Here and there

Some friends of ours are building a house and live seriously in the boonies. So much in the boonies that they have to tell people to look for the road that veers right with the dead Isuzu trooper in it, then take the right after that....there are no road markers. They have had many many people come out to their property to help with the house, so I had an idea (slightly plagiarized from Dr. Suess)...My gift to all those who wander the roads in the boonies looking for my friends' house. Go 'Here'

Then go "near" to the end of the road :)

J's Grandma passed away the second week in July, he went to WI for the funeral and S and I stayed home and goofed off. Oh, yeah, we also kept the house immaculate for showings, of which we had zero. Here we are goofing off with empty thread spools...they make a great addition to a set of blocks ;)Here is the fantastic rug/mat my mom made for my boy, many hours have already been clocked playing here.

Fourth of July swimming. It was really the first time we had been in the water for the year. It was still pretty cold but my little fish wanted to swim. He remembered seeing fireworks (maybe from last year?) and the day before we went to see the show we were praying, thanking the Lord that we were going to be able to see fireworks and instantaneously he said "Boom, Boom, Boom!" It was a trying not to laugh moment.

Posing for a shot after his haircut...it has now grown out and is sooo blonde. I love it and don't want to cut it off.