Aug
30
2009
this is what our boys looked like most of the week, we just couldn’t seem to keep them dressed =)
this is what the men did most of the week- build a new dock and walk way!!! they did a super job and we all are so thankful for them working half their vacation away…
he was in the water so much he great flippers =)
man is he cute
love this picture of Chris how cute is the man I married??? 
us… me looking wind blown and dirty but us just the same 
the “windle boat” on our first boat ride of the week…
popcicles – and surprise surprise, grayson crying!!!
happy grayson with a new popcicle
beatiful rainbow after a short rain…
Pop Pop and Logan feeding the chippy a peanut…
breakfast time!
some of Logans craziness
Lolipop
floating at the beach
here is Logan with his beloved rocket
all the boys out on the floating dock at the beach!
Aunt Dee-Dee giving Grayson a ride… she was the bestest aunt ever and entertained Gray and Logan all week!!!
all of them a floatin’
Sisters… Christie and Renee chillaxin’
what a face- yet so cute!
my little gray gray
My grandfather and his new wife Polly! how cute are they?
my little man with a fo hawk
jumpin off the dock into daddies arms- oh how they had fun doing this!
Gray jumping…
we dont know what he was doing here but we thought it was funny!!!
ready set jump! FLY!!!
My mom and Renee hanging on the new dock!
ha ha this is the face Logan started making and we don’t know why but I think its funny!
Logan and pop pop dancing to the Zac Brown Band
Chris driving the boat- look out seriously scary!!!
Logan “helping” pop pop fix the dock…
Ashlea, our other child ,was on her best behavior, as usual, and learned how to swim and fetch sticks out of the water from Renee, she was exhausted by the end of the day, every day, it was awesome!!!
Aunt Diane and mom hanging out on the dock and enjoying the sunshine and entertainment…
Logan learned how to pretend die in canada from Seth… he even had the tongue out and everything….
he also learned how to come back from the dead- here his is alive and well…
Floatin’
the girl cousins… back row(l-r) Rachel Kewley, Christie Boyes, Renee Boyes. front row (l-r): Anna Kewley Miller and me…
my mom and dad
Christie taking a picture of me taking a picture! my picture of her turned out better than her picture of me…
look at our big boy!!! the cabin us and the boys stayed in is the one straight behind Gray the log cabin with the green door, it was fixed up really nice and we enjoyed being able to have our privacy, it was awesome!
sweet sweet grayson
the new docks, doesn’t it look great, I wish I had a before picture but oh well this is what you get….
Chris tubing (pretty much hanging on for dear life since there were no handles for him to hang on to)
my dad driving the boat – believe me he is a crazy driver, some times
me and my Grandpop he is 87 years old and more fit than I am!!!
Ah, this is the life!!!
There are still more pictures from our vacation if you would like to see them you can click on the “our photos” link to the right and it will take you to our all of our pictures just click on Canada 2009 and they are all there…
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Aug
25
2009
We had an amazing week up in Canada August 8th through the 16th… From what we heard this year Canada’s weather has been pretty much rain rain and more rain so we all prepared ourselves for rain and cold weather… It was quite the opposite while we were there, and we were told it was the best week of the summer for the Alyen Lakers… See, our prayers do work… =)
Here are a few of our “best” pictures from our week away… Don’t worry we have so many we will have to do a few more posts with the “rest”… 
Our first boat ride of the week, was on Sunday evening and the boy (as I am sure you can tell) loved every minute of it…
we were beaver hunting and so everytime we slowed down Logan started yelling to dad… “pop pop, can we go fast?… Pop Pop Lets go fast!!” finally he says to Renee and Christie, “I have an idea, lets go fast!!!” ha ha he is so stinkin cute…
a pretty good family picture too bad I don’t look normal, everyone else does
Our little gray- he was ALL about the water it was so cute!
Our sweet little Logan- look at those muscles
such a cute picture of Logan with Uncle Ed (aka E.D.~”Evil Doer”) Uncle Ed used to play the mean guy and throw all of the kids in, he hasn’t gotten a chance to throw anyone in since he sent my brother soaring into the water and he didn’t know how to swim ha ha Now, he has a new batch of kiddos to throw into the water… Beware the Evil Doer will return in the next few years…
the beautiful sunset I tell you Canada’s sunsets you can litterly watch the sun go down and it is so beautiful EVERY time!!!
serious cuteness!!! a boy and his daddy!!!
our newest little water bug… he uses his water wings and just floats around its hilarious and beyond adorable…
I totally got cut out of this picture… ha ha it made me laugh, if you looked at all our pictures you would wonder if I even exist since I am only in a limited number- this picture represents what its like to be me- always behind the camera therefore always cut out
FINALLY a smile from our 3 year old… he has a serious aversion to the camera and only in a great while can I get a picture of him looking and smiling… VICTORY!!!! 1 point for me!!!
ha ha we found these goggles and Gray fell in love with them, this picture cracks me up every time I see it… Too funny!!!
here he is again, serious cuteness!!!
Logan and Grandma… she also doesn’t seem to make it in many pictures so I made her pose…
big boy on a raft
the boys playing in a tube… they were having a grand old time playing in the water with Daddy and the other guys…
The LaGarde Boys
this is the new look of Logan- I saw this face ALL week in canada it was like… “What Mom your ,like, totally ruining, like, my whole day…” and he isn’t even a teen ager yet, guess we’ll have to knock it out of him, ha ha!
me and my love- how cute are we???
He was dancing but stopped long enough for me to snap a cute shot… Oh and that air plane went with him everywhere, along with the “rocket” really a toy-peto that Pop Pop finally had to give him since he wouldn’t let it out of his sight for longer than two seconds, yes he even slept with it and still does…
driving the boat at such a young age…
sleepy time…
peek a boo…
sleepy gray!!!
I see you!!!
peek…
look at those big brown eyes
how did we get such cute kids…
smirk…
my love
pickin flowers, for mommy? who knows…
ha ha this one makes me smile, we were on the boat while Daddy was being tubed behind the boat…
silly little man…
sittin in a big green chair =)
ha ha I had to add this one in there… Logan kept insisting on peeing in the lake… no matter how many times we told him not too when he felt the urge to go, he just pulled down his pants and peed… typical boy!!!
our cute little boys, only got one good picture of them out of dozens taken together… too bad but this one is VERY cute!!!
cute Gray Gray
cute Logan…
the Sunrise on the morning we left… it is so beautiful up there… we can’t wait to get back!
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Aug
7
2009
I thought I would leave you with a few fun pictures before we left for a week (there are plenty here to hold you over)…
this is the farm house, I grew up walking down to this house to visit with my grandma and grandpa… The thing I remember most is the coloring books she always had handy and how we always had tea… It is a beautiful old farm house and I just love its history for our family and for me
I took the boys out to my families farm house/ barn last week to explore and play I caught a few fun moments…
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