Back yard camp-out and random cuteness

 Avery all dressed up in her tiarra, tutu, and sparkly shoes - reading a book.

 We hosted a backyard camp-out and Jordyn's Best Buddy Piper came to eat s'mores and sleep in the tent - fun was had by all!

 Piper and Jordyn snuggled up in the tent.

 Avery and Blue-baby snuggled up in the tent.

 Reading stories with our buddy Nabil



Silliness- playing dress up with the cousins!

First day of school & Camping!

  Sweet Jordyn on her way to the first day of ECE at Centennial Elementary, MR Sanford's class

 Smiley Avery Hana on her way to the first day of preschool at Lakewood United Methodist Preschool, LUMP, Mrs Mesa's class

 We went camping up on Guanella pass - this is our giant new tent - just right for 4 of us and all of our junk!

 It was a beautiful spot by a stream, Shannon, Daniel and Sofia picked it out, John, Meghan and Oskar joined us as well.

 Playin' in the dirt

 Walk softly and carry a big stick. . .

 It rained for about an hour - so, of course, we had to have hot chocolate!

 by the campfire.

 The next day was sunny and bright

 So we took a hike :)

Catching Up (aka the worlds longest post)

It's been non-stop around here this summer with visits from far away family and friends, and swimming lessons and other summertime adventures - I am way behind posting these  photos - but here they are at long last - it was a fantastic summer at the Broughton house!

JUNE

Face Paint Fun

Sidewalk chalk

Working in the garden

Helping to water the newly planted seeds

A super fun visit from our friends Sarah and Phoenix

Frozen Yogurt Pops

Fun in the pool with Phoenix

Daddy snuggles

Daddy made a fairy garden to play in, Avery loves it.

The Fairy garden

Our yummy strawberry harvest.

Goofiest fairy ever ;)

Strawberry Pie for daddy's birthday -mmmmmm

A crown of sweet peas for my sweet pea

Princess Pouty Pants

JULY

All decked out for the 4th of July Parade

Waiting to ride

Jordyn's BFF Piper

Sparklers - YAY!

Yikes!

Even better in the dark.

WOW!

Trip to Cedaredge

Sandbox + Hose + Undies = AWESOME FUN!

Scrawny - but cute!

The sandbox provided hours of entertainment, almost as good as the beach.

Conner having a snooze with Paako.

The monkeys loved the trapeze.

Just hangin' out.

Watching movies with cousins and pillow pets.

and Phoebe, of course.

Swimming at the Hot springs in Ouray

Jordyn can almost swim underwater!

Everyone had so much fun at the hotsprings!

ice cream after swimming it doesn't get much better than that

walkin' w/ daddy

life's tough at the ranch

my "baby"

moon rise over the mesa

checkin' out the cows across the road

pretty girl

 

giggles with paako

Paako and all his grandkids - note that everyone is looking at the camera and smiling - no small feat!

Conner James

Camryn Elizabeth

Jordyn June

Avery Hana

August

Summer was relaxing and offered plenty of time for discovering hidden talents

playing dress-up

and putting on shows for friends and loveys.

All in all it was tons of fun and now I'm caught up!