Fun at Home

 Payton learned how to curl his tongue, he was pretty excited about that.

 He also attempted to fly with a grocery bag.  Thankfully he only tried this jumping from the bed. He even had great sound effects to go with it!

 Emma is sporting some hand-me-downs from her mommy! That's right, that nightgown and "baby" used to be Megan's.  Emma LOVES them!

 Megan straightened Emma's hair one day for fun.  It was really weird for all of us to see her with straight hair.  Definitely prefer the curly hair!

We kept finding Payton and Emma in the same bed at night.  They would fall asleep together at least twice a week for a month or so.  It was very precious!

Lake Powell

 We had our annual Witkamp family Lake Powell trip. 

 The kids outnumber the adults, but they sure love being with all their cousins!

We had lots of fun tubing time, even the little ones wanted to go for a ride!

Megan and Emma looking stylish with their sunglasses. 

 Payton had lots of fun on the beach and in the water and back on the beach.  He was in heaven and spent all day out there!

 We had a "ski trainer" for the kids to try out water skiing.  Payton was one of the first and youngest to volunteer, he was actually able to get up for about 10 seconds, then realized he was alone (Marcus was in the water helping him get up), so he let go to swim back to dad.  He was so awesome!

 Here are the 4 "babies" who just keep getting bigger!

 It was really cool watching the moon rise at night.

 Sleeping under the stars is a favorite for us all.  Here we are all set up for bed.

Another brave thing Payton did was jumping off the top of the houseboat!  He jumped with Megan two times, he is such a brave little boy!

July Festivities

Oh how we love the 4th of July, definitely one of our favorite holidays!

  We met up with the neighbors in Megan's parents circle and had our own annual firework show.  Such a fun tradition for us!

Emma was not too fond of being close to the fireworks, so Megan had to move way back.  Silly girl!

 But, she was not afraid of holding a sparkler, Payton was more timid than she was.  We are so grateful to live in America!

Payton's Birthday Party

 For Payton's Birthday this year he wanted to have a water party! So Megan made him an ice cream "cake" that looked like a swimming pool.

 We set up a large piece of plastic and some PVC pipe and made our own big slip-n-slide.

 The kids had a blast on it! (Payton's facial expressions are the best!)

 And the adults were able to enjoy it too!

We had a few different water activities set up for the kids including a kid pool, squirt guns, and water balloon toss.  It was a lot of fun!

Payton's Preschool Graduation

 Payton graduated from preschool this year.  This is his graduating class.

He got up in front of everyone and said his Nursery Rhyme - Humpty Dumpty.  He is getting so big!   

Kindergarten here we come!

Easter Fun

 This year we melted crayons on our hot hard boiled eggs.  It was pretty dang cool to do and watch.

 Here comes the sugar rush!  Every kids favorite, the Easter egg hunt.

 The cute Eater outfits on the cute kiddos.

 They were good sports posing for mom.

Happy Easter everyone!

Kauai - A Break from the Cold

The kids anxiously awaiting our turn to get on the plane.

They are so excited to finally be in Kauai!

Payton has become a good little swimmer with his life jacket.  We think he is part fish!

They thought it was pretty cool that we had a banana tree at the house.  They were delish!

We hiked to a beautiful secret waterfall where Megan (and Wendy, Kimberly, and Emma) got many mosquito bites. The weird thing though was that the boys didn't get any.

Megan got the record of 77 bites.  Not fun.

 
Of course we got some Puka Dogs!! They are a favorite for all of us.

Payton did his toad hunting with Dad and Papa.  Of course he loved every second of it!  Dad said he was pretty good at catching the toads all by himself!

Marcus got to do his snorkeling, one of his favorites, while Megan relaxed on the beach with the kids.

Payton loves getting buried in the sand every year.

Emma wanted to join daddy and Payton, so she grabbed her own boogie board and headed toward the water.

We went up Waimea Canyon lookout and we were in a cloud!  You couldn't see anything, it was actually really cool.

We decided to try out a Luau, which was a first for Marcus and the kids.  It was pretty fun.  Our favorite was definitely the fire dancing!

Cute little munchkins and their silhouettes in the morning sunrise.

Emma trying out the boogie board.  She actually did pretty good floating by herself!

Our family with Megan's parents...

and Marcus' dad and step mom. We love traveling with the grandparents!

Winter Fun

 Megan and the kids went sledding with some neighbors.

 Emma was a little unsure of it.

 But she discovered the art of eating snow and sure did enjoy that!

Payton was very proud of his snowman.