Ready for school

Ty will be starting school in less than a month. He will be going every day/half day in a four year old Kindergarten. He is soooo excited. He wants to get ready so we have been really working on his letters and numbers. The other day we were working and I couldn't help taking pictures of him. When he concentrates, he sticks his tongue out. I guess it is a Jordan thing--you know, Michael Jordan--we are related!! =) I did have to take some pictures of Alex too because he thinks that he is going to school as well. He says, "I am soooo ready for school". (Alex wears this costume constantly too. ) Anyway, I hope they stay excited about school!

July 4th

The boys doing "poppers".Right before throwing the "poppers".Daddy doing the thing he loves--too loud for the boys!Those fireworks are REALLY LOUD!!!!!

We had a great time on the 4th of July. The boys let us sleep in, then we headed for our neighbors house. We spent the day swimming and Ty and Alex both have taken off with their swimming skills. They both can go under water and swim by themselves. It is fun to see how much they have learned this summer. After the pool, we did some fireworks of our own and then watched the fireworks in Windsor with our friends Brian and Jenny Carson and their kids. It was a great day. Here are a couple of pictures of the boys doing fireworks.

Summer Fun

Running through the sprinklers

Ty, our nephew Tyler, and neighbor Jack
Fun in the pool

Fun in a jumping castle
All the boys in the pool

Alex playing in the sand
Alex in the sprinkler
Daddy and Alex swinging and talking about life
Alex at the water table
Ty in the sand--making a lake

Summer is passing too quickly!! It has been super hot here too--I'm just glad that we don't have to deal with humidity. We have been finding ways to keep cool this summer though. The boys have enjoyed the sprinklers, our neighbors pool, our own little pool and the play set. Here are some pictures of our wonderful summer so far. (Ty starts school this fall so we have to get as much playing in as we can!)

Still more pictures...

Kurt and LaDean's kids
Blake and Ty in the water

Kurt's Family

All the kids
Kris and his familyAshlyn and Lauren
All the boys Ty and Alex

Kris and his family again...Megan and Emma--best buddies!

More Vacation Pictures

Me with Kurt's kids
The boys and me with Karl's oldest two girls
Our beach house
Kate and Megan (two of Karl and Ginny's girls)
All the boys playing on the beach

Birthday Party for all the kids who had May or June birthdays.
The boys fell asleep like this one night. Too cute.
Alex and Ben (Kurt's youngest)
Ty and Alex at the aquarium.
Ty, Blake, Alex, and Bennett watching Spiderman...

We're back

Ashlyn and Megan riding the waves
Megan, Lauren, and Ashlyn enjoying fudge pops!
Playing at the beach
Kurt and Blake building a...I'm not quite sure what they built actually.
Lauren and Kate at the aquarium

Alex and Bennett--Kurt and LaDean say, Bennett looks like Kris, acts like Karl and he is their kid! He is a great kid! =) Just look at that smile!
Alex and Ty on the porch of our beach house...
Daddy and his boys--I printed this out for Terry for Father's Day--I love it!

I have been told a couple times now that I need to update my blog. I have had trouble keeping up with things lately--you know, with two boys who live to be outside and plenty else to do when I am inside---blogging has gone to the wayside a little lately. Anyway, we did go on vacation to North Carolina with my brothers and their families. We had an incredible time. I would have to say that this was the best vacation we have had since Ty was born. We rented a big house right on the beach and basically spent most of our time on the beach playing and relaxing. The house was big enough that all 18 of us were able to stay together and not feel too cramped. The kids all got a long and we just had a great time. I will post some of my favorite pictures from the trip. We did have a photographer come to the beach and take some pictures--we took some candids of that too. I will probably have another post with just pictures. So anyway, we are back and sorry it has taken sooooo long to post these!