It's been a while, so here's a smattering of what we've been up to:
Peter had a preschool graduation program where he performed several songs with his classmates. It's so funny to me that performing isn't a big deal for him. I remember kicking, screaming, and fighting tooth and nail to stay away from the stage, but Peter seems to enjoy it! I'm proud of him.
They all made suns to perform "You Are My Sunshine."
We love ice cream cones lately. It's so fun when we all get one and eat them on the patio together.
On the night of our real anniversary, we bought pizza and breadsticks and ate them on the patio. It was fun.
I should rotate the following image, but who has time? These are the puppets I made for the Wright Family Reunion that Andrea and I were in charge of.
"What About Bob" is the Wright family movie, if there is one. If you've seen it, you'll remember how Dr. Marvin and his family get out their puppets when they need to discuss sensitive issues, so Andrea and I thought it would be so funny to make a puppet for each person in the family! I couldn't quite capture likenesses with my papier-mâché, but with a few accessories and hair styles you can kind of make out which is which.
After we passed them out we split into teams and had puppet shows. Hah hah!
He continues to have a very independent personality and will often drag chairs around or get the step stool so he can get up and see what's going on. Here he was helping Andrea with dinner.
Every once in a while, or every time you go to Costco, you just need a hot dog!
Silas came to stay with us for a few days while his parents went to Iceland. We took him to Grandma CeCe's to throw rocks in the creek.
Silas came with kittens; Bernard and Walter.
They are beautiful kitties.
The kids loved having them.
And the kittens were surprisingly tolerant of the sometimes less than gentle treatment from the kids.
I even kind of miss them.
But I don't miss their litter boxes.
We also watched Wilson (the Wright's dog) for a week this summer when Andrea's brothers and parents went to Alaska. Before the cats and the dogs, Andrea had been trying to get me to warm up to the idea of having a pet. She wanted a dog or something.
Lets just say that now she doesn't want one anymore ;)
Beautiful Presley was born :) Andrea was getting so anxious to have a baby as she held Presley, and we found out the next day that we're expecting!!!
This is just an interesting flyer. Like not sarcastic interesting. Like, interesting visual experiment interesting. I saw it at church and it was on my mind all day.
I was proud of this: I removed the cement strips around the trees and put down some dark mulch. A beautiful, natural look.
On the 4th, Caleb and Lauren invited us to lunch, which was delicious. Afterward Caleb was showing us his garden and he found a nest in one of his trees. I put my phone up above it to take a picture and see if there was anything inside and look at that!!!
Max enjoyed snuggling with Presley. Babies are just magical, man.
This is a funny sequence I took at Joel Cooke's firework show. Andrea's expressions in particular are funny:
For several years I dreamed of this moment; staring at the dashboard of a new family vehicle. And on the 3rd of July, that moment arrived.
My Mom wanted us to recreate the pose Caleb and Lauren did when they got their first new car. Now all I want to do is go on a road trip!
Max is now sharing a room with Peter! It's so fun! They are so happy to be together. Max is the wildest sleeper I've ever seen . . . somehow he ended up UNDERNEATH Peter's bed during the night.
Since nobody reads this blog, I'll reveal this little secret: There's a raspberry patch in the middle of the swamp behind my parents' house!!! Andrew discovered it a few years ago, then my Mom and some of the grandkids made a trail back to it. She invited us to go pick raspberries last night.
I didn't think there would be very many, but there were quite a bit!
A good two or three cups!
