More Swim Time

Over at grandmas house playing in the pool.

Who's having more fun?

It was a good day to cool off. I think it reached 106 degrees.

Getting a little bit tired of all this splashing.

John taking a little rest before resuming the horseplay.

Grandma Time

Grandma E. reading John a book before his nap.

John loves his time with Grandma. He gets to learn so much.

Just wanted to see if anyone knows what kind of a bird this is. They have built a nest in moms pear tree and are very territorial. They dive-bomb the cats and have recently gotten brave enough to actually grab their fur.

Anyhow, I think it looks like a Grackle, but they are usually dark birds.

Fourth of July at Grandmas

Here's John wearing the patriotic hat the great-grandma Lola got for the boys to try on

These goldfish are so good! Here, try one!

Bruce and John are fine tuning their sharing skills.

Fourth of July Fun

We had a great Fourth of July. We went to Canyon West Golf Course and watched the fireworks from there. They seemed to fall down directly above us! It was amazing!

We met James Woley and his family there for the show.

Here is James' oldest son, Anthony, proposing to his girlfriend that night.

John sitting in a sand trap waiting for the show to start.

John and Nathan watching the fireworks together. The loud booms didn't even bother John (surprisingly). Maybe he was too tired to care!

LET THE SHOW BEGIN!!

ooohhhhh!

aaahhhh!

Beautiful!
ooohhhh!
oooooo!!
aaahhhh!

It was a lot of fun had by all. We finally got John home and to bed at 11:00pm.

That will be the last of your late nights young man!!

Our Little Man

Here are some cute John pictures in no particualr order ~~ just thought you all would like them.

Grant and John having an obviously important, perhaps philosphical, conversation.

This is back in March right after Johns 1st birthday.

Our little angel fast asleep with all of his stuffed animals.

Here's John after about thirty minutes of Daddy "watching" him outside while I got a few things done inside!

John is quite the little helper around the house. As you can tell he loves to "help" empty the dishwasher.

He's growing up so fast! It seems just yesterday I was spoon feeding him myself. Now he throws a fit anytime we try to "assist" him. The mess is less if we help, but obviously the fun for him is too!

Prettying up the house!

Nathan and I decided this last friday to replace the old vinyl flooring in our kitchen and laundry room. So, off to Home Depot and Lowes we went to get all of the items we needed. By the time we were done it was about 6:00pm so we went and ate at Applebees. When we came back out to leave, our truck wouldn't start!! (Anyone who knows the ordeal we have had with this truck is taking pity on us right now). To make a long story short - Mom came to get us in her truck, we called a tow truck, and when the tow truck person got there he was able to start it right up - TWICE!

So, after unloading our stuff into moms truck we put it all back into our truck and went home!

Now about 10:00pm we are fitting the new flooring in the kitchen.

Here is what we did with all of the appliances as the floor was being demolished. (We also had to put the kitchen table in the bedroom hallway, our pantry in the bathroom, and Johns' toys in the computer room!)

This is the new flooring laid out and the old flooring on top for a comparison. Sara is very happy! (And tired, it's about 1:30am at this point).

The next day we were able to get all the appliances back and everything clean.

Not to shabby if I do say so myself!

The finished laundry room.