4th of July

We went to the parade, played with friends at the river, and went to the fireworks. I forgot to bring my camera to the parade, of course, so I took pics with my phone. But I have no idea how to get them off of there... So maybe I'll figure it out later and post those next year sometime!

Here's Asia waiting for the fireworks to start:

Jacob waiting patiently:

Having fun in the sand:

Chillaxin':
I was looking for a picture of Ethan, and then remembered he was in Lethbridge. We missed him.

It was a fun, relaxing day, except for the drive home after the fireworks! We always think we can be smarter than everyone else and find the quickest way home, but it still took us an hour to get home. Thank goodness for the DVD player in the van... We couldn't have made it without you!

June Happenings

This past June, Asia participated in t-ball again. It was quite an eventful t-ball season. I think it was her second or third game when it happened. Her team was practicing before the big game. One person stood at the tee, one person was assigned to put the ball on the tee, and the other team members shagged the ball. Well, it was Asia's turn to put the ball on the tee and just as the person up to bat was swinging the bat back to get ready to hit the ball off the tee, Asia was there trying to put the ball on the tee. The batter didn't see her and her bat hit Asia square in the mouth! She had two big fat lips and her front permanent tooth got chipped right off. In all the rushing to figure out what to do and who to go see (her dentist was out of town), we forgot to take a picture. But, now she has a fake tip on her front right tooth. She was very brave and finished out the season, but still was a bit wary of going near the tee! Here she is at the end of the season with her medal and fake tooth:
My Mom turned 60 on June 22, so we decided to come up to Lethbridge and surprise her. My sister was having a big party for her so we wanted to come to that with her not knowing. She figured we wouldn't be able to come on short notice. But we made the trip up. Turns out my mom already figured it out that we were coming. But it was a fun, quick trip anyway. Again, not very many pictures. Too busy I guess.

We decided to leave Ethan up there to hang with his aunts, uncle and grandma and grandpa for 3 whole weeks! We figured he was old enough now and I wanted him to be able to spend time with the people we love the most and don't get to see nearly enough. It was a long time being without Ethan! He is actually quite the little helper around here. It made me appreciate him more and I think he realized that he missed and loved us too. Here is the shot of him before we left to go back to Idaho; shaggy hair and everything: (Cynthia took him to get his hair cut later)
Here's Mia blowing on Cynthia's back door. She thought it was hilarious and so did we!

Best Buddies

Jacob and Mia are only about 15 months apart. They can always be found playing together. I think it's mostly because Mia likes to follow everyone around and be part of the action. And since Ethan and Asia are so much older, the two babies end of being together most of the time. For the most part, they get along pretty well. Jacob is kind of Mia's protector. It's pretty cute. So here are some cute shots of the Little Buddies:

Eating fresh beans by the fence:

Mmmm, more beans from the garden. And I promise I didn't pose these two. They were sitting this way in all of these pictures with no prompts from me.

Throwing rocks in Leigh Lake:

Enjoying ice cream together. Love Jacob's face!

I hope they can be best friends and take care of each other for a long time to come.

Experimenting

The first day of sumer vacation, Ethan was already saying, "I'm bored!" Man, it was going to be a looooong summer! So, I told him to think of some experiments he could do. He wanted to see what would happen to food if we left it out of the fridge for a while. This is the before shot:

And here's the after. Ethan decided to add a raspberry and a couple of carrots. Gross! We'll see what other ideas he comes up with this summer!