My New Favorite Tommy word...

"Schiffy"....I LOVE that Tommy calls a fishy, "schiffy." ADORABLE!! I refuse to point it out to Fletcher and Paris in fear that somehow Tommy will be corrected or put on the spot to say it and figure out that he is switching the "f" and "sh" sounds. Ohhh, how I love when he talks about schiffies. A few days ago, he was calling out from his top bunk and asking, "Where's my schiffy? I can't find my schiffy. My schiffy fell down!" I kept asking him questions about the situation just so I could hear him tell me more about his schiffy!

Family Day at the South Platte River July 21, 2011

After a fun day at the river, and LOTS of sunscreen, Tommy's hair is pumping...
We remembered to take our tire inner tubes to float in the river with, and Paris and Fletcher had a ball walking the tubes upstream and floating past our family over and over again.

Paris poses with her new goggles on...isn't that exactly what you need to enjoy a cold Colorado river...goggles?!

Tommy just LOVES looking like a superhero with his goggles on! He didn't even wear his in the water...just on land. It's all about the superpowers, you know!

Three harvests and counting...

The kids SO desperately want a garden every year, but we have always been moving in June and July (the past three years!) This year we aren't moving during the summer (WAHOO!!) We started some container gardening and have gotten three harvests of lettuces and spinach, enough for lots of salads for all of us! The kids LOVE chef salad, especially with their own produce. The kids really enjoy watering the pots by hand and cutting the produce themselves. Tommy and Paris had a ball cutting the most recent harvest, and Tommy washed it by himself in the sink which he thought was TONS of fun!

Family Photo from Mother's Day 2011- Front Porch

Paris Ready for church May 2011

Paris loves sparkles! She welcomes plenty of sequins...

Mother's Day 2011- pictures from Daniel's Park

Mother's Day fun at Daniel's Park 2011