Sunday, August 21, 2011

Summer Snippets….

 

Just snippets from our lives lately….

its been super hot throughout July and August, so we’ve been outside a lot on the deck – mostly in the pool (our hillbilly hot tub / redneck retreat).  the kids love to play outside, and syd has conquered the slide!  but protective brother still helps her out a little bit!  :) 

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syd helpin papa clean the pool….and owen being crazyDSCF5909

fun with the grill

IMG_8221  pool time with the reifsnyders….IMG_8177 sweet little syd watching everyone play! IMG_8188

the post pool-party pow wow…IMG_8192

‘g0-retta’IMG_8193

awww, henry loves mickey! IMG_8195 mass chaos during dinner….im picking up something off the ground, al’s cleaning trays, syd and retta are fighting, greg’s feeding henry, and owen is nowhere to be found…..(scott’s taking the pic)IMG_8198

owen with his arm around his little buddy, “Go-Retta”IMG_8208

Group shot…..syd was NOT happyIMG_8213

pool time with uncle travis….(i don’t think they like each other, can you tell?!)  IMG_8223

i swear travis had just as much fun as owen swimming in the pool, owen just layed on travis’ back and rode around…he even posed quite gracefully as they swam around! :)  (i love how owen’s feet And hands are pointed)IMG_8234 

playin with sydIMG_8256

nothin like a “spot of tea” during pool time!  which reminds me….as a late birthday gift, uncle travis brought owen a dvd of the royal wedding….(owen was quite intrigued by it when he watched it over at grans house with katy and uncle a while back and talked about it for days, he loved the ‘royal queen’ and the funny hats and would do a ‘princess wave’ and say 'hello’ with a british accent….) we must have watched the dvd trav brought over 20 times!, the kid was obsessed!IMG_8258

stinkers!  using the air pump to spray water IMG_8276

Syd and baby brian!  syd was SO jealous when we brought her old toy out of the basement for him to play with, so she had to lay there with him and play too…IMG_8278

Brian checking out the pool with his mamaIMG_8282

swimmin with his daddy….IMG_8286

sweet cuddles from owen…IMG_8174

and little a little baby burrito snuggle from syd…IMG_8295

the mad scientist (don’t you love his outfit too, he picked it out and let me tell you  it went smashingly with a pair of orange / camo flip flops which completed the ensemble earlier in the day)IMG_8292

our little “Garbage Pail Kid”   (her hair is half matted down, half spiked up with sunblock, an apple is jammed in her mouth, and her face, hands, tray, and cup are all smeared with ketchup…love that kid)IMG_8313

we went to Fremont last week to celebrate Nathan and Teresa’s ENGAGEMENT!  Congrats, guys! 

We went to dinner at the Blind Squirrel – it was yummy!

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Owen was over the moon to be with both uncles! DSCF5918

The whole gang DSCF5922

checkin out uncle nathanDSCF5929

so sweet! :) DSCF5924 

and that’s about all of my random scatteredness for now! 

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