Around the house..

This guy has set up his home on our back porch, right outside the door. He/she only comes out at night. I don't really mind spiders, and like the work they do to bugs, so he stays. I think we could stick Mya to its web and she'd be dinner.

Ian was gardening for us one day.

These pictures will be boring to most people, but we have some beautiful zinnias this year.

These are our mystery flowers. My Mom thinks they're dahlias, but I'm not so sure. We bought them at Costco, planted them, and threw away the packages they came in.

Heather sent us some pictures, and this is our brother-in-law, Sam, and his gorgeous zinnias. You can see the amazing garden in the background. We're envious. They also have many chickens and the best tasting eggs I've ever eaten.

Ohio - The pictures should speak for themselves...

This is what I miss....

I won't think about our last conversation, the one about ladders,
or how we hugged and laughed b/c my belly was bigger than yours.

I won't be mad when I hear the tree scratch Ian's window during windy nights,
or when I don't know what kinds of flowers are growing in front of our house.

I will remember that you loved the world with your whole life -
just like you loved me.

Like father like son....

This was too cute not to share.

I also have to include a cute picture of Ian's best buddy, Levi. They haven't actually been able to be next to each other yet since 9 month olds don't understand the word gentle. Levi is a handsome little guy. We can't wait for them to run around together someday.

Mess

Colorado Springs and the first tooth

This is a good picture of Ian's first tooth. Its next door neighbor is ready to pop through any day now. The new one doesn't seem to bother him too much.

We went to Colorado Springs last weekend to drive up Pike's Peak. It was a beautiful day. It was in the 80s on the bottom and at the Summit it was 47. The last picture is Ian getting taken by a Cougar. Thankfully his Daddy is so strong and was able to get him back unharmed! We had a great time.

Cambodia

Ian's shirt is from Cambodia and is of Angkor Wat. It is a temple built during the 12th Century. It is also displayed on the country's flag. Kristin and Daniel sent him a couple of shirts this is one of them. He really likes it.

Ian and the family to a walk to Grammy's house. We then walked home as the sun was setting and tried to get some pictures of the mountains. The pictures do not do it justice, it was amazing!!

Ian's favorite activity

This is Ian's new favorite thing to do. He pulls himself up and pushes buttons on the tv, pulls DVDs off the shelves, etc. The funniest part is that he doesn't know how to get back down, so when he's tired of these activties he whines and fusses for us to come and help him down. He's a funny guy.

Visiting with Great Grandma Blough

I said we were going to meet Grandma on Tuesday night last week, but instead we met her on Wednesday morning for breakfast. It was so fun to see her and and their whole group. They were at a reunion in Oregon and they were driving back through. Ian went right to his GGma and I was so glad. I know he remembered her!!