Playing catch-up...

I haven't been taking many pictures lately (I've got good excuses--Janie's pictures are better, Dijar always has his camera phone out, I'm usually carrying a baby, etc, etc), which makes it hard to update a blog. But in the hopes that you don't mind low-quality photos since they have such high-quality subjects, here's an overview of the past couple of weeks.

If you want to see some better pics of the many of the same events, check out Janie's blog.

Who doesn't want to take a bubble bath in a tub in the kitchen floor? The Es and I are reading the Little House on the Prarie series at bedtime and Ella was excited to "take a bath like Laura does."


Before our Fourth of July evening picnic, we spent time in the pool at the farm. We actually fit three adults and three kids in the bigger one at once, and although there wasn't much room left to move, being in the water sure did cool us off.

Nico loves the water too.

Can you see the face that he's making here? I call it his crazy face. He does it all the time now.

Here's a pic from last weekend's square dance. This was about midnight, after the Es had crashed and just a few minutes before Nico had his first square dancing experience (riding on my back).

These two are from last night. Dijar helped the Es build a pyramid and they proceeded to climb and jump for about thirty minutes. (There are pillows underneath and no one got hurt, just in case you're wondering.)

And the kids aren't in this one, but I thought I'd throw it in for fun. On our seventh anniversary, D and I went out (by ourselves!) to Mother Egan's for their trivia night. We didn't do too well on the trivia, but we had a good time.

And if you've made it all the way through this post, I'll share some news with you: Nico's walking now. No pics yet (though Janie does have video), but it's as cute as you'd expect it to be. :o) Oh, and he's up to four teeth now. I'll have to try to get a picture of that--he's got the bottom two front ones and two of the top ones on the sides instead of the front, so it looks pretty funny.

Until next time...