Saturday, August 17, 2013

More camping, more dunes


Cooking hot dogs over the fire,
He does his best to imitate what Dad is doing


He is getting quite good at both


Racing Grave Digger at the campsite


Mason flips Digger over often, 
He loves to give him a check-up after flipping him upright


Our swimmer ready for action


No matter how foggy those goggles got 
he would not swim without them


The kid pool was ice cold


I can do it all by myself, swimming in the big pool


From the forest a creature emerges


The creature is fond of the sand and exhibits a tendency to constantly climb the dunes.


He is sometimes a solitary specimen, 
preferring to go off the path for alone time


Here we observed the creature in his natural state


He possesses a strong determination to climb


Using both his large hands and wide feet 
he scoots up the steepest dunes


No hill is too steep for this elusive creature


Watching him conquer yet another hill caps off a great Friday

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Silver Lake Camping


 Boy enjoying the dunes


He even helped air down the tires, 
he was good at putting the caps back on.


Getting ready....


Getting set....


GO!!!


Mom and Mason's race track


Action shot


Put in a jump which caused lots of crashes


Best meal of the vacation, 
asparagus wrapped in bacon cooked on the grill.

Monday, July 29, 2013

Visit to Grandma's July 28th and 29th

 Mason visited Grandma and Grandpa Kendrick in July. Here he gets
ready to practice golf with his plastic clubs.
 Nice full back swing.
 Past horizontal on his follow-through.
We found a cicada coming out of its shell and got to watch it unfurl its wings and dry them
a period of a few hours.
 Grandpa was working on the sprinklers so Mason decided to run through them.
 Theoretically the water is cold, but that did not stop the boy.
 Pretty wet little runner at this point.
Grandma actually agreed to this........

Illinios Trip July 24th to 26th

 Grandma took Mason, mommy, and daddy to Illinois in July to visit
Great Grandma Donna. Here Mason plays in the park in Macomb.
 Daddy "helps" Mason swing.
 Fancy feet swinging.
 We always check out the equipment at Great Uncle Randy's mower shop.
 Mason and "Mower" the shop mascot.
Swimming by himself at the hotel pool with a floatation jacket.
Walking with Great Grandma at Farm King. 
Evidently the Lego shop in Chicago is on the way home from Illinois.
 
 

Thursday, July 11, 2013

July 11th Mostly the Comedian

 OK, grandma did ask us to get dressed so Mason took it upon himself
to put his shorts on his head and shirt on his leg.... 
 Mason and grandma picked some of the Christmas black raspberries. Here
he is eating some sitting on the yard ornament chicken.
 Yummy.
 Clowning around on the chicken. 
Making more faces........

July 6th Crossbows and Swimming Party

 The boys all got cross bows from the Arts and Crafts Festival. Here Mason 
aims his unit at the target. 
 Mason and family at the swim party at the Aquatic Center in Spring Lake.


July 4th Parade and Fireworks


 Anything that gets someone else wet is good........ 
 Waiting for the Allendale parade.
 Military vehicles at the front of the parade. 
 Waving to parade participants - many threw candy. 
More vehicles are coming.
We sure at happy about something.
 More driving time with Grave Digger.
 Four boys with long sparklers.
Mason and long sparkler.