Random Summer Moments

I can't believe it is almost October and I have not caught up on posting the rest of our summer fun. I guess I better hurry and finish before our little girl arrives, because then I'll be busy posting about her.

So here's Lincoln 'puzzling' over Parker's maze book on the airplane when we were coming home from Utah. I'll admit it's not the smartest-looking expression on his face... can you tell the vacation took it's toll on his sleep patterns?




Taking the elevator up to Daddy's new office (hooray - he's a second-year resident now and gets his own office!). Parker's almost 7, and yet he STILL loves to be the one to push the button. :) I guess some things take longer to out-grow than others.




Lincoln - all ready for church... notice the red hair because it has almost totally faded to blonde in the last month or two.




Both boys sharing Daddy's chair (and some cheese crackers). Lincoln recently learned to fold his arms for prayers, but in this picture it looks more like he's striking a pose than getting ready to pray. Kind of funny how he manages a "don't mess with me" look even with his cheeks full of crackers!




Helping Daddy wash the car - notice our new garage! We love living in this house for many reasons, but the garage is definitely a big one.

Great visits while in Utah

We saw lots of family and friends on our trip, but unfortunately I'm not so great at remembering to whip out the camera while I'm with them. Alas, we really only have pictures from the couple of days Todd was with us.

But here are some nice shots of our visit with Grandpa John and Grandma Sherrie:








And one of Parker with Todd's cousins' kids who are his age:




I apologize to all the other lovely people we saw that aren't featured here... maybe I can find a few more pics on Todd's phone or something - it seems like there should be more!

video - Lincoln happy after lunch

Ok, so I'm hoping this works because the last couple of times I've tried to post a video I've had problems...

In July, Lincoln started doing a cute "Where is it?" sign when we were looking for something or hiding something from him. Todd took this video to capture that sign, so I was hiding behind the counter and Parker was asking "Where's Mommy?" He never really does that sign - at least not the whole thing, just kind of with one hand - but you'll see him clap when Todd says "Good boy!" and sign "please" and "all done."