The Houston's: August 2010

well the summer has sure flown by! I guess that's what happens when the weekends are consumed with new camping adventures. We were gone pretty much every weekend except one in July so we are getting lots of use out of the new camper. One weekend we camped at Perry South which is on the backside of Lake Billy Chinook, we were within walking distance to the lake so the boys had a blast playing in the water. We have found that Wyatt has no fear, he will just keep going in, no matter if it's over his head or not. Then the next weekend after that, we headed to Diamond Lake to camp with my mom, Lee, Penny, Zoey and Rusty. The weather was in the mid 80's so it was nice but we didn't go in the water since there was a problem with the algae. The mosquitos were pretty bad...I took a shower and by the time I got to the car, I had 3 bites up my arms and some on my legs. It was a great time and I even thought I was going to get some pictures since my sister brought her camera.....no dice. I brought the laptop to download from her camera but her card didn't fit in the laptop.....darn it! Oh well, we had a great time and the kids had fun in the dirt.

The next weekend after that, we headed to Prineville to see the fair with Lee and Sheri. Porter and Wyatt had a great time seeing all the animals and petting them. They both also went on a pony ride....Wyatt liked it at 1st but after a few minutes he was ready to be done. (scroll down for some pics)

The weekend after that, my dad came over for a few days to visit. Since Porter was little, he has always referred to my dad as "buddy" so that is what he is called. Every morning Porter would wake up saying "where's buddy" and wherever he went he would saying "coming buddy?" it was a nice visit, we walked the butte one day and of course I thought I was going to die pushing the stroller up it....man what a workout! My dad got in some good quality time with the boys.

Last weekend we hung out at home and relaxed a little bit. I've been working on cleaning out the garage to get rid of some stuff and gather it up for an upcoming garage sale. And I got our extra room cleared out and organized which was an all day event. It was our one room that is storage and the "catch all" for everything.

And then yesterday the boys and I headed out to Prineville Reservoir to spend the day with Lee and Sheri. It was very hot so it was nice to play in the water. The boys had such a good time...once again Wyatt had no fear in the water, he would just keep walking past his belly deep...we had to keep a close eye on him. Porter met a little friend so they filled up some holes with water and he had a good time pushing his dump truck around. He also decided he didn't want swim trunks on, he wanted to be naked.....so he was the naked boy on the beach.

That is what we've been up to. Hope everyone has had a great summer! Now for some pictures!

Here is Porter with papa at the lake......