Go Get 'Em, Dave!

Dave is playing city league softball with a group of guys from work. They've played two games so far and he is doing great! They lost the first and won the second game. Dave's been on fire though. Good luck, honey! Keep up the good work!

Goodbye summer! We'll miss you!!

How quickly the summer went by. We are going to miss the fun days we spent at the pool. The boys became a lot more confident in the water and on the water slides. Derek actually started going all the way under the water...face and all. We were very impressed. I think we'll try to squeak a couple more visits in. This was their favorite waterslide of all of them. They went down over and over and over, each time we came.

Derek really wasn't scared of the slide, but his face would say differently. So funny! (You can click on the picture to see a larger image.)

You've Got to Check it Out!

My very talented sister, Stephanie, has made a website where you can buy her handmade jewelry. She has earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and soon to come...necklaces and bracelets for boys and men. I love all of them and she'll even customize them just for you. So go check it out, make an order, and visit often for new creations! And most definitely spread word to your friends!!

http://www.slvjewelry.etsy.com/

Future Golf Pros?

Derek earned a free game of golf by reading at school. The coupon expired on July 31st and we couldn't let a coupon expire without using it. So at 7:30 pm on July 31st we cashed the coupon in. The boys had never been miniature golfing, so it was a fun new experience for them.

We obviously didn't work on form, but just let them see what fun it can be. We'd let them go first and send them holes ahead while Dave and I took our turns. (Dave won by two strokes...in case anyone really cares.)
Poor McKenna misses out on the fun stuff. Another shot of her waiting for us in the stroller.
Are there any budding golfers in the family?? I guess we'll wait and see. :)

Sunday Photo Shoot

So I wanted to take pictures of our little girl at 6 months old and it turned into a photo shoot. The boys were cooperating and looked nice, so why not?! Too bad I tried a new setting on my camera and the colors are weird. Oh well.

Sadly, by this time McKenna was done with the camera and this was the best shot I could get of them together.

By the way, McKenna had her 6 month check up today. She weighs 16.5 lbs (63 percentile), measures 26.5 inches long (78.7 percentile), and her head circumference is 17 inches (72.4 percentile). Basically, she's above average for everything and our PA says that she's advanced in her physical abilities. Good girl! She had 4 shots and an oral vaccine, so she's been pretty grumpy...poor thing.

Happy half birthday, McKenna!

"Mom, what on earth is that?"

She was almost 6 months old and started crying after every feeding, so we decided to start McKenna on solid foods. Here she is eating the oh-so-yummy rice cereal. She's getting so big!
She didn't reject the cereal like Taylor did. She just needs to figure out how to swallow it better.

Apparently the high chair tray tasted better. I believe it. Now on to carrots! Yum!

Listen Closely...You never know what they're going to say.

I've been recording Taylor's funny quotes on scraps of paper around the house. So I'm adding them to this post so that it will make it into our blog book and I won't worry about losing the receipt with writing on the back. I'm sure that some of these are only funny to us because we were there. Enjoy.

June 20, 2007 (Age 3)
Derek: Your birthday is coming up.
Taylor: Nu uh! It's coming down!

July 8, 2007
Taylor: If I buy a red shirt, then I'll have a red one. If I buy a green shirt, then I'll have a green one.

July 16, 2007
Taylor: Do you know why I like pancakes?
Mom: Why?
Taylor: Because I like them.
(He said this about everything for a while. Or he would say.."Because they're my favorite.")

August 2007
Taylor: Limos are for long people.

February 27, 2008 (Age 3 1/2)
Mommy: Why I ought-ta!
Taylor: I'm not a yotta, Mommy!

July 24, 2008 (Age 4)
Taylor: Daddy, this shirt is 4T and these shorts are 3T.
Daddy: Wow, that is a lot of T's!
Taylor: I know. They are all T's.
Daddy: How come?
Taylor: Cause that's how Jesus made them.

July 2008
Taylor: (playing on the floor with his Ninja Turtles set) Mommy, do you know why Shredder's guards are dying?
Mommy: Why?
Taylor: Because they don't have Jesus with them.

Here's one from Derek (Age 5):

Derek: Mom, why did Heavenly Father make cows?
Mom: So that we can drink milk, eat hamburgers, and have leather.
Derek: What's leather?
Mom: The stuff that we get from cows so they can make couches.
Derek: Cows can make couches?! That's so weird.
Mom: (laughing) No, no, no. Leather comes from their skin, but people make the couches.
Derek: Cows are couches?!!