The Zoo

We took Hannah to the zoo yesterday for the first time ever--Poin Defiance Zoo. She had no idea what we were talking about when we said lets go see the animals... until just after she finished her hotdog (we ate first cuz we were starving). She was playing under the table with her plastic fork, and wouldn't come out when we asked her to. So Daddy said, "Hannah, lets go see the tigers," -- I've never seen her so excited nor have I ever seen her move so fast... in her life! We had a ton of fun! I think one of my favorite parts was when we saw the Horshoe crabs. She called them "craps." She saw a big one and a small one in a tank and called the big one "Mommy Crap" and the little one "Hannah Crap" and when we left the area she was yelling "Bye Crap!" In a nutshell: we walked a lot, Hannah got wet, Parker had an explosion, and Nemo found his way into our car, and everyone slept REALLY well last night. Check out Brian's facebook page for the album.

Summer is here, kinda

So can anyone tell me where the sun is? I was sure it was supposed to be here... I mean, we've had an appointment for summer all year....

So there's not a whole bunch to report from the past six months... Parker is getting bigger, louder, and stinkier! He is able to turn himself over when he's on the floor, where he loves to french-kiss Sadie Belle. Tickle him from his legs up to his neck and he will belt out an infectious baby laugh!

Hannah is speaking somewhat in full sentences--her new favorite movie is NEMO... according to my brother, we'll be watching that for a few more years, thanks A LOT, Disney. Hannah also LOVES to be outside and gets super-excited when she gets to go for a ride in the big blue twuuuuuuck. She's also been a BIG little helper with everything lately. She can really get Parker (and herself) going... it's really nice to have someone else entertain Parker sometimes.

Emily has completed her Business degree at WSU and has been looking for a yob for a month or so now--meanwhile she continues to amaze me with her motherly (and husbandly [is that a word?]) patience. She has also finished painting, arranging, and decorating Parker and Hannah's room recently, but you'll have to come by and see... I don't have any pictures and its too early to wake up the kids with a camera. Maybe I'll add them on here in a few days.

I haven't really accomplished anything noteworthy in the past 6 months--just trying to slim down finances and find a better way to provide for our family.

I mainly wanted to post some more recent pics on here for everyone to see. Hopefully it won't be another 6 months before we post again. Mom and Dad, thanks for all your support lately!