My Little Pixie

I just thought these were cute and had to share. I've been doing pigtails more lately, and I think they totally change her looks. She is such a little pixie child!

Bowling

We took Zach bowling for the first time a few days ago. He had been playing the bowling game with Andy on our wii, but this was his first experience with the real thing. He loved it! AND he even got a strike! Amazing, or what? Sure the bumpers were down, but on that particular one, the ball didn't even touch them...just straight down the middle. We were pretty impressed!

Nice form, huh? :)
Watching and waiting....that ball was moving pretty slowly, let me tell you! But it got there!
The lightest ball they had was 6lbs, which was pretty heavy for a little guy. He handled it well though...even if he had quite a lob to his throw!

Happy boy! He had so much fun and definitely wants to go again. He talks about it all the time.

4th of July

We had a great 4th of July at Andy's parents house! They always throw a good party and there were lots of family and friends to visit with. Here's Abby, excited about a 4th of July balloon. She carried it around for a LONG time that day.



Andy and his brother, Pat, who was visiting from Minnesota with his wife and two girls. We only see get to see them about once a year, so we always look forward to their visits.
And then there's grandpa, and his famous 4th of July pants that he's worn EVERY year for who knows how long. It's a good look for him, don't you think? :)

Zach and his cousins, anxiously awaiting the start of our "grand" fireworks display.
I love their little faces on this one.
Zach, Sarah, and Adam. Andy and Zach with his first sparkler. This one went well, but unfortunately he did another one later on that he ended up burning two of his fingers on. That pretty much put an end to our evening over there and we headed home.

Aunt Jeannette, Madeline and Abby watching from above. Madeline was soooo good with Abby all day. Such a little mother already and Abby was quite attached to her by the end of the day.

Abby and Andy. There's that balloon again!
Zach going down grandma and grandpa's hill on a little scooter thing. He was sure loving that!

Just hanging out.
All eyes were on Uncle Bill as he was getting the fireworks organized and ready to go.
So this is that evening, at home. Andy wanted to cheer Zach up after his sparkler incident, so when we got home he drug the couch out of the garage and onto the edge of our driveway, made him some popcorn, and did some more fireworks. Seemed to do the trick. Zach was engrossed. Notice the bag of ice that he has his little fingers resting on?

Playing at the Pool

My sister has a pass to Amazon Pool, so we tagged along with her for free today. Gotta love that! Zach had a BALL and did NOT want to leave when it was time to go. Abby, on the other hand, really wasn't interested in the water. She waded out a little ways, but then it was "na, na, na!" (Na in Abby language is No) Here she is, thinking about going in.....

Loving the water!
Can you tell it was bright out? Poor guy is squinting in every shot.
I liked this backside view of her.
Abandoning the whole water thing altogether in favor of the sand.
Having a little snack break.

We had such a good time that I think we'll be coming back a lot throughout the rest of the summer. What a fun afternoon!!