the lollipop kids...

Josh is a lucky little kid! On hot summer days, he cools off at the local pool.  But what's even better is the company who joined us on this hot day:

Originally, we had plans to meet our buddies at a park, but wouldn't you know, it was a scorcher out today...plan B (the pool) wasn't so bad though!!!

Joshua and Casey have more in common than just the scars on their chests; they also like to make the same face in pictures:

We love having a heart buddy that lives fairly close to us! Especially one who Joshua looks up to! Thanks for hanging out with us...see ya again soon!

I spy

 

We had a little visitor last week, a tiny little visitor.

this means WAR!

While the girls were occupied, the boys decided they were going to "balloon da girls up!" So like a good mom, I armed my boys with water ballons.

Told them how we needed to go about our sneak attack...

Finally, we went to war! Only we didn't expect the girls to be on their 'A' game.  They pretty much clobbered us!

After our war ended, we played a little water balloon baseball...

 

It was wet and wild!

We topped off the afternoon with some hotdogs...

 

All in a days work!

hide & don't seek

I've been hiding Abby's bag of play make up from Josh all day. No matter how high, or sneaky the hiding place, he seems to find it. I caught him just in the nick of time, 2 times, as he was twisting the lid off the nail polish. But, you can see who won this battle today. One day he'll look back at these pictures & wish I had won.

Josh the builder

Joshua spent Saturday morning working on the backyard with dad. They are nearly done & it's looking great! Jon is lucky to have a little helper!

Little helper #2 was sentenced to the house because he had just been bathed. Poor little helper #2 :(

 

this boy loves anyone....

...who is willing to hold his hand. As a bonus, this "anyone" happens to be his cuddle-bug, baby cousin, who also loves his pacifier. Soul mates.