Where has Summer gone???

Wow! I can't believe Summer is coming to a close! It's been about 6 weeks since my last post and it seems like time just flies.

The first weekend in September we went back up on the mountain where mom and dad had their camper, and in the background of this picture you can see Uncle Dave and Aunt Vicki's teepee.



Jonah looks like a mountain man in papa's hat.




Dave and Vicki also brought their horses up to camp, which was a huge hit with the kids, Chase especially. Papa's trying to interest Jonah in petting her.



Chase was very eager to get up on the horse and ride it. He had no fear what-so-ever! At first he hopped up in the saddle all by himself and was led around the campsite, but he quickly decided you could go a long way away from camp on the horse and asked papa to take him there...so they did!



Uncle Dave took Jonah on a horse ride, too. But they didn't get as far away from camp as papa and Chase did before Jonah decided he needed to see his mom. He looks pretty cute (and really little) up there in the saddle!



I don't know if you can tell it from this picture, but all the forest fires around the country made the Big Horns really smokey/hazy. Normally, when you look across at this mountain it's crystal clear. And you could smell it, too! I walked around for weeks with yucky smoke-smell stuck in my nostrils. A little smoke smell isn't too bad and I kinda like it, but when it goes on for weeks and weeks it gets old.


One last picture before ending. There's not many things these two do as a team, but they can sure work together to demolish our house! Jonah likes to see how he fits into tight little spaces. He gets stuck in alot of them that he tries. He goes into the kitchen, hauls out the bowls/pots/pans/food/etc. from the cupboard and crawls inside. One time I found both of them in a pantry cupboard with the doors closed. They were having a blast...until the shelf above them collapsed and spilled its contents on top of them. They weren't hurt but Jonah was really, really scared! It didn't deter him for long. He still likes to see if he gets the same result from that same cupboard.