Pool Initiation

Garrett has been afraid to get into Genevieve's pool. I thought he might be more open to splashing around in a smaller one... Hence the beer tub. Hmm, does that make this a "Red neck" kiddie pool? Probably so, Tee Hee! I put his bath toys in it, and it worked FUN-FUN!

After splashing in the little pool for a while the big pool didn't seem so intimidating. Look! he got right in and didn't fuss about it at all.

He didn't even mind Genevieve splashing around him and dragging him in his turtle around the pool.

The two of them had such a good time playing together... I'm glad he finally took an interest in the pool and wanted to get in with her.

Genevieve has been taking swimming lessons and is doing very well. She wears her goggles whenever she gets in the pool so she can practice going "Deep Under" as she calls it.

They are both the cutest ever !!!!

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Happy Summer!!

4th of July

For the 4th we stayed pretty close to home, we didn't have any big plans. Saturday night we took Genevieve to a little carnival to ride rides and watch fireworks.

She had lots of fun getting to spend some QT with her mom and dad. I think she liked not having to share us with her little brother ;)

Sunday, Genevieve played in the pool. We BBQ'd and enjoyed our neighbors big fireworks show.

Monday we took the kids and Grandma to Helen. Matt, Genevieve and I went tubing through Helen. We really had a fun time even though it was pretty busy. We will definitely be doing this again soon!!

Happy 4th!

Pool Party!

We had a pool party, we'll a kids pool party! Our friends Maci & Todd brought their girls Allyn & Hollis over to play and hang out.


Garrett likes watching the ladies in their bathing suits... He likes watching them change in and out of their bathing suits even more, WhoooHooo!


We dusted off the smoker to see if we could BBQ a brisket......See for yourself! I think we know what we're doing!!!! We'll we're not quite professionals but we're getting there.