Nutty Kids and Half-Birthdays

We had a lot of fun in June.  The pictures can do most of the talking.  

Dillan gave his first talk in Primary.  We totally forgot about it until Sacrament meeting, an hour before he was to give the talk.  Kyle wrote one for him real fast and I helped him give it.  It was awesome!  I wish we had video of it.

We also went berry picking, Hazel is a pro!  She kept sneaking into the rows she wasn't supposed to be in and stealing raspberries.

We spent one Saturday taking down a playhouse, building one, and the kids playing on an enormous slip n slide.

Dillan at his and Hazel's birthday party.  We went to a beach at a nearby river and invited friends for the first time.  Dillan enjoyed the scavenger hunt and playing in the water with his dad.

 Hazel mostly enjoyed playing in the sand, but this was fun too!

What nutters!

 That's my man!  Taking down the old play structure.

 More nutters!  This was while the play structure was being worked on.

The completed project! 

 Kyle and I took our first couples vacation since having kids.  It was a 3 day kayaking tour through the San Juan Islands.  The only disappointment was not seeing any Orcas.  It was such a beautiful and relaxing vacation (especially with someone else in charge of all the food and travel and supplies).

 Those bumps are all seals.

Dillan is getting ready for the Father Son Campout.  He had such a great time hanging with the boys!

The chicken slaughter!  This is at a local farm we get milk and meat from.  Kyle's job was slitting their throats and putting them in a short hot bath to get them ready to go through the plucker machine.  That shirt is speckled in chicken blood and he now wears it with pride while working out.

I think that "nutty kids" pretty much sums up the first 3 videos.

Happy Half Birthday Dillan and Hazel!