The Madsen Family: Summer 2016!!

Huntin' Wabbits

The kids, plus the neighbor kids, caught a poor little rabbit.

The rabbit. The boys borrowed a dog cage from the neighbors to keep the little bunny in, but, thank heaven, she escaped through the too-wide bars. Afterward, Dash complained that there was no warning on the cage advising not to try and keep rabbits in there. And this is how law suits start.

Twins!

Sport likes to try and match Tag whenever possible. On this day they dressed up and went into the yard to tee off with Dad's golf clubs. Tag whacked Sport a good one when he wasn't looking and they called the game.

Swimming Lessons

Sis started swim lessons this year and loved every second of it.

Colt passed of his level and also passed the test to be able to swim in the large pool!

Per his usual, Sport was a regular fish.

Dash opted out of swimming lessons this year, so while the other kids splashed about, he and I took Tag on walks and he schooled me in the finer points of the NBA playoff games.

Clayson Family Reunion 2016

The kids voluntarily come up with some interested sleeping arrangements while at Grandma's. Dash likes to spend the night sitting upright in a banana chair.

Kamber's sleeping arrangement might not have been so voluntary...

While the grown-ups worked on sheetrocking Grandpa and Grandma's garage, the kids played in Mile's pool.

Gracie, Sis, Colt and Hannah.

Hard at work!

Cierra leading the water balloon challenge.

Water fight!

Water fight, part two!!

4th of July at Aunt Cam's.

Colt's a cheese head.

So is Sport.

Flight of the Tagster

Good thing we have high ceilings.

Dash's 10th Birthday!

Dash invited some friends to meet him at the park on his birthday for baseball, speedball, water balloons and root beer floats.

Dash's cake.

Madsen Family Reunion 2016

Sis and Ali in the Warm River in Yellowstone. Warm is a relative term.

Brandan and some of the boys.

Sport and the girls.

The river crew.

The river bank crew.

Tag loved the water, but if I didn't stand behind him he would have floated down river.

More of the ladies.

You can only pretend the water is warm for so long. Tag finally had to get out and huddle in a towel. Actually, he completely naked under that thing. Shhh.

Checking out the elk in Yellowstone,

Wabbit Hunting, Take 2

Sport caught a poor little injured rabbit and before we knew it, he had the thing inside and was making him a bed all while spreading wild animal diseases to the whole family.

Canning Beans

The kids really loved helping snip and snap the beans Grandpa Madsen gave us.

Kittens

We brought home two kittens from the Madsens house. The darn things are so good to the kids, they let them haul them around like baby dolls and pull their ears and hold them upside down. We're paying for their patience now though. Every time we crack the door open they're in the house and drinking out of the Master bathroom toilet. I think they think they deserve it after their ill treatment. Probably true.

Yard Work

We spent a lot of our summer working on our landscaping. Brandan put in a surface well and I stressed about it. Then we put in a sprinkler system and planted grass in the back yard. If only it was growing...