Well Korte and Leslie ("Sassy") came over today and they brought Sophia and Gweneth. Isabel loved playing with them. Older girls are the coolest, she followed them around and tried to keep up. They were great and included her in all of there games. I think they had fun directing her around. We all swam a little and played in the yard. We had a pretty good lunch too.

Below is a video of them taking a dip in the baby pool. There is another one of them riding in the wagon, you can see it in the videos section. I will post the photos I took of them tomorrow.

See ya around

Well this weekend we had some more people over to swim and BBQ. The summer has been packed full of weekends like this but we still seem to be enjoying them. I uploaded the good photos in the photos section. Take a look and send me any you would like to contribute. I will post them in there too.

On Sunday, Jennie, Isabel and I went to eat with Pat and Ev. We went to Hu Hot, which Isabel always seems to enjoy, mainly because she can watch the cooks and roll through the line. Afterwards we went and got her an ice cream cone, we had some too. Below is the picture from Jennies phone.

Michelle has her own blog set up now and you can see her posts here. I look forward to reading them and seeing some videos.

After the 4th we spent the past week just relaxing and recovering. We plan to do the same this weekend, lots of swimming and enjoying the warm weather.

Isabel put on a concert in our living room. The video below is just a small glimpse at the rock star to come. There are a couple more new videos up in the videos section, both of them are her swimming around the pool a bit.

Hope your summer is going well.

Well the weekend was jam packed with celebration. We had a bunch of people over on the Fourth for a barbecue and some wiffle ball. Everyone seemed to have a good time and no one blew their fingers off, so we will label it a success.

Isabel got her first glimpse at what wiffle ball was. We got her to hit the ball, (with a little help) and then got her to run to first base with the bat in hand. In the photo you can see her and I playing 2nd base. She got a little bored with fielding, there wasn't enough action to hold her interest. She also got to swim and stomp some snap pops on the patio.

Saturday we lounged around the pool, did some clean up and recovered from the day before. That night I hung out over at Korte's and Jennie and a few friends continued the celebration with libations and firecrackers. She is addicted to the smell of gunpowder.

Sunday, Tim and Rebekka came over for round three. There were a few pool games, model T rides, hand cranked homemade ice cream, and more fireworks. Isabel even got to stay up past dark to see some of the big firecrackers. She was not upset with them but glad when they were over.

I hope your Independence Day was a good one, too.