Tanner's Motto

"Be prepared.... and always bring a broom."
The princess knee and elbow pads (intended for Abby) were a big hit with Tanner. He generally wears his bike helmet with them. You can't blame the guy... you never know when you might get a "boom" injury.

Of Patriotism and Pizza

Everyone dressed in their finest red, white, and blue for the 4th of July parade. We set up a tent in our front yard and had neighbors over to listen to music and BBQ. Tanner and Faith watched from our front yard as Jake rode his decorated bike in the parade, waving to spectators and throwing out candy. We visited the pool twice and ate too many hotdogs. We were all beat by 6:00 and decided to order the traditional patriotic meal of take-out pizza to end our day. We didn't make it to the fireworks downtown- (boy it was a lot easier to do things
like that with one kid!) but no one seemed to notice :)

Faith

Our little girl is 4 months old already. At her check up she was 12 pounds and 24 inches long. She is holding her head up really well, rolling both directions, and chattering up a storm. She smiles and coos and sort of giggles. She is a happy baby and loves to be talked to. She is sleeping much better now (thank goodness!) and only wakes up once a night to eat. We are having so much fun with her, as are her brothers. She likes to go to the pool with us and sit in the water on my lap. She loves having her diaper changed. Go figure. There are definitely days when I look at Brian and ask, "OK, which one is it gonna be? We can't keep 'em all." but I wouldn't trade her for the world.