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Welcome to your new life, Anie!

July 4th

Another great fourth of July parade in beautful downtown Turner (pronounced Tuhneh).



And Ava and Iris were in the parade this year!





Evvie took a few serous whacks at the pinata, but when the candy came crashing down, she explained why she wasn't among the children in the fray: "Daddy, I got lots of candy in the parade, so I don't need that candy". Nice.


Here's a cute video form the beginning of the festival before all the madness and crowds began.
First, Evvie coaches her brother how to climb up the tower...


Next they slide down and watch as Reid does the same!


After the excitement, A little pony named Faith gave the family a ride bac to our car. Fun!

Toothless!

Sunday it was loose.

Monday it was out.

Tuesday it was a dollar.

Thanks, Tooth Fairy!

Dance Recital

Grandma Sue and Grampa Jim came north for Evelyn's dance recital on Saturday. She started excited for the rehearsal, and didn't stop her excitement until all was well over. In Evvie's words, "I want to do that a hundred and a million more times!"

The program:


The girl:


The show:




The flowers:

Children's Museum

Tuesday was a reta day to go to te Children's Museum with the kids. FAMILY FIELD TRIP! We spent hours and hours there, doing some of the following:


Both kids were super-serious about their face paint.




They played for quite awhile in the vet room, giving shots, locking animals in their cages and knocking them on the floor. The usual stuff.






Evelyn got temporarily thrown in the Brig by some pirates, but don't worry, Levie saved her.



After that, we headed to the Deering Oaks for a picnic lunch (including oranges).

Hot or Thirsty?

It's supposed to be a wacky sprinkler. Turns out it's just as good a straw.

We're getting a puppy!

And we're so excited about it, Hallie took the kids there for a visit with the soon-to-be newest addition to our family. Aren't they cute?


Yes, she's a Golden Retriever, and that's her mom, Moxie, in the foreground. We can't wait until July 5!

Wacky Family

Not entirely sure what brought this about. Use your imagination.

Visit to Grammy's

A nice trip to Grammy and Grampa's house yielded a few cute pix of Levi (and Grampa)



Levi gets a push and...


Grampa gets a push.

Bradbury Mountain Hike

We took a nice family hike at Bradbury Mountain State Park this weekend. It was pretty foggy at the top, but the kids both surprised us with their stamina. (Of course it's not a long hike, but they're little). Levi was especially into the climbing and just motored up the thing. Check out the video to hear him chatter about it.

End of the bloom

We'd been meaning to take some shots in front of the crabapple tree while it was still in bloom.... Pretty near made it, too. Fun pix of Hallie & the kids just having a nice afternoon at home.







Later Evvie took the camera and took a few shots of mama.

Lifeguards

Species Day

Buncha' cuties, buncha' fun.

Caution: Live Animals!

Smith Visit: Levi's Party

Well, Evelyn decided that Levi should have dogies for his birthday cake since he's so into them, so after a morning of group decorating, here's the cake(s)!




Ruby enjoys her dog face.







After that, we headed outside for some of that (almost) warm sunshine.

Griffin had a good idea by bringing te canoe into the bog, so...

...everybody got on board!


(Later, Flat Stanley got a god view of the action)