5 months old

and already getting up on his knees and lunging forward! I am desperately trying to figure out how to stop or slow down time.

Look what daddy brought home

One of Paul's customers at work had a spare tire that they no longer needed. So Paul brought it home (with the help of the work truck and 4 men rolling it into our backyard. Our very own monster tire to climb on and through! I am sure will create hours and hours of fun!

Poppa and Grandma Johnson are in town!

Dan and Debbie came into town and we were able to visit them for a couple of days before them went to Emily's house. We had a lot of fun playing at the park, making cookies and just hanging out!

Thanks for visiting, we miss you already!

Beach Day

Each weekend we take the time to try and explore a place we haven't been before. Today we found a beach. Although it was to cold to go all the way in Austin had a blast finding shells and throwing rocks!

Too much excitment for one day, someone is going to have a good nap.

Opa is on the radio!!!

My dad recorded a song with his friend who has a band and he saved the song to my computer. Austin and I rediscovered it today and he was so excited he started dancing and recognized immediately that it was his opa! Opa is a super star!!!

Children will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, home happier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for.

I love my boys!

Summer time = splash parks

We went to the Army Base's splash park with Rachel and Quinn again and Austin had a blast!

miss Quinn enjoying the water
3 friends enjoying some lunch

although Austin very much enjoyed the splash park he was more excited about watching the Black Hawks practice their landings and takeoffs!

Andrew...well doing what he does...sleep :-)

National Night Out

Every year our association throws our neighborhood a block party with bounce houses and neighborhood vendors.

Austin loved the bounce houses He and his buddy Ethan were enjoying

Austin was super excited about watching the helicopter land and even more excited that he got to sit inside one!

our future pilot

me and my boys

we also got to explore a real fire truck

and then we got to ride the train home, what a great day!