Fourth of July

We had a wonderful fourth of July, we got to celebrate with my family in Amarillo. We all went to the parade in Canyon first thing in the morning.

Granddad helping him collect candy that they threw - I think this was the highlight for Nathaniel.

Decorating 4th of July cookies

Hanging out with Aunt Hill and Uncle Shelby

Aunt Hill and Nathaniel did some awesome chalk drawings while we waited on the fireworks. Since they shoot them off down the street from my parent's house, we got to sit in my parent's backyard and watch. It was awesome.

Some funny pictures and funny stories

Here we are eating some raspberries. And having a little fun. :) The one on his thumb was eaten before I could take this picture.

In this last picture, he came walking out of the bathroom like this after I told him to put on his underwear. We're all boy. He was so pleased with himself.

And I guess he's figured out that what is normally on packaging relates to what is in the bottle or container . . .he asked me one day if seals gave us dish soap. He saw the seal on the Dawn bottle and came to this assumption. I had to explain that sometimes they use dish soap to clean the seals if they are dirty.

Today we were eating yogurt for a snack and he asked if my yogurt had sticks in it. I had cinnamon apple greek yogurt, and on the package was an apple and some cinnamon sticks. Makes sense to me!

Fixing my own hair

He wanted to do his own hair yesterday morning . . . who am I to say no?

Random Summer Fun

Yesterday was Nathaniel's first day of gymnastics class all by himself . . . last year I was inside helping him. He did great and had a blast. Hard to take pictures behind the glass where I watched.

Tuckered out after a day at the beach . . .

And a few shots of a house concert that Will and I attended last week. We do still do fun things by ourselves (occasionally). :)

And some patience while waiting for ice cream at a birthday party . . .

The patience pays off . . .

We are having a great summer so far. It is flying by!

The Sunflowers

Our sunflowers are finally blooming! We planted them several months ago and Nathaniel was so excited to see them bloom. He has helped water them every few days.

My sweet boys loves to smell the flowers!

Umbrella Painting

We got to do some umbrella painting a couple of weeks ago. Of course I did not come up with this great idea on my own, but our neighbors did and they let us have an umbrella and some paint.

And here we are just doing some drawing in the house - he drew this heart all by himself!

This boy loves art projects, and so do I!

Water Fun

With the arrival of hot weather, we have been spending lots of time in the water. Here we are playing in the water with some friends:

He was trying to figure out how the sprinkler worked for a while.