Short-less Cheese

Zach is thrilled with his "loaner" from Ella - a noise-making vaccuum cleaner!
He appears to have figured out the camera too, as his poses get cheesier and cheesier.

Cousin Kurtis' Visit

Kurtis flew in from San Jose on Saturday, June 24th and stayed with us just overnight until 4am Sunday morning, when I drove him to meet up with Brad Peterson's group on their way to Buena Vista for camp. It was great to catch up with Kurtis, even for the short visit! Zach and he got along very well! And while our Saturday night wasn't wild and crazy, we did enjoy a short hail storm, burgers and malts at Johnny Rockets, and a heckuva movie - Underworld...(I enjoyed the first two more than the last).

B's

Zach's Breakfast shots:
Baby in Bug Pjs and a Blue Bib, eating Bananas and Bread.
He seems to be taking quite a liking to bread, like his mama!

Auntie Duggan

They look like the family, huh?






First Smoothie - Blueberry, yum!





Jason and Jennifer were in town to see if Denver would be a good place to live. Zach and I met them in Boulder for lunch. We hope they move here!!

6/10/06 Baby Pool

We had 3 weeks of 90-degree temps, so it was time to get a wading pool. Zach had a great time!

HOT HOT HOT

It has been HOT HOT HOT here. One day poor Patches wouldn't come out from under the deck. So finally I coaxed her out, and decided to give her a "trim."

("Butcher" is the word Scott uses, which is actually - unfortunately - somewhat accurate; after I was done, I noticed I'd cut into her skin in two places. :( She's such a good girl that she never even wimpered, just continued to purr and enjoy the "grooming."

If you want to turn me in to the ASPCA...

Happy FATHER's Day!

Morning Hoops

On June 10th, Zach spent some time working on his game.

BIG TIME EXCITEMENT

1 hour of a sitter watching Zach = $5.00

2 adults and 1 kiddo under age 2 at the Splash waterpark = $15.00

Endless enjoyment watching the trucks paving our neighborhood = PRICELESS!!

Zach's 3-Syllable Word!

Boy, is our child brilliant! Not even a year-and-a-half, and he's already using a 3-syllable word:
"DAH-boo-dee"

I bet YOU don't even know what it means.

(We're still trying to figure it out ourselves, but he sure likes to say it. Over and over and over again, "Dah-boo-dee, dah-boo-dee, dah-boo-dee, dah-boo-dee, dah-boo-dee, dah-boo-dee, dah-boo-dee, dah-boo-dee...")

Sage Advice for Summer

Stop to smell the flowers.








Stay cool.