Lauren's Second Birthday!

Lauren's birthday was so fun. A bunch of close friends came over for lunch, playing, and fellowship. Our friend Mandy and Shawn let us borrow their rocking horse for the party. Lauren LOVED riding it!

Bubbles??!!

Opening gifts.

This is how Lauren ate her cake-she wouldn't pick it up, she'd bend over to it!

Jason and I were in the house and didn't notice Lauren had gotten in the pool fully clothed! She had a few followers too!

Playing in the sandbox while it drizzled out.

It was raining, so the picnic on the ground needed to be in the kitchen.

Lauren wanted Carter to join in the fun too!

He's almost crawling! He put one hand in front of him today!

The Week of July 18

Lauren after a late afternoon swim.

Lauren, Richie and Alex taking a swimming break.

We went with our friends Melissa and Rob to a Festival-the kids had fun playing some games and picking from the prize box.

Family "fishing"

Kitty relaxing in the rain gutter.

Jason's reaction to a bee sting-Yikes!

The kids and I took a trip to OH to meet up with Kelsey and her family (visiting from China), Ginger and her family (visiting from China also), and Rachel, Andrew, and Jack.

We had a fun get together at Dan and Bernie's

We got to play with Kelsey's two girls. Jeff watched the kids during nap-time so Kelsey and I could go get some lunch--Jeff said he got 7 minutes total to himself, as there was always someone up (crying much of the time).

A sight I thought I'd never see!!! (seeing as Jason is "deathly" allergic to cats.)