Westville - Independence Day
July 4 - 6, 2014 |
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| Eric & Kristin Harris invited us on a rock
climbing trip to Horseshoe Canyon Ranch for the Independence Day
weekend. Since I've retired from climbing and hadn't seen my family
in a long time, I decided to visit Westville while the Erics and Kristin
went to the ranch. Eric invited our good friends David and Rui to go
along and they had a great time.
My weekend in Westville was a huge adventure - because we were with
Brodie! That boy is a force of nature who ranks somewhere in the
category near a tornado. He's so adorable that I ended up
taking 350 pictures. But take heart, you only have to look at 50 of
them here. Hopefully this page will capture a bit of the experience
involved in trying to keep up with Brodie Keith Bloomer, or Brodie Keeff,
if he's the one saying it.
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| David, Rui, and Eric as we are about to meet my family for lunch |
Here Brodie hands Eric a few toys for him to hold |
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Together again! Rui and David with Mom |
Eric wanted to see if Brodie would share his hat. Eventually he
did,
but only for a few minutes. It looked great on both of them! |
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Next we went to the playground. Here Brodie says, "C'mon PePaw!" |
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Mom & Dad grilled up a great 4th of July dinner for us |
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| Long Dog - staying close to the grill in case she's needed for cleanup
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Gran & Desirae in the golf cart - chasing Brodie and looking lovely |
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Yes, this is an electric car. He's not even 2 1/2 years old and
he
is a great driver. And I'm not just saying that, he really
is! |
Now he's moved on to "driving" Dad's boat - complete with sound
effects |
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| Next he's off to play in the sprinkler. Very fun! |
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His redneck kiddie pool - it works great! |
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| Using a shoe to throw water on himself |
Dried off and ready to play a little before the fireworks begin |
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| The most fireworks we've ever had - all thanks to Keith and Desirae. They
were great! |
Brodie enjoyed stomping the snap pops |
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| Brodie also loved the smoke bombs - but they made his eyes water |
He wanted to try a sparkler - but he had it at the wrong end |
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| Next he checks out the snakes - he only liked stomping them at the end |
Time for the bigger fireworks, he'd better get closer to PePaw |
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| The audience assembled for the big show |
Prisser did great until the loud ones at the end |
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| The pretty cone fireworks in action
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| OK, I've worn Dad out. Who's next?! |
Now it is Saturday morning - he starts each day with a drive around the
yard |
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| A very rare sight - Long Dog runs! |
That way PePaw! Faster, faster! |
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| He loves riding with PePaw on the 4-Wheeler |
Now it's time to play on his play set |
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| Oops - he came down that slide a little quick |
Ordering a slice of wood, also known as a hamburger, from MeMaw |
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| Time to play in the sand box - he's happy |
His Mom said he can't pour sand on his shorts - now he's sad |
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| OK, it's been a few seconds, so now he's happy again |
But then he fell off the edge and everyone laughed - yep, sad again |
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| Nothing will cheer him up like a water gun - lookout Dad! |
Lookout MeMaw! |
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| Uh oh, Mom has a squirt gun of her own. Lookout Brodie! |
Happy boy |
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| Wet boy |
Onery boy |
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| Poor Dad couldn't fill his weapon fast enough |
Time out! We must have clean feet. |
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| Mom giving the dogs the royal treatment in the golf cart |
Time to play in the shop. "Catch ya!" Brodie says. |
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| Fast forward to Sunday morning - Brodie is surveying his domain |
"Push me in the bee!" (His name for a swing.) |
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| Having fun |
Learning to climb so he can go with Eric in a few years |
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| You have to be ready - you never know when he'll jump! |
The woods behind our house are a great place for riding around |
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What a great 4th of July! Spending time with family,
living in this great country, enjoying all that God has
done in our lives. Thank you Jesus! |
| Gotta help PePaw fold up this tarp - he couldn't do it alone! |
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