Swimming and home improvements

I got the kiddie pool out in an effort to beat the heat, but instead we were eaten alive by mosquitos. I actually had to spray the kids with repellent to swim in the pool.


Here is Kate sipping her lemonade while spritzing herself.


Smiley:


Collin: "This girl is crazy!"


Dean has been working very hard at improving the front of our house.

Here is two picture of before:

Note the cracked driveway, ugly bushes, no porch railing or porch at all for that matter. It was actually gravel.



Here is the after: new driveway, new landscaping, new paver porch and railing.

Out with July in with August.

Here are some pictures for the end of July and beginning of August. I will add some of the front of the house that Dean has been so diligently working on once it stops raining!!


8 months old


Temp on our drive downtown for our anniversary.


Celebrating 10 years!


Personalized menu! Nice touch.


"Smiling Jack" as Grandpa Butters calls him.


Getting into trouble.

Look familiar? This was Kate at the same age. Notice how much more petite she was.




Playing with the learning computer game starfall.com. With a quick tutorial she can run the whole thing herself! Impressive!


"I know. She is crazy with these monthly pictures. Just humor her."


9 months old!