Fourth of July at the beach

My favorite picture of Chloe. She loves to play in the ocean and after 10 shots I managed to get the perfect picture.

As always the beach is the greatest place to spend time with friends and family. We had a great time with the Smith's and Hathaway's.

For Courtney and Joe

Chloe loves her Princess tanktop. It goes great with her attitude! Thanks for the gift, I'm glad it fits her finally.

The third one gets away with everything....

Oh to be the third kid. By now Jay and I just shake our heads as our little daredevil swings/climbs/hangs off of everything she can get her grubby little hands on. Surprisingly she is not accident prone "knock on wood". Of course big sis Chloe is busy teaching her all the tricks.

City of Bridges

We bought John a "new to him" otherwise known as a used bike last weekend. This weekend we decided to try out the new wheels at the Bridge Pedal. We signed up for the 6 bridge ride which is 14 miles. John did fabulous and the girls enjoyed a nice ride in the bike stroller. We stopped on every bridge and enjoyed the views. By the end I think Jay and I were the only tired ones and he was only tired because he had to haul around an extra 70 pounds. Next year maybe we will be able to talk Chloe into riding. Eventually we hope to work up to the 11 bridge ride which is 37 miles.

Mother Nature

Mother Nature never ceases to amaze me. When Jay came home after a long 4th of July weekend at the beach he found that a mother Robin had decided to build a nest on our front porch. She had taken odds and ends from the backyard and built a wonderful home. We thought she would leave when we all got home with the craziness of two dogs and three kids but she seems to like us.

After another weekend at the beach two weeks later we came home to a soft chirpping sound and lo and behold she had three little babies! We are so excited to see them grow up and fly away.

Mini me?

After I cut Kaiya's hair recently Jay thought I was attempting to create a little Jenny. I do admit she does look a little bit like I did when I was little. It's only because of the bangs, either way she's darn cute!

What a week!

Well we spent our first week of summer vacation at the Reese's. It was three full days of swimming lessons, bike riding, slip and slide, fort building, fishing, and baseball. As you can see the kids had a wonderful time with the cousins. Chloe got a new helmet from Uncle Tooter, which she loves! Bailey built John a fort out of popsicle sticks and hot glue. The three older boys were quite the biker gang all week. Thanks again for having us Jas and Jen!

Chloe's graduation

Chloe has finished kindergarten for the first time, she will be starting kindergarten in the fall at "John's school". By next year she should be really good at it! Chloe has had a wonderful year it's amazing how much she's learned. Next time you see her ask her to read a book to you it's one of her favorite things to do.

John's Birthday

John had a wonderful 7th B-day. He had his last baseball game on his birthday and we went to two BBQ's. The next day he had 5 friends over and we went to see Up and then had a BBQ at our house. Thank you everyone for the gifts and the phone calls.