bottled beets

I bottle beets!!!

amazing!!

just like my nana and my mama!!

delicious!!

haha ha

from before

mum saw the kiwis for a couple of hours and brought gifts from home

and nana dressed him in all his all black gear for the kiwi boys

dan and rene feeding kingston ice cream!! haha look how wide open his mouth is!

that would be rene and dan making kingston pull the happy face!!

ME AND MY DOG

andrea took some gorgeous pics of kingston and chevy when she was here so go on to her blog to check them out

not sure how to add a link so just go to reonandandrea.blogspot.com and its called me and my dog by kingston ripley

so so so cute

houseboating!!

HOUSEBOATING

was so much fun

had a fantasticly wonderful group of ppl on the boat

some super hot weather

had some crazy windy storms

a few interesting smells

a tiny flood

sorta caught some fish

sideways on the beach

"where's the door handle?"

mint wakeboarding

skipbo

great food
(all left over food was donated to the feed the hungry kiwis in alaska foundation)

chet loved the hot tub

ryder wins the happiest kid on the boat award

kingston gave the kids cuddles every morn

and sieanna always ended up with her clothes wet

(no order to the photos, and mother, it took me forever to get these on here so u better appreciate it!!:))

the battle of the horse shoes

haha had a little slip down the bank before the boat was even in the water

loading up all the food

carlyn in her cubby

buddies

they're so used to confined spaces in the camper that they didnt know how to be apart

hot tub on the top deck!!was totally awesome!! there was usually someone in there all day long!!

little sneak

first fish caught by hand

breakfast time maybe?

titanic

was so awesome wakeboarding by the houseboat!

cute!!!ryder and carlyn

"im just digging in the rocks mum!"

haha this was the one night we were surronded by party boats!was entertainment watching everyone try to beach there boats!haha 3 boats at the beach when we pulled up, 20 spent the night there

flip

love this pic,

soooo cute!!!

bubbles

happy kids

second fish caught, also by hand and also already dead.

ryder wasnt sure what to think of this fish!

we were by a river that the salmon were spawning in, so there were so many salmon and lots of dead ones floating around and on the beach

the calm before...

...the storm

3 kids ready for bed when all of a sudden the rope snaps thats holding us to the beach, then of course the boat wont start when we really need it to, and the wind just decides to change directions again and 3 kids are still not in bed!haha

love for dad

beach days

opinions please: so i decided to wear my mothers togs(bathing suit) to the beach and my husband who really doesnt make too many comments on my choice of clothing, if anything its good comments, anyway, he informs me that he thinks they are grandma togs!?!?!! ahaha i really like them tho?

grandma togs or not?

pondering what all the other kids were doing

think a tooth might be on its way

look at those big dark eyes

he liked this little pool cos it was much warmer than the lake and he just loves to be in the water

i wanta be just like my dad and mow the lawns

cuddles with chevy

these pics are sooo cute, it was actually cuter in real life, our camera just wasnt fast enough

ohhh look at these darlings

WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

kingston's first ride on the tube!!

mr.serious barely cracked a smile, he was to busy taking it all in

family out on our boat!! yah!!!

the day we got the boat we were dying to take it out but the weather was just horrible, like pretty much storming!!we took it out but it was sooo ruff

were just hanging out on the boat on the trailer at our house!!haha

ya think we were excited or what!!

kingston is very excited about the boat!!

at ryder's grandma's!!

kaylen and Ry entertained Kingston

saying bye to papa lew

strolling through the airport

ryder- "lets go swimming" kingston - "yeah but these parents wont let go of us!!"

kingston -"why are those flashing things always pointing at us?"

ryder - "i dunno, but whenever it is we have to sit still and thats really no fun!"

kingston - "im trying to cover my eyes for peek-a-boo but my hands cant seem to connect with my eyes"

ryder - "oh well, they think ur doing a trick anyway!"

"ha, i just sat on u" - kingston

"ooofff ur heavy " ryder

kingston " look mum , look, i got him"

"ha ha now i pushed him over" - ryder

"he he i just tooted" - ryder "im outa here" - kingston
(look at the look on ryder's face!! soo mischievous, hes up to something!)

little naked boys in the bath dont need toys, they have there own!!:)

he put this bucket on his head and thought it was so funny but he couldnt get it back on again

nice sharing

delicious supper thanks aunty shelia and ryders grandma!!

presents presents!!! thank you everyone!!

how big do these boys look!!they're not babies anymore!!

"hmmm now how do i drive this thing!!

cuddles for chevy

first hair cut!!!its very serious business!!