Summertime

Well, I had his pool from last year inflated, then Mackey decided to hop in and put holes in one of the rings - argh! I tried to patch it up - it just wasn't enough.
I can't complain too much - they're not very expensive - but the other one was from G'ma and G'pa.

He wasn't too sure at the beginning - but got the hang of it soon - and, of course, didn't want to get out. I imagine that we'll spend lots of afternoons here. Thankfully, our balcony is all shade in the afternoon!

Fathers' Day came early here

When I found this recipe for Mark's favorite Cheesecake Factory cheesecake(Fresh Banana Cream), I knew that I would have to make it. This was my first attempt at cheesecake - it was pretty easy - just a long process - and not too cheap.

It was all worth it, though. When I asked Mark what he thought, he just said, "Wow!".

VBS

We survived VBS week at our church! Since Mark and I were both serving, we brought Matthew to the nursery. Today was the last day, Matthew also didn't cry this morning when we dropped him off :o) yea!

His little friend all week was Berkley - she's the petite 14 month old of Mark's former collegue. They just brought her home from China a few months ago and they live an hour or so from here - so, it was a treat to see Berkley in person.

It's good to serve in VBS; it's good that it's over!

Fun times with Grandpa and Grandma

My parents are visiting(helping me out, more like it) for a few days while Mark is at a conference. It was a perfect, rare low humidity morning, so we decided to head up to the lake for a little bit. Matthew discovered going down the slide by himself - and liked it!

You can see in the one picture what Matthew has been doing routinely since G'ma and G'pa have been here - he wants G'pa to hold him - they are quite the buddies!

Matthew and his towel of many colors

Next to being naked, or running around with just his diaper, Matthew loves this hooded towel!

some surprises, some not.........

Interesting website about the quality of our foods. I thought this was an interesting list - not just for kids - but for us grown ups, too.

Let's go!

Matthew loves to go "bye bye"!! This picture was taken this morning as he waited to go to the office with Mark. Mark takes Matthew with him about every day at some point now that the semester is over. Matthew likes walking to the library and around the halls. The women in the library look forward to seeing him, too. He lets them all hold him now.