Our little monkey in action!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnzooraxHKI

Some cool July days!

K now enjoys the "big girl" swing!

Q will climb all the way up the ladder to the slide and then shoot himself down head first... truly fearless!

Happy Anniversary to us!

Today we celebrate 8 blissful years of marriage. I was lucky enough to find my best friend in the whole world and blessed to be able to share each and every moment with him- getting lost in our own little world so often. We are king and queen of our own inside jokes and our favorite thing in the world to do is just be together, cook together, laugh together, and enjoy everything together- from coffee…much coffee, great food, AMAZING kids and endless love. When I think about what we have- I know that it is something that not every couple (actually, very few couples) has. We started our journey just the two of us and grew so strong as a pair- which has been vital for our baby bunching expedition that has been the past 2 ½ years! We now share our world with the two most sensational children- but it’s still really our world (we just let them peek in for a while). Throughout the past two years we have been like strangers passing in the night in a drowsy state of sleep deprivation mixed with confusion but also a lot of love, a lot of FUN, a lot of laughs, and a lot of hard work! Not just hard work with two very busy kids, but hard work to carve out time for each other! This takes work every day in order to stay connected. Many times he will come home from a busy day, kids jumping all over him, cranky, tired wife… but he will know to send me to Yoga, smile, and make everything balanced and right again. I’m so thankful and blessed to be a part of the world we have created together. LOVE YOU BABE!!! Here’s to us!

4th Fest

We took the kids downtown to a music and food festival for the 4th. It was great to run into several friends and enjoy the beautiful weather and delicious local food! Keira took off her shoes and joined some of her friends to splash and dance through the puddles left from the rains the night before- she looked like my little hippie chick in her dress dancing and spinning around. Quinn also loved the music, but was mostly there for the food- this guy can EAT! And EAT and EAT and EAT! The hilarious thing is that the highlight of the evening seemed to be the ziplock bag of baby wipes I had packed. Quinn enjoyed playing peek-a-boo and hiding behind them while Keira proceeded to clean her feet meticulously with each wipe. Of course we were not able to make it until the fireworks, but I was so happy that we were able to stay until 8:00! Maybe next year we will make it for the grand finale!

We left Abbey dog in charge…. the kids were unimpressed!

Our weekend at G&G's

We enjoyed a great weekend at Grandma and Grandpa's! I think we spent 90% of our time in the pool! Keira loved floating in the boat and learned to jump off the side to me and Quinn just enjoyed riding on the raft, splashing, and kicking his feet in the water.

In Action- Busy June Part 2

Here is Keira doing a chalk screen print where you rub chalk on a screen and the dust falls into a tub of water. You then dip a large piece of paper into the water and get a beautiful print!


Playdough is always a favorite activity! There was fresh, warm playdough every day in her art class!

Here she is painting on mirrors and then pressing paper over them to create an original print.

Here's K in action in gymnastics! The big "jump jump," balance beam, and monkey or "ooo ooo bars" were here favorite things! Her confidence and motor skills improved so much in this class!

As a celebration of completing all of our fun June classes, Keira got a special Daddy lunch out!

We also had our first trip to the pediatric dentist this week, but between trying to keep Quinn from escaping the office and trying to keep Keira calm and teach her that the dentist is awesome and all those crazy, sharp instruments are NOT scary, I didn't manage to get the camera out to take any pictures- go figure! So here are some of Keira showing off her smile!