In no particular order

We have what we've been doing this summer. B/c it's been forever since I've put pictures on there are alot. So sit tight and enjoy the ride. Maybe you'll get bored halfway-that's okay. Unless you're blood-you have to look at all of them!!!

Eliza eating her first solid! Oatmeal hit the spot!

Some friends in the ward had Eliza one Sunday and snapped this picture of her sleeping. Notice she's fallen asleep w/ one hand in the mouth, the other holding her tootsie. What a nut!

My old neighbor from our last house came from Chicago to visit. She needs to move back!!!

The kids w/ our new daily routine. Swim and eat popsicles. Repeat.

Some indoor smores. It didn't stop raining at the beginning of summer.

Phil had a brilliant idea to have a door put in our garage to the backdoor creating a mudroom of sorts. I LOVE it!!!

thrilling!!!!!

A shout out to Dave Kayes who did it for us. We're not sure at this point how we lived 2 years without it!!!

The finished product. W/out the trim, stairs and I painted it red.

Rolling over for the first time!

2 happy kids

3 happy kids. I had fun getting them Philly-fied.

Of course playing in sprinkler requires swords and shields. Of course!!!

After cleaning the gutters Phil took the boys on the roof and they loved it. It was tough getting them back down!

A little tummy-time.

This picture says everything about Chase's personality.

4th of July

cute shirts my sister jessy helped me make.

Lizy's dress from Grandma Joellen.

We went w/ some friends to a creek near the shore to look for fossils. We found several sharks teeth and something else cool but at the moment it escapes me. But it was cool trust me.

I am hoping Ty doesn't have OCD. I walked in to him lining all his toys up perfectly. There was apparently a battle they were all getting ready for.

Ready to take a dip in the pool.

So sweet.

Our new addition. We love it. I am freaked out by the danger of it. We use it all the time. I love, I hate. But in one week Tyler is swimming under water, using goggles, jumping in. And now Chase is swimming and jumping in.

Tyler swam around in circles 4 times. Amazing for a kid who was timid in swim class!!

Our friends the Sherwood's came to visit. For some reason I only have pics of Josh and the kids! No amanda!!! Here's Josh w/ their son Tyson and Eliza.

Swimming. Josh wearing children's snorkeling mask. Too funny!!!

Eliza loves the water too!

here's Ty swimming w/ his face in the water! are you kidding me?!?!?!The other day Jenn called and said, "let's go to the beach." So we did. The kids had a BLAST!!

A sand version of my girl.

Building a sandcastle. Well, adding the finishing touches.

Mr. chase

2 sleepyheads

Having fun in Bama

Here we go on the airplane! I braved this flight alone w/ 2 kids and they all did great on all 4 flights considering none of them went all that smoothly! My kids rock! Looking concerned perhaps about flying?
My mom designed and planted ALL the flowers at the Birmingham Temple and so we spent almost everyday watering and tending to the gardens.

My parents upgraded...but apparently not their daugher. I am hideous...

Taking the boys on a ride. It was fun! Phil-I NEED one of these!!!

We took the kiddos to a cave that was pretty kid-friendly. And it was nice and cool!

My back was killing by the end of the hike. Eliza is a beast!

Lots of mowing. Chase was in heaven!

A fun activity that began like this. Shaving cream in a pan.

Ended like this! You can see it goes all the way to the mailbox. Luckily there are not shots of me-I was just as bad. Luckily it rained and cleaned us all off!!

Eliza found Tyler's face. He loves to sit with her and they play.

At one of our favorite spots in Alabama. Froggies! here are the loads.

My little love.

Chase, Ty, Lexi and the little boy whose mom owns the joint. He became a surrogate family mmember.

That can't be good on their necks.

3 sweaty kids.

Poor neglected Eliza fell asleep. Loving her thumb!!

The kids spent many nights bubble bathing it!

My dad was very proud of Eliza for sitting her for so long while they chit-chatted.

At the Birmingham Zoo.

The boys laughing at Zebra bums.

Chase was obsessed w/ seeing the lions. This is him roaring at them. He's such a gentle little flower.

Mom and I on the zoo train. Can you see that glisten? That's the Alabama heat/humidity killing us a minute at a time.

Afterwards the kids loved ringing this bell. It's the small things.

Enjoying some shade. Not sure why Chase is doing this. I am afraid.

I suppose when you're hot you SHOULD drop your drawers and sit a spell.

This awesome park by my parents house. It's just a regular swings and slides park, but then they have this fun water section! how cool is this?!?!?

Ty enjoyed the shooting of course.

My dad holding Lucy and Eliza.

Chase in heaven. My parents set this train up and it became an obsession for 3 weeks.

One happy boy!

Lexi so proud of herself.

The "train chair." One must be sitting in it and wearing the hat to control the remote. It's just the rules so live with it.

Eliza in my blessing dress. If my scanner worked I'd scan the pic of me in. For the record she and I look nothing alike (which might be a good thing!!!)

The boys sadly heading home. They were looking for Grandma and Grandpa's house from the airport.

Eliza making weird faces. I was killing time while waiting to board the plane.

THANKS MOM AND DAD FOR AN AWESOME TIME!!!

Phil and Ty see the Phillies

For Father's Day I always get Phil tickets to a Phillies game. So this year he decided to splurge and get good tickets on the 3rd baseline (apparently foul ball heaven). So last night he and Tyler went and they had a blast! They were on tv a few times, and when Tyler got the foul ball they showed it and it was so fun!

Here is Tyler out on the field helping put the white foul lines on!! How fun!

Their seats were right on the tarp in the first row!

Here's the foul ball Tyler got during the game and this is the "ball girl" that handed it off to him. Tyler was so thrilled and excited!Phil said he liked her and that's why Tyler got the ball. Interesting...

Here's a video of him being put to work!