June 7th - 21st, 2013

Hi Everyone!

We've been busy the last few weeks, but thankfully the last several days have slowed a bit and it's beginning to feel more like the lazy summer days that we enjoy so much. 

 New picnic table! 

 Oscar approves  :)

 We got to attempt an event downtown where Micah got to sing in a talent show. Here's Blake and Seth watching in awe as a friendly police officer showed them some of the gear on his belt. They were watching with mouths-open-amazement. Micah did a great job singing! You can watch his song on youtube.com at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOH3E5GbRVA. You can hear me in the background telling Blake to sit down. :)

 We to have Uncle Will come visit last weekend. Blake and Seth got a kick out of running and jumping on his bed in the living room. Seth is telling Will that it's his nap time here. 

 For Father's Day we grilled some steak (a real treat around here). We celebrated the day before by going to an indoor shooting range so Micah could try out a new handgun he's been saving for. 

 Will brought a special friend, Beckah, with him. It's been a pleasure to get to know her! She's a dandy (as Pappy would say). 

 Did I mention steak is a treat around here? 

 Here's the latest pictures of our little man. He's sooo sweet! I just love him to death! He smiles all the time and lately has been fascinated with his feet. 

 Looks like I'm going to have to add some "Owen-isms" soon. Probably one of my most (potentially) embarrassing moments ever...yesterday I got to go out to coffee with the Fox ladies and we were window shopping in a very quaint little shop. Poor Aunt Celia had the misfortune to be holding Owen at the time when he had a major diaper malfunction which got on Celia, Celia's shirt, his clothes and left a sprinkling over a rather large area of the shop floor. Thank goodness, we were able to clean it up before the watchful shopkeeper even noticed! Whew! I think that would have embarrassed me a lot more with our first baby, but after already having two boys before him I think my embarrassment threshold has grown more that I ever imagined.  :)

 On Father's Day we headed out to the Fox's place after lunch to get some practice in on the new gun. Blake and Seth had to bring their wood rifles too, of course. So we had the whole Fox arsenal there. Just in case you are wondering, the guns you see laying on the ground are the toy guns. ;) 

 Blake and Seth were eating it up. They LOVED being out there with the big guys and their guns!

 Uncle Jesse diligently supervised the shooting with Dad's BB gun.

 A little quality time with "Gan Gan".



A few Blake and Seth-isms: 

      Seth - "I was covering my ears to not look"   :)

      Why little boys get such a kick out of running around the house in the nude, I will never know. After talking to one of my friends the other day I was relieved to find out that Blake and Seth are not the only little boys that like to go running around the house naked once in a while. This is another one of those things that I do not know how it got started. Every time I get Seth out of the tub and we are on the way to their room to get dressed, he asks "Can I run nakey-boy?". Every once in a while I will give permission for a few quick laps and off they go at full speed ahead! (I decided against posting a picture of this)   :)

      Seth in the tub the other day was scubbing his head to lather up some bubbles and when he got finished, he said "There! Does that look cumptable?" (comfortable) 

      Blake watches us ew and aw over Owen and likes to try and be a big boy by imitating us when he talks to Owen. The other day, Owen was making some cooing noises and Blake said, "Aw! Listen, Owen is cooing like a tree."    (have no idea where the tree comes in, but oh well!)  :)


In other news, I hear from Jonathan about once a week or so and he is doing well. He finishes A School on July 19th and then will have some processing before he will move to where he will be stationed. Sounds like he's doing very well in his classes. 

We are thinking about trying some camping this summer, but we might not be that adventurous. We'll see. :)

Hope you all are doing well!

Love, 

Kari, Micah, Blake, Seth and Owen