Saturday, July 30, 2011

Daddy showing off his new t-shirt and hat from the Warrior Dash!

Sophie got out our Wild Thing hat...

Our two Wild Things!

Daddy and his friend Marc ran in the Warrior Dash!

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Releasing our monarchs!

Jack was a little unsure.

Benny liked it!

Jason and Sophie are touching the Donkey sculpture at the Detroit Institute of Arts. (Yes, it's allowed!)

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Monday, July 25, 2011

Jason wanted to see a covered bridge... it's not quite what he had in mind, but the walkway between North and South Somerset Mall is both a bridge and covered, so we checked it out.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Aunt Anna and the twins!

We saw a beautiful full rainbow on our way home. For a while it was a double rainbow, too!

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Playing with blankets!

Playing in our new teepee! (Thanks Grammy and Grandpa Bob)

Sophie found our winter hats, mittens, and scarves. She wanted to wear them out to play in the 100'F weather today.

Three of our monarch chrysalises. We have 9 now!

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

We made a pizza box solar oven and cooked some rice.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Jason's 94'F Unicorns and Dragons birthday party!

We got out our 30" pool. The kids loved it!

We decorated dragon wings!

Jason hitting the dragon pinata.

Claire took a wing off it!

Even Sophie had a go.

Warren got the head off!

Jason wanted cookie pizza instead of cake.

Blow out the candles!

Our niece Elsie had a great time!

Saturday, July 16, 2011

We got our piggies!

Here is Jason with Peanut.

You can see Peanut and Kitty here.

Sophie loves them, too.

Peanut on the left and Kitty on the right.

Friday, July 15, 2011


It's Jason's Birthday! Happy 5th Birthday!

Blowing out the candles!

Playing with his new Blast Pad.

And Daddy, too!

We had a great birthday trip to the zoo!

We visited the dinosaurs!

Jason got a dragon painted on his face!

Sophie got a unicorn on her arm!

And we fed the giraffes!

Here's Grandma L feeding them.

Here is Jason feeding him.

And Sophie, too!

Sophie and her grandmothers!