Grandma & Leight
Going for rides on Papa's tractor
Both girls love playing on Papa's golf cart, too
Leight and Sam (my good friend Leslie's little guy born just a few weeks after LJ)
Ellis "helping" Sam eat yogurt (in her princess dress and tiara, of course)
Enjoying summer!
Ellis in her new leotard for tumbling class
What's up with toddlers smiling all crazy and fake?
LJ enjoying a rock on the front porch
Daddy's Father's Day gift was a bike trailer so we can take the girls on bike rides with us. The only problem is they only like it when it's inside, not attached to the bike, to hang out in it and have snacks and juice. The idea of actually going on a bike ride scares them both to death.
Stage 2 required lots of balancing on small ledges while hammering really loud
View from inside
Tada...the finished product except for staining (and one happy, relieved wife)!
View from the deck which now includes the fencing our neighbor just installed to the left (and hopefully staining it is on their "to do" list as well, trying not to ask to much, I mean they just saved us around $1,500 fencing in the last side of our yard...just saying it'd look nice if they did so it would match the other 2 sides of our yard). Soon our kids won't be able to run away...
I feel like I've really let down the Gibbons' family blog the last few weeks. Since we got back from Ireland it's been non-stop and although pictures are taken daily, they are all sitting on our camera. On top of that, we seem to have "misplaced" our smaller digital camera (ie called the airline, searched the car, searched the house and can't find it) which had loads of pictures on it.
I fear the worst but Darren remains strangely optimistic. We haven't seen it since we were in Chicago after Ireland trip. Can't imagine how this could have happend--5 suitcases, double stroller, 2 car seats, back packs, hand bag, diaper bag, 4 coats, etc.
Anyway, pictures will be uploaded in the next few days to include Ellis' tumbling class (her 3rd session), our garden (you must understand, I'm very proud of my little patch of clay that contains lots of very confused sprouts), Leighton walking (and boy is she good at it!) and other random things that seem to keep us very busy.
More coming soon...