The 4th of July

This year we went down to Justin & Liz's for the 4th of July.  The kids had a lot of fun with Natalie and Avery!  We had lots of good food and enjoyed the fireworks Justin had bought.  That evening, everytime Jimmy would light a firework, Kate would turn around and say, "I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"  Jack would exclaim, "THAT'S AMAZING!" and Luke would start bouncing almost uncontrollably in my lap.  It was more fun watching them than the fireworks :)

Playing in the pool

Kate playing with Luke at the water table

Luke's first sparkler

ready for the "homemade" firework show

Luke's picture of watching his first fireworks (I have one of Jack and Kate at their first 4th of July)

Jimmy lighting the fireworks

The Past Couple of Weeks

Here are some fun pictures of the kids taken from the past few weeks!

On our way to watch CARS 2 at the theater (that's what they're saying "CARS 2!")

Luke is now 9 months old!

Jack's last soccer class - they played a game against each other

He had a blast!  In fact he went after the ball so much that the coach had to tell him not to take it away from his own teammate!  (and he even scored a goal!)



Not a great picture, but Luke's first tooth popped (bottom left) last Tuesday and sometime over the weekend, his bottom right tooth popped.

I guess he's comfortable.....

We all have been sleeping in the Master Bedroom since we've moved in (Luke is in the pack-n-play on the other side of the bed.)

Sunday afternoon nap

our angels

When I went to bed last night, this is how I found Kate......

Our Yellowstone/Grand Teton Photos

southeast of Grand Teton National Park

one of two bighorn ewes on the side of the road

one of our first views of the Tetons

our first bear of the trip - a black bear with cub - they were heading down the hill as I snapped this picture

parts of Lewis Lake still frozen

a bull elk

on the way to West Yellowstone

a bison and a black bear

Hayden & Colter's baptism

Rachel and the guys on their hike

along the trail, they came across a "local"

Mom & Dad

an elk and her calf

heading into Lamar Valley, this BIG guy stood in the road for a bit before deciding we could proceed

Jimmy watching wolves in Lamar Valley

Hayden Valley

Hayden Valley

one of the wolves crossing the road

the other wolf

2 of 6 bighorn rams we saw near the East Entrance

an old coal mine in Montana

Beartooth Pass, MT

on top of Beartooth Pass

do you see the 5 mountain goats?

bison in Lamar Valley

at the end of Uncle Tom's Trail at Lower Falls

the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

taking a breather on one of the 258 steps going back up

Lower Falls

at Old Faithful

at least one of them thought to use the pullout!

then some decided to stop and take a bathroom break

Jimmy near the brink of Virginia Cascades - one of my favorite pictures

it's a blurry shot, but a great one of his hump

Grand Prismatic Spring at dusk

looking down on the Grand Teton valley from Signal Mountain

Jenny Lake

Happy Anniversary!  @ Hidden Falls

the Grand Tetons at sunrise

Jimmy is ready to float the Snake River

bald eagles' nest with eaglets - the parents were nearby in two different trees

Mt. Jackson

pelicans

in Jackson, WY on the town square

moose and her calf near Pinedale, WY

osprey

southern Wyoming