Our Summer

Obviously I've gotten a little behind. So I'll catch you all up on our lives with a bunch of pictures.

Our summer started out with a bang...Eventide got a terrible case of Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease.  Memory got it too, but not nearly as bad.

The white stuff, btw, is calamine lotion we put on to ease the itch.

We look relatively happy though a bit tired. The first 2 or 3 days were terrible, and Eventide was finally coming away from the worst-enough to be silly.

About 4 or 5 weeks after the onset of the disease, Eventide and Memory's toenails and fingernails began to fall off-Eventide's more than Memory's, which apparently is another common symptom of Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease. Luckily, it was not painful. It is just recently, several months later, that the old nails are just about done coming off.


With all that terribleness aside, we still had a really great summer. Lots of time for silly shenanigans.

Learning how to do a somersault

Eventide giving it a try

success!

Mitchell just recently shaved off his beard. We took pictures of the different stages.

classy!

I don't have a final results picture, but be assured that Mitchell shaved off the Hitler mustache right after this picture and is now clean shaven... :)

 

Are they sister or what?!

We had lots of pool time at the Cheney kiddie pool (and the park too, though I don't have any pictures):

Despite her expression in this picture, Memory actually LOVED the pool.

YELLOWSTONE!!!

Yellowstone really deserves its own post, which will come along after this one....so stay tuned! I know how excited you are...

 

All of us (except Forest's family who arrived that evening) in front of Old Faithful

Playdates 

Eventide and her friend Oni

Babysitting

 A good chunk of the summer, I babysat a little boy about a year older than Eventide. Eventide really likes him, so we had a lot of fun. I'd post pictures, but I'm not sure if his parents are okay with me posting pictures of their kid on my blog.


Trains, trains, and more trains

Playing with cousins:

Eventide and Laney

Memory just snatched a piece of bread from Nnamdi. Nnamdi clearly was not too pleased.

Eventide & Hannah. Hannah's family just moved to Utah and we MISS THEM!!!

  APPLES

About a bajillion apples fall off that tree every day

And so I make lots of these! yum!

One more thing...

Due April 24, 2013!