Fall Out Boy Concert!

The boys have been huge Fall Out Boy fans ever since Dave watched Big Hero 6. I have been wanting to take them to a show for a while, but it hasn't worked out until this year. To add to their excitement we took the Elliott twins with us because they are huge fans too!







On our way!

Oh so patiently waiting for the concert to start.

Way, way up in the nosebleeds.

Had to bust out some noise cancelling headphones for Machine Gun Kelly. I was not very pumped about him being their opener!











After waiting forever Fall Out Boy finally came on stage! We ended up moving much closer so that was really awesome.

Dave with all the cell phone lights going. Here's a little video from this song.

Flying through the air. I thought that looked pretty unsteady.

Ike got a little sleepy as the concert went on-it was a super late night and an even earlier morning the next day!

One last look before heading out.













It really was a great concert-I'm not a huge Fall Out Boy fan but they were awesome in concert! The kids had an absolute blast and it was so fun to take Aug and Zoe to their first concert. I would definitely see them again-especially if they had a more palatable opening act next time :)

Ike is 6!

Absolutely cannot believe that Ike is 6 already! He has grown into such a fun, energetic, and caring boy. We have lots of adventures with him around and we are definitely always laughing!

For his birthday I surprised him with a "Nailed It" competition. If you haven't seen the show on Netflix I suggest you watch it immediately, but basically it's a baking competition where the bakers are amateurs creating ridiculously hard cakes with not enough time. The kids love it and they had a blast trying to recreate a cake pop that I made.

Dave, Ike and Kyson competed.


















Here is what they were trying to make. I think I made it too easy! Kyson turned out to be the winner by a landslide.

Ike's into lots of stuff these days-Harry Potter, spy gear, reading-so he got a wide array of presents this year. Our present to him was tickets to go see Fall Out Boy, which I'll post about later!

New spy glasses. We cannot locate the old pair!

Scuba gear for the pool.

With his happy birthday cake pops. I had to get creative with the display :)


















Photo bomb from big bro.

Cake pops in all their glory.











Here is a video I took of Ike. He's not much into my video taking lately, or picture taking for that matter. Hoping he grows out of that because I sure do love to force pictures on the kids!

Some things about Ike:
-he has recently started asking Dave to sleep with him. Not sure why but it is so stinking cute!
-he loves to listen to books (be still my heart!) and is fairly confident sounding out words now.
-still spends a large amount of his time outside-lately he has been making a sludge of sorts out of bits of sand and mud
-taking after Dave, he has gotten pretty good at fortnite-he even had his first victory a couple weeks ago!
-he really enjoys helping in the kitchen

That's all I can think of for now! I love watching this kid grow up and explore...he has such an interesting perspective and I love hearing about things through his eyes!

Family Camp 2018

Over Labor Day weekend we went to Family Camp again at Quaker Haven. This year we decided to save a little money and stay in the cabins (with no air conditioning or bathrooms). Pretty sure we won't be doing that again for a while! The kids had a really hard time falling asleep with it being so hot, and I won't want to do that until I've forgotten how rough it was :) Josh's friend Dave came with us and the kids absolutely loved having him there too!







Yearly picture outside where we stay.



















Gotta get an ice cream at canteen time!

Family shadow.

Dave and I rocking the glasses before beach side church service. Absolutely love having church in our jammies!

Peaceful mornings-family camp is so relaxing!

Hanging on the beach.

This kid! He is way too cool for school.

So much gaga ball!

Also lots of ping pong while the kids were occupied with gaga ball.

Always have to get a good family pic before we leave!









I am so glad we were invited to start doing family camp by our friends the Clines. We have had so much fun over the last two years and the kids look forward to going all year long! It is so awesome to reconnect as a family and grow spiritually and also have a ton of fun!