Got Beat?

We've escaped to a little boys' paradise of cousins, goats, dogs, cats, a tree house, trampoline, zipline, backyard pool, creek, almost mountain like hills, lake, barn, Aunt Susan's extremely scrumptious chocolate chip cookies and to top it all off our vacation destination in Indiana even has...


Lucky us.

It's My Birthday!

This cake wouldn't do...

Or even this one...

It's ice cream I want!

And I love riding my first birthday bike!

Glad we could get it right finally!

Mer-man

Now this isn't something you can just find under the sea anywhere. It's quite rare, but if you find it, you'll never want to let it leave your house. If you could only see this in motion and hear the accompanying giggles, gurgles and belly laughs.

"POOL!"

Isaac has taken to choosing to wear his swimsuit not just to the pool but everywhere, every day if given the opportunity to choose. Who doesn't love swimming? It's one of our favorites of summer.

A Typical Sunday Afternoon

George was a good little monkey, but always very curious. Sounds like some monkeys we know.
Eric receives a thorough exam by not just one but two skilled physicians.
And here it takes three to do the operation. Dr. Isaac sat on Dad-Eric in lieu of anesthesia. He had a piece of a puzzle in his leg. Operation was successful.

Adventure Day

Eric and I saw some cute frogs at the Botanical Gardens yesterday.  A few of them hopped into our pockets and came home with us.  Now what to feed them?

On Top of the World

On top of Stone Mountain with my great guys who love everything about everything at Stone Mountain...what a gorgeous, happy day.

Such a feelin's coming over me

There is wonder in most every thing I see

Not a cloud in the sky, got the sun in my eyes

And I won't be surprised if it's a dream

Everything I want the world to be

Is now coming true especially for me

And the reason is clear, it's because you are here

You're the nearest thing to heaven that I've seen

There is only one wish on my mind

When this day is through I hope that I will find

That tomorrow will be just the same for you and me

All I need will be mine if you are here

I'm on the top of the world looking down on creation

And the only explanation I can find

Is the love that I've found ever since you've been around

Your love's put me at the top of the world

The Carpenters