Yellow Stones and Buffalo Jumps

Becky and the boys took a little trip to Montana earlier this month, and as usual, had a great time.  They spent the first week or so down in the beautiful town of Three Forks with the Clayburn family, took a drive to see the Madison Buffalo Jump, and then spent part of the weekend in Yellowstone National Park.  As far as sights and scenery goes, Montana is hard to beat.  Paul especially seemed to have a great time seeing the animals in Yellowstone.  They came across some friendly moose, watched Old Faithful erupt (even though it's not quite as faithful as it used to be), and pondered why a bunch of buffalo would want to jump off cliffs. Mostly though, they just had a great time hanging out with Aunt Kelly, Uncle Chris, and the three Clayburn girls, Brooke, Sophie, and Lexi.

Almost all of the Unbehend grandkids in one place, watching Old Faithful... just missing the newest edition back east!

Just enjoying the great outdoors!

So it looks like they had a lot of fun, and hopefully next time I'll get to go along!

The Devil's Icebox

While in Missouri, we drove down to Columbia and checked out this state park with a pretty extensive cave system and a cavern called The Devil's Icebox.  We didn't actually go into the cave, since we were packing a dozen children, but we got to the entrance and checked it out.  The weather was perfect and the park was beautiful.  Who knew Missouri had cool hikes? 
 

The whole gang again!

Hanging out like a couple of bats in the cave...

And even Uncle Shane was there...

Loving the Missouri Heat

This has been the summer of travel so far, as we've been up and down Interstate 37 multiple times the past month, going here and there and everywhere.  Near the end of June, we took the long drive back up to Missouri to the home of the Millers.  It was hot, yes, but would you expect anything less from Missouri in summer?  It was great to see everyone, as it was the first time we'd all been together in at least a few years.  It made for a busy place, with twelve kids running around causing havoc, but it was all a good time.  We played a lot of croquet, amongst other games, and just enjoyed the summer vacation.  Hopefully it won't be too long before the next time!

The lot of us.

The Sellers boys with the Sellers grandparents.

And Great Grandma Steele...

The croquet champions.

 

A whole dozen of them...

Loads of fun with everyone.  Until the next time!

A day for Dad...

Occasionally, even Dad gets a day.  It was father's day recently, and honestly we didn't do much, but that's perfectly alright.  We did take the short drive up to Rockport Beach to hang out in the sand and water.  Otherwise, just hanging out with the boys on a normal, lazy Sunday is good enough.  Here are a few pictures from the past few weeks.

Just kicking some sand around...

The cool kid.

Who doesn't love popcorn?

Since he's pretty fearless near the water, we decided this was best.

Always been the happy one... especially when he's got a drink in his hands.

It's been hot... but not too hot for Farrah and Adam.

Summer is here, and you won't hear us complaining about it!  Sunshine and warm water!

The oldest boy...

Our oldest son is now seven years old.  Unbelievable.  That just makes us feel old.  From Jacksonville to every city and state in between, he's been with us all along.  He just finished up first grade and it's already clear he's headed for great things.  He's a superstar reader, a math whiz, a kid of many friends, and a boy we couldn't be prouder of.  He's a huge helper for his mother, occasionally nice to his little brothers, and he's always looking for the next exciting thing to entertain himself and to keep from bouncing off the walls.   

 Here he is at seven.

And here he was... not so long ago.

Gotta get presents.

Looking fabulous and sun tanned (slightly burnt) at the beach.

And just looking fabulous in general.