Catch up!

I'm back! Thanks to all of you who keep checking my blog even though it's been totally MIA for quite some time. Now, to play catch up...a lot has happened!

Kirk's birthday...

Anthon getting into the bandaids...if you look closely, he's got one wrapped around every single finger!

Best friend birthdays, and park days, and reward trips to Chuck E Cheese!

(I love Erilyn's faces!)

Anthon finally learned how to swing on his own (did you catch the "finally?!")...

...and we drove to Memphis! Here are some pictures of us going for walks around Uncle Daryl's beautiful neighborhood, to the Zoo, to the Children's Museum, fishing, to the Mississippi river, and a few random ones.

This is Anthon sitting like a giant panda to eat his snack!

(Erilyn too sleepy to even lay her head down, Anthon in heaven on Uncle Daryl's farm, and Erilyn getting loves from BJ!)

We went to Ranch Days with friends...

...and the rest of the time has been filled with swimming, park days, hair cuts (I cut a good two inches off Erilyn's), reading stories, trips to the Science Spectrum, Memorial Day BBQs with friends, making cookies, playdates, celebrating Mother's and Father's Days, grown-up dates, babysitting for friends who had babies, and, oh yeah! We moved! We're still in Lubbock--Kirk has one more year left--but we just moved to a place that wasn't quite as expensive and we like it a lot. It's newer and bigger, and cheaper! And we're two doors down from good friends.

(Anthon is on the diving board in this picture...once he started, I couldn't get him to stop! He's a diving board fanatic!)

Erilyn is finally talking where I can pretty much understand her all the time and she's even using phrases, which is a big step for her. She's quite coordinated, and I think she's more likely to be the athletic child in our family. She loves jumping, and copying Anthon, and following me around trying to do her make up or brush her hair. It's fun that she's very girly about shoes and makeup and pretty things in her hair. We have fun.

I was noticing that many of the pictures of Anthon are blurry, and I just have to say that it's not my fault! I challenge anyone to take pictures of Anthon that aren't blurry. That's just how Anthon goes through life. Always in a hurry about something. He runs everywhere, even just from his bedroom to the bathroom which is about five steps away. My challenge in life is to try to teach him to slow down long enough to see the sunset, and smell the flowers. At least on occasion!

I'll post pictures of our new house once we're a bit more organized.

Fun, busy summer days!