The Zoo

Last weekend we spent 4th of July in Boise spending time with the Whipples. The kids had lots of fun and Andrew made a new BFF, Bryce, Kerri and Casey's oldest. He is only a few months older than Andrew, Andrew still is asking to go to Bryce's house in Boise! We BBQed at Chad's house on Sat, then went to the Zoo and to lunch on Friday. Andrew loved the penguins, I think he could have stayed there all day and Kate loved the tigers. I wish I had videoed her when the tiger walked by the fence, it was so funny! It was lots of fun and great to see old friends!

Reading Books

Both Andrew and Katelyn love to read books. Some of our favorites right now are: "Brown Bear Brown Bear", "Panda Bear Panda Bear" and "Don't be Silly Ms. Milly". Pretty much anything that deals with animals and/or letters/numbers are a favorite of Andrew. Katelyn loves the "Fancy Nancy" series. Every week we have a playdate with our friends Halle and her sister Claire and their Mom Shawna. Halle and Andrew are only a few months apart in age. They are great friends, and have both decided that they don't like wearing clothes! They had lots of fun swimming naked in the pool!

We're Free!

Well, not really, but school is done for the year! We are looking forward to seeing lots of visitors this summer, starting with Mary and Frank, the Whipples, The Earls, Amy and the kids, hopefully Jen and then a trip home for fair. We can't wait to take the kids on rides and eat all the yummy fair food in Sidney! We also have Kate's 2nd bday the end of July and my birthday too. I am going to Eugene for a week in the middle of July for a conference, but am looking forward to relaxing, and hopefully doing some painting! The kids are great, busy as ever. Brian and I are going away next weekend for our anniversary, the first time we will leave the kids overnight with friends. We are excited and a bit nervous. We are staying downtown Boise and going out to dinner.

Summer TIme!

The summer is officially here! Well, I still have 2 more weeks of school, but we got the pool out this weekend. The kids love it. Andrew's game of throwing golf balls into the pool has continued from last year. Katelyn loves jumping in and walking around. Some other facts about the kids:
Katelyn's favorite food is avacado's and Andrew's is bananas. Katelyn can take down an entire avacado herself and Andrew wants bacon and bananas for every meal! Andrew is completely potty trained and waking up dry every morning. Katelyn has it figured out that if you sit on the potty, you get M & M's, so whenever she has a hankering for candy, she goes and sits on the potty! This weekend we were at the park and Andrew made 2 new friends, one he called Diego (I am not sure what his real name was!) and the other he called Terry (his name was Jessie!).

New Pics

Nothing to exciting has been happening with us. Katie got her first pair of real tennis shoes last weekend, she is pretty proud of them! We are looking forward to summer and lots of visitors!

Like mother, like daughter

The other day, I was getting ready in our bathroom and I heard a shuffling sound, Kate was wearing one of my heels and trying to walk in it! It was so cute and warmed my heart a bit! The other pics are of Easter Sunday and Kate enjoying some "chocolate yogart" as Andrew likes to call it!

New Couch

We got a new couch about a month ago. It was great when Josi was out staying, she sleept on the pullout, and said it was pretty comfortable. Here is a few random pics of the kids, the kids lounging and then Kate on the 4 wheeler.