smushmellows

Somethings I just hope I never forget.
This summer,
smores
were a big hit around our house.

How's that for some sequencing??

We ended up getting eaten alive by mosquitoes, so we had to make our smores indoors.

the dragon hunter

This is by far one of my favorite summer memories and it all started here:

Mimi took us to see the movie "How to Tame Your Dragon" and all the kids loved it. Seth sat by Mimi during the movie, and at some point, she whispered something to the effect of, "We need to get a pet dragon." And that set off a huge spiral that ended with Mimi showcasing her incredible creativity.

She sent Seth on a Dragon Hunt and he went from dragon egg to dragon egg collecting clues. It was quite exciting for one and all until the clues took us outside.... in the dark. That's when Seth started to get "nervous." Alas, our brave warrior found the dragon egg and brought it in to help it hatch.

Seth and Leah were both VeRy scared about what might happen... Enjoy the videos!

It took some coaxing, but Mimi convinced him to give over the egg.

So, we all watched and waited... and waited... and waited...
Then we realized that there was a second wrapper.

AH! There we go!

We were all quite nervous...

If you look VerY closely, you can see the fierce DRaGoN.
Thanks Aunt Mimi!

visiting the daniels

Please don't ever think that Seth won't get excited if you give him clothes as a gift.

Everyone's excited about the new bowling game!!

I just loved this one b/c it reminds of a picture of my second Christmas.

Must-have picture of the birthday buddies! Born almost exactly 11 years apart. And for wondering minds, Mimi and I are 11 years apart. We had our first-borns at almost the exact same age!

i just love this one!

And this one!!

Seth and Greyson had just come in from playing on the trampoline and for whatever reason Seth sat down and picked up the paper!

5 YEARS, BABY!!

Here's how we celebrated our 5th anniversary! Surrounded by family. I guess I'm not one of those girls that needs the big fancy dates. I just need a little extra attention from my honey! Some acknowledgment that he IS still happy he married me!!

God has taken us on a pretty wild ride these last 5 years. And while I've been able to do less devotional/quiet time, He has shown me more than any other time in my life who HE is and the strength that HE can give.

lundberg reunion - part 5

On Friday, some of the family headed to Pipestem, but when we considered the drive and the fact that everything but the playground cost money, we elected to head back to

Camp Creek

with our little family. The Seth and Leah had such a great time on the playground when we first got there.

We were having a great time and decided to go to "the other waterfall" and that's when THIS happened:

When we arrived, I had one of those bad feelings that Mommies get. We had only been there a few minutes, when Seth and I decided to hike up to the top of the waterfall. As we passed a tree on a very narrow path, a bee jumped off of the tree and stung my precious first born.

Seth's First Bee-Sting!!

My Boy screamed bloody-murder for a long time. You can see the sting right there in the crease of his nose.

lundberg reunion - part 4b

These are 2 videos that I captured at the end of our hike. Leah's new "theme song" is

Jesus Loves Me.

EVERY time that we are in the car she sings it. At this time, it was always in the extreme falsetto voice. (Sorry about the bumpity bump bump, but I had been walking for a long time with a 15 pound baby strapped to me... Nathan did offer to carry him, but I knew that I needed the exercise more!!) This is Seth and Leah singing together:

Here is Leah singing... you'll need to turn your volume up as high as it will go!!

lundberg reunion - part 4

Thursday, a group of adventurous spirits took off to hike a trail above the

New River.

This isn't something we can do in Memphis, so I was pretty excited!

I was SO proud of Seth and Leah! They were AmAziNg; they hiked a very long time and never complained. What troupers!
After our hike, some of the rest of the group joined us at the park for a picnic lunch and some good old-fashioned fun!

lundberg reunion - part 3

Wednesday, we toured the

Beckley Coal Mines

It was a great experience that we all really enjoyed!

Our tour guide did a demonstration of lighting an ANTIQUE MINER'S CARBIDE LANTERN which involved a loud pop! At that point, Leah reverted to this position. (Only seen once before, upon the arrival of the chef at Shogun) She didn't come out of this position until I asked her if she wanted "to see the dead bird" that the guide was displaying for everyone!

Seth was quite inquisitive. It's a good thing that this guy wasn't dependent on a script. He was listening to everything and asking all sorts of questions. In this particular shot, the guide was showing Seth (and the rest of us too) a shovel that was small for the young boys to use. He asked Seth if he wanted to try it out, to which Seth replied, "No, I have one of those at home." Um... little side note... no he doesn't! He only has tiny plastic ones to go with his little sand pails. But, it's all the same to him!)

We also took some time to tour the pre-coal mining and post-coal mining homesteads.

lundberg reunion - part 2

On Tuesday, the whole Lundberg crew made its way to

Camp Creek State Park

We "hiked" up to some waterfalls:
This was my favorite activity of the week, so there are LOTS of photos of it!

Leah spent the ENTIRE time finding rocks...

...and throwing them.

The boys, all spent the ENTIRE time finding rocks...

...and moving them!

Kyle spent the entire time here!

We played in the rain.
(There was also a great playground, but I didn't take pictures of it until Friday!)

We cooked out.

After dinner and dessert, we spent time worshipping as a family.

And when it was all over, we all wished this was us!