Last weekend of freedom!

With Braiden going back to school tomorrow, this past weekend has been his last few days of freedom.  So of course one of the days we had to go boating again.  It was super choppy out on the lake so it ended up being a tubing kind of day.

Tyson, Braiden, Zack, Skylar, Blaine - and the feet belong to Clint!  The kids are definitely getting braver on those tubes.  I remember when we would slowly putt around when pulling them... not anymore!  And they had some pretty big waves to contend with as well.

 Having some fun.  Clint kept pushing and kicking the other tube out of the wake and into the crazy waves!

 I had to get my turn on the tube as well

 So what do I do when I'm riding in a tube that is loosing air - and I can feel EVERYTHING; which leads to a very sore butt?

I BAIL!

 Caleb not happy that he has to wear a life jacket.  He did fall asleep about 5 minutes later though, so not to worry

The next day we all went and helped Mom and Dad re-roof the garage.  They worked hard on it.  

Here is Braiden getting into the job.  He's taking out the nails left over from the old shingles.

 A happy helper.  (that didn't last too long though)

 Blaine and Dad hard at work.  They ended up bringing the trampoline over.  And that is how they got up and down from the roof.  It worked great!

 Tyson, Zack and Braiden.  Braiden is now the pouty helper...

Zack and Tyson.  I am so impressed with Tyson.  He worked so hard that day;  he worked with them till the bitter end.  Blaine said he did amazing!  

I had great plans for today, as it was Braidens last day of summer vacation.  But plans change.  We spent the day working around the house, doing laundry and things like that.  We have a few projects on the go, and I just needed to get some stuff done.  Braiden spent the day playing with the other kids who live around here.  We may have not done anything too exciting, but it ended up being a pretty good day!

The one very exciting thing is that we now have bunk beds!!!  So happy!!  The crib is gone - not that Caleb ever slept in it...either did Braiden when he was little.  It was mainly just a nice decoration for the room.

 Happy boys hanging out on the top bunk!

Well tomorrow morning is the start of the new school year.... back to alarms, and school lunches. (my least favourite things about school)  But I'm hoping that it also means getting back into a  routine and finally getting those projects done.  Here is hoping that it is going to be a great year in grade 2 for Braiden.