Pool time!

After much pleading and lots of puppy dog eyes, Aidyn convinced Jeff to join her in the pool tonight. Don't they look so cute!? He's such a good daddy!

The Brenne Family

We had a great visit from our friends the Brennes while they were here from Seattle. Aidyn & Nolan had so much fun playing with Campbelle and Christian and Jeff and I really enjoyed catching up with Jill & Leif. We wish we got to see them more often!

Playdate

We had a playdate last Friday with our friends the Mau's. Eli and Saylor have a new playset in their backyard and had the pool set up at the end of the slide. The kids loved it and had a great time with their friends!

Busted!

He looks like he's up to something, doesn't he?

July 4th...

On the 4th of July we just hung out at home. We played outside quite a bit with sidewalk chalk and a vast array of basketballs.

We watched the neighbors drive by on their way to the parade. It was our own little lazy day parade...

Here's Aidyn sporting her homemade 4th of July hat. Pretty fancy!
That night we grilled some good old American steaks, put the kids to bed and sat on our lawn and watched the fireworks. A pretty realxing day.

July 3rd...

On July 3rd we took in the events at the City Center Park. They had pony rides (which were a HUGE hit)...

And Kaptain Kirby train rides.
See what an attentive and cautious driver Aidyn is? Just like her mother, that one is!

Storytime

We read and read and read...Nolan will finally sit through about 1/2 of a book. We're making progress!

Where's Nolan?

Hovlands

Our friends, the Hovlands, came to visit for a couple days. It was really fun having them here. The kids definitely enjoyed each other!

Dan and Elijah

Nolan(16 mon.), Aidyn(3 1/2), Samuel(6 mon.), Jayda(3) & Elijah(2)

The zoo...

We went to the zoo on Saturday to check out the African Savanna exhibit. They have giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, gazelles and ostrich there for the summer. Very cool!




We also checked out the sharks as they were swimming around.

And of course, we took in the dolphin show. It wouldn't be a trip to the zoo without it!

One of the really cool things we did was to go into the butterfly garden. There were hundreds of butterflies flying around us. They were so pretty and so neat to watch. Why no pictures of these beautiful butterflies you ask? The batteries in my camera were dead. AURGHHH!!!

Aunt Patsy

Jeff's aunt Patsy came to visit us for a few days last week. We all enjoyed her visit, especially the kids since they suckered her into every activity they could think of. They had lots of fun!

Fathers Day

Yesterday we helped Jeff celebrate Fathers Day! The kids were so excited about Daddy having a special day. We made him breakfast and later we took him out for lunch at one his favorite places.
Then we headed to Canterbury Park for the horse races.
The kids were really looking forward to seeing the horses and daddy was looking forward to winning big. At least kids got what they wanted...

Sunday is Family Day at the races so they had pony rides and a petting zoo set up. Aidyn was soooooo excited to ride the ponies.


She did a great job and wanted to go again. So she got to ride a second time. What a lucky little girl!


Nolan enjoyed the petting zoo (from a distance).

But it wasn't from his lack of trying. He had the stroller on 2 wheels once, trying to pull himself in with the goats.

By the time we left, he was definitely ready to get out of the stroller!

At the end of the day the kids needed a good cleaning.

And a bedtime story. And with that, Fathers Day was over. I hope Jeff enjoyed his special day, the kids sure did!

The many faces of Nolan...

"See how cute I am? Don't I look sweet and innocent?"


"But I am full of mischief. You can see it in my eyes!"

(Insert evil laugh...)

Last Friday it was really hot and humid here. So what did the kids decide to do? Play under the sleeping bag. I was sweating just watching them.