Silly boys

Beau has been a little in to dressing up lately. Almost every outfit looks good with the safety glasses (he thinks). I also have to keep reminding him he doesn't need 2 jackets with it being 110 degrees outside! He has been doing swimming lessons the past 2 weeks and just has two more days left. He is doing really good and loves to be in the water.


I came home from work last night to find a messy little house, but 3 very happy boys! TJ does a great job of watching the boys while I am gone. As you can see if you watched the video, Luke has made a full recovery from his surgery. We feel like his true personality is really shining now that he feels good all the time. Also, before his surgery he was talking some but probably only about 2 to 3 word sentences. Now, he is talking all the time and saying some 6 word sentences! We were laughing so hard at him hitting the balls last night, mostly at his little squat before he would hit the ball and the concentration on his little face. And of course he was showing off just a little bit :).

Our tadpole is all grown up!

Beau's little tadpole who we named "tad" is all grown up into what we think is a toad! We got him from the 4th of July games in Gunnison and we have no idea what kind he is. It was really fun to watch him change, it all seemed to happen really fast. He popped out his back legs first, then his front legs, and within a couple days he had completely lost his tail! I guess he "absorbed" it, because it didn't actually fall off. TJ made the nice little home for him with sand from our sandbox and rocks from the yard, since he couldn't live in the fish tank anymore.

Happy 4th!

We went to good old Gunnison for the 4th celebration. We had fun swimming, playing with the cousins, watching the parade, watching fireworks, and watching motorcycles do some fancy tricks in the air. Here are a few highlights from our weekend.

The slide on the pool just wasn't enough fun for Beau. He had to do fancy tricks jumping off the slide instead.

Luke and Italia driving the Barbie Jeep.

Luke watching the motorcycles flip in the air.

He couldn't take his eyes off of it. We thought Beau would like it too, but he was very tired and kept asking to go home. Here is a little video from the action.

Happy 4th! (cont.)

mmmm... parade candy

I've decided the Gunnison parade is way too long. But at least they pass out otter pops and loads of candy to keep me happy :).


Reindeer walking in the parade


Yes, that's a picture of a huge cow's rear end. I'm a little slow with the camera sometimes.

Beau had to get a fish at the park games. We ended up with 5 fish and a tadpole! One fish died before we got them into the bowl and it was a little traumatic. The rest survived the drive home from Gunnison. Hopefully they will make it for a while. Beau has been begging for a dog, but he's happy with a few fish for a while.

Hi fishies!