When James and Asher’s race was done, Rilyn and her friend were still in line…didn’t make sense, until I saw that they were chit chatting and people (boys!) were just cutting in front of them! They didn’t even have a clue. So James marched over there and took care of that! Meanwhile, I took Ella on the adult side. She had the time of her life too!
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Rilyn was loving driving all by herself!
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But there was this boy (in the green car) and they had it out for each other! I love how they are having a stare down in the middle of the race!
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I think Rilyn bumped him here!
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Get after him girl!
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Alas, she was left in the dust, unable to control her turn! Boo! I would of loved to see her peel past him!
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spin out! |
Fast forward 4 days later, and we were asked to go go-karting again, this time at a “no funny business, this here is REAL!” go karting place! 😉 I hadn’t been go-karting in 10 years, and this past week, I went twice!
These cars go up to 45 mph, and I made the mistake of trying to race with mostly men. And men who are extremely competitive. And so I was scared pretty much the whole race, just trying to stay alive, I got bumped, and had whiplash for half a day. It was an experience, and I won’t do it again!
Here is the crew who raced
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James, me, Jen, Jeff, Ryan, and Halim |
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getting ready to go! |
I’m beating James! (You are timed and he actually lapped me 4 times during the 15 lap race!) He came in first out of 12, and I came in last! Ha!
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I’m in the blue shirt, James in the green shirt |
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go me! |
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go James! |
Everyone, except me, did a second race. I took this picture instead!
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wearing their face socks to protect them from nasty helmet germs! |
I’m so excited about my new nephew, due any day now!! Enjoy this photo of my brother’s growing family! To see more click here!
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who’s tummy is bigger?!? |
For Rilyn’s birthday dinner on Sunday, we headed over to Austin Park and Pizza! She got to pick a friend to go with her, and she chose one from school.
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Rilyn realized she loved rock climbing! She did this wall a couple of times on different
sides. |
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free fall ride |
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putt putt! |
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bumper boats! |
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tea cups! |
After dinner, we headed over to Sonic for a dessert!
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8 sparkler! |
And we gave her our gift from mommy, daddy, and my parents!
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we wrapped it in an manila envelope and told her it was a birthday card. |
A Kindle Fire! I’m so excited about this present because having to read everyday for 30 minutes has made this momma buying lots of books, and I’m running out of space!
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Rilyn’s 8 year old portrait!
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I left out our go karting experience on purpose, so stay tuned!