Foolin around at home

Elise found her latest toy very exciting, and so did her brother. It's funny how the boys want to try out whatever she is into......make sure it's safe, you know!

At our four month mark, Lissy is now cutting her first two teeth. We wondered why she was such a slobbery child and found out when these two crooked white teeth popped through in the front bottom. Her eyes remain a "steel" kind of color....not blue, brown or green yet.....so we'll keep watching for what they will end up being. She continues to deal with pretty bad reflux, so we are experimenting with how to ease that for her. We go through at least three outfits a day as she spits up ALL day long. Luckily, this child has been blessed with many clothes! Through it all, we wake up every day feeling like we won the lottery with the children God has given us!


Spending more time at home this summer (with three children), we find ways to entertain ourselves! Tanner is a ham and was showing off how he felt about his new haircut.....

Gold medals and goodbyes

On Saturday, the kids and I ventured downtown to our market to spend time with our friends, Teresa, Jacob and baby Camila. They are leaving for Australia on Monday.



We also got to see our hometown hero, Kristen Armstrong, gold medalist in cycling at the Olympics. She had returned from Bejing and the town presented her with a key to the city and proclaimed April 16th as her day. It was neat to have the kids see an olympic athlete and Kristen was a friend from college years ago, so I was proud to stand in the crowd cheering for her. We made it to the ceremony, barely, on our bikes. Yes, I was crazy enough to attempt taking two boys on their own bikes, and one four month old in a seat on the back of my bike.....downtown, by myself. What I soon discovered is that when I needed help, strangers stepped up. One man offered to take our picture down at the rally. Two women ran to Alex's side when he got stuck right off the sidewalk and didn't follow Tanner and I across a busy downtown street. Later that night, I heard him pray, "thank you God for sending those angels who told the ladies to help me".


The boys love the fountain with friends, Javi, Jacob and Josiah. As you can see they were very sweaty from our 95 degree weather!

A few favorite photos

All dressed up and ready for church. I couldn't resist taking a few photos of the kids nice and spruced up....hasn't happened a lot this summer!

Yes, I am only three months old, but I LOVE to eat!
Our cousin Jake and Tanner enjoyed the boating a lot!

My daddy talks to me and makes me laugh too!

Saturday morning market

We love our Boise market on Saturday mornings. We ate delicious donuts (thanks Papa Frank), yummy crepes and lots of other samples.

Alex stopped the crowds playing with this mime.

The boys favorite part is the fountain. It is very cold water that cools them off fast!

More summer fun!

Papa Frank bonded quickly with Elise. It is the beginning of a very sweet relationship.

Mimi and Papa Frank jumped right into our family routine. We loved having them!

The boys and Elise at Julia Davis park one lazy afternoon.

We hardly saw the kids all weekend! They were busy catching fish, digging holes and getting very dirty! We did have a great salmon feast the last night as our friend, Dave, caught and shared his large one. It was fantastic!

Visitors this summer

New baby brings visitors all summer. We started off with Mimi and Papa Frank from Texas! Right off the plane, we took them up to the mountains past Cascade for salmon fishing. Although the fishing was unproductive, the fun was not! Even baby girl got dirty and in need of a scrub down. She was not happy about everyone laughing at her rolls!


We met our friends, the Thompsons, up at the camp site. More pictures of how much fun the kids all had next....