New summer 'do...

We are settling into the summer routine and everyone seems to be enjoying it. It has been a little rainy so we haven't been able to get to the pool but I'm sure soon enough we will all be checking out our wrinkled, water-soaked fingers and toes in the pool.


The most recent excitement around here is Jessica's new 'do.


Here is a before photo from a few days ago:

And here is an after photo








She cut about 4-5 inches off. She's been wanting to cut it off for a while now and when she was still in school she cut several inches off. At the time she wanted to go shorter but I wasn't quite ready for that yet (and I didn't want her to go into shock!). Well she has asked multiple times since then so we finally did it today. Kevin and I weren't prepared for how much older she looked all of the sudden! I do love the cut on her though!

Jett is doing well. His most recent accomplishment is keeping a plate on his tray during meal time and actually eating his food instead of throwing it! We found the secret is to make sure he has something to dip his food in...ketchup, mayo, ranch, etc. If he has something to dip he will eat like a champ!

Many firsts...

This has been a busy past few days for Jett:

• He's learned to blow on his food
• Point when asked where "Nana, Papa, Layne, Daddy, etc" are
• Says Daddy now (he hasn't been doing this...anytime we would say "Daddy" he would smile and say "Mommy!")
• He knows and can point to his belly, eyes and nose.
• He's attempting to go down the stairs backwards now instead of trying to just walk down them.

It seems like there was something else but I can't remember it right now...hopefully it will come to me again!

Memorial Weekend

We had a great weekend with friends and family. Saturday we spent the day at McDaniel's helping them get the pool open. Jett had a great time since he was able to spend the day with Neva. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me so I didn't get any pictures but they were very cute together.

Saturday evening we went to Gardner to watch the hot air balloons. Jett was facinated with them and started pointing and saying "balloon!" Here are a few pictures:

We hope you all had a great weekend as well!