wHew! wHat A suMmeR!

YES, it has been a while! We've been using Joe's laptop from law school, and he turned it on a few weeks ago to the BLUE SCREEN of DEATH, which told us it was DUMPING the hard drive! We got it to work off and on for a few days, and then it said there was NO HARD DRIVE! It took a few days to order a MAC! and now we are re-learning how to use the computer. But that means we can BLOG!! So much has happened, so please excuse the many pictures and the quick recap.


As a family, we've:

• Gone to the zoo (pics below).
• Played outside in the warm (and cold) weather.
• Mowed our own lawn (first time in the seven years we've been married!)
• Planted our first garden, too!
• Been sick.
• Signed up for the library's summer reading program.
• Celebrated Father's Day.
• Slept through the night a little better (hooray!).

Logan:

• Is taking swimming lessons, and loves to swim... (He has been saying he wants to be a farmer for about a year now. On the second day of lessons he asked me if farmers could farm AND teach swimming lessons!)
• Continues to ask the funniest questions (like: why don't they make toilet seats that two people can sit on? Anyone?)
• Loves to learn. We just finished reading Charlotte's Web. Yes, he sat through the entire thing, wanted to read it, asked me continually if we could read more. I think he understood a good part of it.
• Really wants to go to preschool. Tryouts are on Thursday. Cross your fingers for him!

Madison:

• Plays in the baby pool during swimming lessons.
• Got her hair cut--about 6 or 7 inches. First time ever. She was very sad, but what do you do when your hair ALWAYS has food in it, you hate to wash it, and you scream when mom brushes the tangles out? She still looks beautiful.
• Got dad bubbles for father's day (see pic below). We all agreed it was the perfect present!
• Loves summer treats: popsicles, ice cream sandwiches, etc. She could have them more often if she'd eat her lunch and dinner....

Grant:

• Is 3 months old!
• Started sleeping through the night (well, 7-9 hours, between 4 and 6 a.m. I'll take it, though).
• Can roll from tummy to back.
• Had his first cold.
• Started batting at toys.
• Is officially the happiest baby.

Joe:

• Celebrated being the father of three. We love you dad!
• Is excited about growing basil.
• Is extremely busy at work, which is good because he's a hard worker, bad because we'd love summer even more with him around.
• Loves me a lot. :)

Jenn:

• Likes talking to the women at the pool.
• Is happier because she gets more zzz's at night.
• Can skip her own nap and read, play the piano, clean, scrapbook or WHATEVER (blog)! (see above)
• Loves Joe a lot.
• Is trying to do school more regularly with the kids.

HERE'S TO SUMMER AND FAMILY AND A GOOD TIME ALL AROUND!

My happy boy.

After the haircut, and the reason for the haircut (icecream sandwich).

The swimming pool is only 1 block away!

Dad blows his bubbles and the kids catch them.

The cards the kids made for father's day.

Trying to keep the sand in the box. haha.

Made straw necklaces in school. Madi's hair, still long.

Ice-pops better after running in the sprinkler.

It's so fun to hit the water with a bat!

Going to the zoo. Next time we'll remember to bring Benedryl for Joe when he starts to break out in a rash while visiting the gorillas! (True, it's true!)

Playtime.

What Grant does while we play outside.

Splash park.

Totally.