Perfect Summer Day

A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing,  the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent

Time away, together

For the past week Griffin and I were able to spend some time with Nate, Heather, Ella, & Tank.  It was a lot of fun to spend time with them.

We spent many days at the park, and playing in the warm summer sunshine.  Can't believe summer is officially here now.  I've already got my first sun burn!!



For the most part Griffin and Ella get along quite well. However, Ella does not like it if Griffin is playing with Tank while she is playing with Tank.

Ella is growing up so fast.  The last time I saw her it seemed like she was still a baby, but now she has officially graduated to toddler hood!  She is talking a lot more and is very smart.  She knows what cows, ducks, doggies, fish, and kitties say.

Ella really reminds me of a little monkey.  She loves to climb all over everything and everyone!  She even goes up and down the big slide all by herself, I am still in utter amazement over that one!

Heather is keeping herself busy during the day watching two kiddos from the neighborhood.  She is up by 7:30 every day making breakfast, vacuuming, pulling weeds, mowing the yard, cooking, mopping, changing diapers, you name it she is doing it.  I don't think she really stopped for long to just sit.  I was amazed and motivated by her energy and ability to just keep going even though things weren't always going as planned.

Just realized I didn't get any pictures of Nate, but he is busy working as well!  I didn't see him, or him, leave in the morning, and a lot of the times he came home right before we were getting the kiddos ready for bed.  A worker man!

Time at Heather's house is always fun.  Griffin loves it there and he was really sad to leave.  He told Tank he loved him and would never forget him.  Just melted my heart.

I am sad to be back because it was fun to spend time with family and get away from our daily routine. Griffin did really well on the trip down and back and I am happy to report he stayed in his car seat the whole time!

Joe and LJ were busy while were away.  They both worked long days.  I think they did enjoy the quite, but they both were ready for our return!

Now onto my next big project for the summer, potty training Griffin!

Banana box fun

Griffin loves playing with boxes.  He likes to make a long train with the tops and bottoms of banana boxes, and he also likes to use them for race cars.

Joe decided to load him up in one of his banana boxes.

Griffin really had the giggles while he was in his box.  I think he was surprised he could actually fit with the lid on.

Running, haircut

Griffin is just like his dad he loves to run!  Every night he asks Joe if it is running time. Sometimes they will run around the neighborhood, or sometimes through the yard, and on cold winter night or rainy ones  they will run around the island in our kitchen.

Love when his hair gets long because it just starts to puff out like a mushroom!  Today it wasn't as poofy as usual, I think it might have been because he had a bath.

Griffin was very excited to get his hair cut.  He was talking with the stylist and having a good time.  Underneath his cape he had his gun so he was shooting people every once in awhile.

His hair cut turned out cute, we got rid of the mushroom top.  He thought it was so funny when he looked in the mirror and saw all of his hair spiked up!

His hair cut didn't turn out as fabulous as when Aunt Heather cuts it, but it needed to be done.  He didn't cry and I am very proud of him.  I will have to take a picture of his new hair cut, just realized I didn't get the a photo of the finished product!