Spencer's First Balloon Ride

As promised, I have pictures! They are on facebook so you can check them out there. It was a fun morning and I am anxious to see how the boys develop in the world of ballooning. I've made some of my very best friends in that community, and I know that Lesley has too. We both went our own way...she learned to fly, I stayed on the ground, drank coffee and bossed people around. The boys will find their own way too!

Swings!

Lesley and I decided to walk down to the park Saturday morning before it got too hot. We recently have become "golf widows" on the weekends, so it is always a challenge to find something to keep a 9 month old and a 3 month old occupied. A nice walk seems to do the trick. We made the mistake of staying 60 seconds longer than we should have though, and had a "relazing" walk home with both kids screaming at the top of their lungs. I swear they just feed off each other...God knows what they are saying! Here were the happy times before the meltdown.


Sunday was an exciting morning because Spencer got to go for his first balloon ride in the Mickey Mouse balloon! Hopefully I will have pictures to share soon. It seems that Grampa's computer starting shoot sparks last night, so I really hope that they aren't lost to the world! I was really proud of our boy, who wasn't scared at all with the burner. A pilot in the making, perhaps?

Lucky Peak

Grampa Scott had been bugging us to come out on the boat all summer, so we decided we'd give it a try this weekend. It was also Great Grampa Ray's birthday, so we were having a big family barbecue at Lucky Peak. I quickly learned that a day on the boat is no longer relaxing with a two month old on board...especially when you have to keep him out of the sun. But we hung out "below deck" (is that the term?) and even had some smiles when he wasn't cranky from the heat. I am really excited for NEXT summer because I know he will have so much fun on the boat!

His full swimming ensemble. It should be noted that he got nowhere near the water all day.

Happy 4th of July

We had a fairly mellow fourth of july this year. That seems to be a theme for us this summer..."fairly mellow." It's been nice, but its definitely a change of pace for us! Here we are as a family celebrating our first holiday.

Spencer slept thru our midday fireworks display (sparklers and those little spinny things) and Rocco wasn't sure what to think. Gage enjoyed them for sure though, so we had some success!



Here's our happy boy at the beginning of the day...