A whale of a party (july 6)

James in July

And we're back - be prepared for a lot of catch-up posting.  

                                                                                                                                                                      

James and Katie came into town for Asher's birthday.  (James coming in 5 days before his Mom!)

Here's some of OUR fun.  (As lots more fun was had with Honey and Papa)

Happy First Birthday Asher!

(you can enlarge this pic to get a better look!)

More pictures to come of his special day and his party.

and we've been doing lots of this, too

so far this summer

First ice cream

learning about cicadas

staying up late playing kickball on the summer solstice

Uncle Dave came for a visit

Standing, WALKING (!), and wrestling

just like annie

Tessa is a little obsessed with curly hair (because Annie has it!)  And the other day she asked to have some curls put in.  And of course that called for a photo shoot!

She has fans. 

Asher's Room

I finished hemming the curtains in Asher's room this weekend (and got the straight pins out of them that have been at baby level for the past 6 months - bad mommy!) so I think I can call it done.

And child proof.