Family

Today was the Mills Family reunion. So I thought it fitting to put up some pictures of family. This is Scott's sister, Angie and her family.

Makayla

Kirsten

Boy, this pose must run in the family. I've seen this shot way too many times from Colton. This is Aidan's version. :)

Mamaw Bingham and Carly.

Papaw Bingham

And this is my family. As you can see, I'm missing one rugrat. He is completely and utterly against having his picture taken for any reason. Hence, he is not in the picture.

Although, I snagged a few of them when he wasn't attention. He's not smiling and he's often being rotten, but they're still of him so I love them. Here he is chewing on his shirt. Don't ask me why he does that cuz I don't know. Teething?

The zoo

We went to the zoo today and wow, what an adventure. It was so stinkin' hot! I thought for sure my shoes were going to melt into the pavement. Ugh!

At the petting area of the zoo. He could have cared less about the goats.

Colton was not really impressed with the large animals behind glass or in the "pens", although he was fascinated with the penguins.

And the fish. Oh my goodness, did he love the fish. He would have played in the aquarium for hours. He kept running up and down the viewing aisle saying "Shark! Shark!" Word World comes in handy, I guess. :)

He also found Dori from Finding Nemo. He was very excited about that discovery! We had a little meltdown when it was time to leave. Poor thing! I guess we'll have to make a special trip to the Newport Aquarium before summer is over.

They had a merry-go-round which the kids wanted to ride so we took a break. Colton has been on a merry-go-round before so of course, I thought nothing of it. I stood beside him when it started and he was nothing but smiles. For like a minute.

Then it was nothing but heartbreak. :(

I comforted him while we waited for everyone else to ride again. I think it was nap time.

Yes, the girls came along and they were bored!!! They fought for sippy cups, wubanubs, food, etc. It was so hot, even their little dresses didn't keep them cool. Through it all, they were troopers, though.

All in all, it was good day. Just exhausting.

A trip to the garden: Wegerzyn's

Today, we ventured to Wegerzyn's Garden with Lorie, Brandon, and Kaitlyn for a "play with your camera and hope to catch some great shots" day. My mom and dad went along which really helped us contain/entertain 5 kids. Granted, 3 of them were in a stroller....but the two mobile ones gave us a run for the money. Lorie learned very quickly why I'm so exhausted. Colton NEVER stopped the entire time we were there. I loved watching him enjoy himself. I wish we could do these things more often.

Here are some of the beautiful flowers at Wegerzyn's Garden. Even peppers!


We stripped down to the cloth diaper (originally, he was butt naked but we quickly remedied that!) and had a blast in the "river". The boy loves water but hates to swim. Go figure!

My favorite picture of the day. He was trying to hide from me because it was time to go. Needless to say, I found him and he was not happy. But I love how I captured his eye contact. Very rare from Colton.

The girls had a fun time, too. My dad took them under the waterfall and they wanted in the water! So cute. They love their Grandpa Shuster.

Just thrilled

How's that for excitement? Times three!! LOL