Kid Wash

The kids kept getting dirty, and the yard needed water. A kid wash was the perfect solution.

Family Portraits

Here are some recent family photos. These were taken by Shannon Prothro.

Handwriting

Walker is getting better every day at writing his name. Here's a version he wrote in chalk a couple of weeks ago. We love the E and R.

Findley's First Haircut

It was really difficult to watch Findley get her beautiful hair cut for the first time. But the end result was so cute!

Summertime Swimming

We've had lots of fun in the water this summer. We've gone swimming in big pools:

We've gone swimming in small hot tubs (Dad does not understand the appeal of a hot tub in the summer, but the kids like it):

In June, HD and Iker came over to splash in our little backyard pool:

Enjoying the Outdoors

We had a really mild spring this year, and we spent a lot of time outside. In May, we spent a weekend with friends at their country house.

Walker caught his first fish (along with some algae):

(Be sure to click on that second photo to view the animation if you can't see it.)

We also rode 4-wheelers (I'm so sad that I didn't get a photo of Findley riding with me... I will remember next time!)

We also hung out with friends in this awesome treehouse:

Jamming

We love going to our friend Henry's house, because he always has some awesome musical instruments.  Here he is jamming on a homemade banjo while Findley tickles the keys.

Recent Photos

So yeah, we still have a huge backlog of photos and videos to post, but we thought it would be fun to post a couple of photos that we took today. It's amazing to us how big these two are getting. They're both really neat kids and we love watching them develop.

It's not often that they both agree to let us take their photos, so we had to take advantage today. I also wanted to get shots of the awesome superhero capes that Mama made for them.

Comic Book Characters

The kids are obsessed with superheroes right now. Here are a couple of recent characters they've played.

Little Doggy

Findley loves to pretend. Here she is pretending to be a doggy. I'm pretty sure that's not a real dog biscuit.