pool fun

Chase wanted nothing to do with water most of the summer, unless we were in our own back yard playing in the sprinkler or his little pool. But towards the end(of course), he came out of his shell and wanted to "jump in". We took him up to the pool at Forest Ridge, when we knew no one would be there, so he could practice. Let's hope next year he still wants to do it. Jumping in to Daddy

There was a visitor in the pool when we first got there

Daddy blowing bubbles

sittin on the side with the arm floaties....didn't like those so much

more jumpin

"no pictures mommy"

"ok maybe I'll smile for one"

Halloween in August

My grandparents own a campground and back in August they had "Halloween". Since the campground is closed in October they had trick-or-treating, costume judging, and lots of fun games in August. We took Chase and checked it out. It was so hot that day and I hadn't really thought about a costume but luckily I had something in the closet that worked out great. Don't look too close because he may actually wear the same thing on the real Halloween this year. A little gorilla!

Chase preferred the hood down...I didn't blame him at all!

I wish I would have thought to have him carry a banana....my mom thought of that when we got there.

He ate an entire bag of m&m's before the trick or treating even started. He was quite pokey on the route because he just wanted to eat the candy as he got it. Actually if you know him very well he is quite pokey most of the time. He is on his schedule for sure.

If you look closely the girl is a cell phone...I thought it was so cool

" I just want the candy mom...seriously"

Even a black creepy cat walked behind us while we were out

This girl was hilarious too

Chase ended up on my Dad's shoulder's a lot because he couldn't keep up walking around to all the campers for candy

more creepy stuff at the Pavillion

My cousing little girl was a cheerleader....super cute

I think this kid won the teenage division......hilarious also

And then there's this guy...posing with my grandma. Nothing right about that costume. I think he won his division also, but I don't think he had any competition. We had a blast, there were so many people there that participated. They have a hayride every Saturday night too and Chase thought that was pretty cool too.

zoo

We ventured to the zoo a while ago, I am very behind on posts. This was back before school started. Chase loves the zoo. We have a pass and it's awesome! The new African Journey is so very cool. If you haven't checked it out I highly recommend it. Enjoying a drink.

The zebra's or "webra" as Chase calls them

checkin out Bill the lion...no joke that's his name..he's huge

The giraffe's are mommy's favorite part by far

riding the carousel...I swore they were smiling in this picture

mean birds

climbing on the Komodo dragon

another drink before we go

Paige's "Crossming"

We checked out Paige's Crossing (crossMing-in Chase's words) a couple weeks ago. It was lots of fun. There wasn't a whole lot for Chase to do but he liked following Tyler around and attempting to do whatever he did. Chase really liked the frog slide too.

new floor

Our summer project this year was to re-do the floor in our living room. Our house is 7 years old(we've owned it for 5) and the original carpet was getting pretty trashy. Normal wear and tear, 2 kitties, and a 3 year old pretty much ruined it. Plus I think it was pretty cheap to begin with. :)
Anyway we decided to put laminate flooring down instead of carpet and we LOVE it!!!! It looks SO much better and it's easier to clean. Thank you Chad, Tobie, Jason and Josh for your hard work on the floor. It looks awesome!!! Chase walked in and said "I like-a dat(that) new floor".


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