These are a few of my favorite things...

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens,
bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens...

Dad's yummy fingers...

Swimming at the pool...

(This picture makes me smile--like father, like son!)

jumping...
(thank goodness for a jumperoo--
Mom's arms couldn't have handled the jumping much longer :)


...and flirting with grandmas in the store! :)
(Too bad we can't catch a photo of this one--
it's one of my favorites too.)

Colorado Fun!

Dan's work sent him to Colorado for a week, so I took a jaunt up there with Benson to see the Jensens. We had a wonderful time! We went to the children's museum, a couple story times, a playgroup at the park, the Denver Zoo--it was Benson's first time at the zoo, then Dan came and played with us for the weekend and we played games, went to Red Rocks Amphitheater--an amazing place, watched a movie, and had fun with the Jensens. We sure love them! Thanks for letting us come play with you! Now it's your turn to come see Houston! :)

Happy 4th of July

Dan's parents, Jared, and Michelle came down to our place for the 4th of July weekend! We played games, went swimming, geocaching (we weren't very successful treasure hunters this time), blueberry picking, watched movies, ate yummy cake, and just enjoyed each other. Michelle was Benny's best buddy--I'm sure he misses her.


Everything is bigger in Texas and fireworks are no exception. Our neighborhood was lit up with what looked like professional shows all night. And we got to know our neighbors better at a block party that most definitely contributed to the neighborhood shows.