A fun new seat

Seth found this tray that I had sitting on the bench in the background and I guess thought it would make a nice seat!

Why get a bowl? When you can eat it off the floor!

A clever Seth has figured out how to get the childproof locks off of the cabinets! He found and emptied a box of Life cereal which thankfully was almost gone anyway.

biking in abandoned turnpike tunnels

Here's a fun thing to do if you have a Saturday free and live anywhere near the Breezewood exit on the PA Turnpike: Bike through some abandoned tunnels! Apparently they re-routed part of the turnpike awhile back, and it left a couple of the tunnels abandoned. They're planning to make it into a complete loop that you can ride, with a trail-head and whatnot, but for now you're allowed to enter at your own risk. It's a pretty neat experience, feels kind of post-apocalyptic to say the least.

First Haircut

We gave Seth his first haircut this past Saturday. It was very tricky and we were a little nervous, but we got the job done! Here are just a few photos:

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day!

Thanks for being wonderful, caring, patient, kind, helpful, loving, understanding, fun, & giving.

We love each of you!

road trippin' to Iowa

The Road Trip Mobile... and yes, it has a spoiler. not really sure why

To all of our Iowanian friends, we are thinking of taking a little road trip out your way either September 1st through 8th, or September 4th through 12th. Of course this would include driving days on each end, hopefully a day and a half or two days at most, but with a one-year-old who knows. We will have a little test run when we drive down to the Outer Banks in July, so hopefully it goes well! Anyway, take a look at your calendars and let us know what you think. It should be fun to come out and hang around Ames for a couple days, catch up with friends, eat at Hickory Park, go hike at Ledges, etc. Anyone with experience driving long distances with a little tyke can feel free to offer suggestions too! I was thinking we could just take the back seat out of the van and set up the Pack 'n Play back there... kidding of course. kind of. Let us know what you guys think!!

Swimming at the Mellert's