Chiefs Game

Our first Peoria Chiefs baseball game of the season... we went with the Harvest Singles Group again this year. Every year we wonder why we don't go more often. We have such a good time!

Bronco Baby

We visited Luke and Em in their adorable new house this past weekend, and had so much fun! The boys got to take a ride in Luke's fancy Bronco, which was quite an experience. Not sure the carseat in this thing was quite legal, but Trey decided he was too scared to go very far anyway!

The print on the carseat is just about perfect, don't you think?

PINK!!!

Auntie Em & Uncle Luke sent Baby Sister this adorable hat! Trey decided to give it a try:

Farm Park

Today we went to Fon Du Lac Farm Park with Molly, Jack & Max and Cassi, Josiah & Ezra. We had a great time - despite the heat!

Jack and Trey, just waiting to get in:

And the best part of the day: "milking" a fake cow. No kidding...

Meet Harold

Harold the turtle enjoys car rides, eating Goldfish crackers, sleeping next to Trey in bed, and hiding in Trey's shirt pocket. Without the convenience of a shirt pocket Harold can ride in a back pocket of Trey's shorts, but if forgotten he may possibly be mistaken for a 'big poop' when Trey sits down.

Favorite Fridays

Trey loves Fridays, since it usually means story time at the library. The extra-fun times are when Carys and Sarah are there...

Sometimes we'll stop for a treat at Eli's Coffee Shop, and we ran into lots of friends last Friday! The Wuthrich Family was there, too - such fun to hang out with them for a few minutes, meet sweet Yonas, and take advantage of some great photo ops on Eli's porch.

(This one is Trey with Yonas, Josie, and Miles Wuthrich. :) )

Adorable

Bobby and Mae

Meet our new duck friends... not as shy as they probably should be!

We're amused easily here in good 'ol Morton, IL.

No-nap Monday

This is what happens when I tell Trey that he doesn't have to sleep, but he needs to stay in bed for a little while longer:

The whole room ends up in his bed with him.

Sweet Visits

A quick visit with the Bement Family (sans Brian) - made me miss them even more!

The kids loved Jay's bedtime rendition of "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus": 

July 4th Weekend

Update-a-rama

Starting with Jay's fellowship matching. Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin in Madison: 

We're pretty bummed about it, don't you think?

Graduation!

Proud of you, Jay! xo

Public Dance-Off

One of my life-long dreams is to be part of a public stunt like this:



(HT: Ray Ortlund)

See also: The New York Freeze

The World's Fair and My Sister!

If you've ever been to Morton, IL, you know that the Morton Pumpkin Festival in September is the big thing around here. I mean, THE big thing. Native Morton-ites call it "The World's Fair!" A few years ago, the Punkin' Chuckin' contest was even featured on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Big stuff, eh? 

This year, most likely our last year in Morton, we will get to enjoy the Pumpkin Festival with a celebrity! The theme this year is "Christmas in the Pumpkin Patch," and the Chamber of Commerce called for entrants to design a logo for this year's festival around that theme. And my sister WON! I'm so excited - Em's logo will be everywhere - in the paper, on festival t-shirts, printed on the race shirts - everywhere! I can't wait. 

So here it is, a first peek at the logo for this year's Pumpkin Festival (though the colors aren't coming through quite right on this scan):

Go Em!!!

Potty Training

Jay and I were sitting at the table this morning, and Trey came out of the other room saying, "Giraffe go potty! Good boy!" 

We were glad to see that giraffe didn't attempt the big-people potty today.

Resident of the Year!

Last week we went to an Awards Banquet for the Med Students, and Jay was chosen by the Class of 2009 Med Students as Resident of the Year! The students chose him as the resident who "exhibited the highest combination of professional attitude, level of instruction, and constructive guidance."

What a great way to wrap up the final year of residency!! Proud of you, Jay!

Rainy Afternoon

The boys ate pizza in a living room fort on this rainy, Sunday afternoon. (And I got some time to myself.) Perfect!

More Weekend Pics

Frisbee, mowing, Easter egg hunt,

Checking blood pressure,

Reading!

Hey, those look cool...

Thanks Pop-o!

Happy To You

My Grandma Gail, parents, Andy, Luke & Em all came to celebrate the Easter weekend (and my birthday) with us. Not to mention the extra dog and cat in the house! It was so much fun.

Trey has been singing the birthday song since last weekend when his buddy Jack had a birthday party, so we tried to get him to sing it to me. He must have thought Jack's party was more fun.