Rice Cereal

Leah is about 5 1/2 months and she seemed ready for rice cereal. So....we tried it tonight and she did great. (Forgive the poor quality of the pictures, we will be getting a new camera in the near future I hope.)

Considering Isaac's first experience with rice cereal, I'd conclude that Leah did a little better (maybe this means she'll be a better eater in the long run!)

Catch Up

Ahh, summer-always so busy doing so many things. I love it! Here's what we've been up to...

Isaac is finally brave enough to wander away from me far enough to enjoy the place centers at the malls. Here he is in action.


Kyler came over one night (now I can't really remember why!), but the boys had a great time together and enjoyed their Spaghetti-O's



We spent the 4th of July at Jake's parents' house. It was freezing! (Well, like 65°, but still it's usually like 30° warmer than that!). The kids (Jake and Josh included) made a giant slip and slide out of painter's plastic. It wasn't fast enough so they all lathered themselves in dish soap. Jake's whole side was shredded from the grass, but luckily it wasn't too painful. Sorry-there's no pictures of the wounds!


We went to Nauvoo the beginning of July (I will post more pictures of this later because some are on the laptop).


Here's the kids trying on Isaac's winter hats (they were out in case we needed them on our trip to Minnesota). Jake says Leah looks like a boy-he's probably right. But she's a girl through and through!


I made a waterslide for Isaac, which he loved very much.

Minnesota

Way back in June Jake's family went up to Minnesota to fish and relax. Here's the pictures of it all....

These will be in reverse order because I don't want to take the time to move them all around. So sorry!



Thanks to President Obama and this brilliant idea we were able to go 12 miles in only 1 hour and 40 minutes in the middle of the afternoon on a Sunday! And, naturally, there were no workers working that day when we finally got to the construction zone. Ugh!


It was Father's Day the day we left and the Primary kids had made ties for the dads and Grandpa.


We actually remembered to take a family picture this vacation!


Getting ready to head home-we were SO tired!


The cabin-enough space for us all (at least for a week...)


We took Isaac out on the boat and he was out cold in less than 20 minutes.


Daddy helped him catch his first fish from the boat!


Our little Captain!


And Miss Leah...happy as always.


Enjoying some ice cream at the Dairy Queen in town.


The water was a little chilly so Isaac spent most of his time on the shore-he was actually poking a dead fish in this picture. Nice, huh?


The best result of trying to take a decent picture of these two partners in crime.


Yes, I know, he's the cutest fisherman ever!!!


He LOVED being down on this dock and didn't mind wearing his life jacket at all. I got it out a few weeks before the trip and he'd wear it around the house without any problem.


Feeding the ducks at the pond in town-more like chucking bread at the birds! This kid has an arm on him like no other 2 year-old. He was fearless-even after falling onto the poo-covered grass.

Happy Birthday, Jake!

Today Jake turned a quarter century old...that's right-the big 2-5!!! We went out to dinner last night (P.F. Changs-yummy!) and then test drove a van while Jake's parents had the kids-so romantic, I know. We sure love our daddy/hubby and are so thankful for him. Happy Birthday, Jake-may all your wishes come true! We love you!