summer summary

i'm not sure why it surprised me, but i was shocked when i realized i haven't posted a single picture to our blog since april. this may be picture overload for some of you ... but here's a few of our summer highlights! enjoy!

joshua LOVES to bring shoes to you, especially if you aren't wearing any at the time. he always seems so proud of himself upon his deliveries.

we had our roof replaced! it had been quite some time since the hail storm damaged the existing roof, but we finally got around to having it fixed.

we ventured out to east texas in april to visit mark's parents. granddaddy joe loved taking joshua out on the tractor ... joshua wasn't too sure what to think about it.

joshua makes the silliest faces these days. i've never met someone who could make me laugh so much, but he's a HOOT!

look at all those big boy teeth!

we bought joshua a turtle sandbox to play in, and he loves it. his favorite thing to do is to throw the sand out into the grass.

we took daddy/mark to going bonkers! joshua really loves that place -- he is definitely ALL BOY! he is a bundle of energy these days, too.

a toothy grin. :)

someone's hair was getting long, but mommy couldn't stand the thought of cutting it!

the kidz choir of ppbc performed the musical "under God's sea in 3-d." i served as the director. this whale was one of the props we used in the show.

joshua met this pony at vbs. he really wasn't thrilled about sitting on it, but he seemed to enjoy this! this picture is PRICELESS!

with joshua at the saddle ridge ranch (vbs).

we ventured back to east texas again. joshua and i are all dressed up for church!

our sunday school class had a swim party. my little boy was quite the fish!

forget the nice pile of toys sitting in the next room ... a box is much more entertaining than they are!

judging from this face, i don't think he really wanted to help me clean the kitchen. i think he just wanted to play with the gloves.

our sunday school class went to the air hogs game. we had seats on the lawn, so mark and i were constantly chasing after our little man.

we also had our fence replaced! i forgot to take a final picture, but the end result was great!

joshua went to funshine at the park, a 6-week mother's day out program, at church this summer. he was never happy when i dropped him off, but he seemed to do fine once he realized how much fun the activities were.

it looks like we're having joshua-legs for dinner tonight!

our church went to the rangers game on july 4. joshua's making this goofy face because the fireworks were going off and he wasn't sure what to think of them. when we covered up his ears, he was more interested in them.

joshua and i went to several local water parks this summer. he loved the slides and especially the large buckets of water that came crashing down on his head!

i went to ga camp with our church while my mom kept joshua. we had a good group of girls, so we had a good time.

here's another toothy smile!

we took our annual trip to creede, colorado, in august. joshua is holding his very own bow rod ... he was very interested in throwing rocks into the river and in shooting off the bow rod. he didn't seem to get the point of actual fishing. when we showed him a real fish, he wasn't that enthused.

mark attempts to fish ... with his special helper.

with my baby on the banks of the mighty rio grande.

joshua loved to wade in the river. i can't believe he could stand it; that water is COLD!

our little family.

when joshua's hair got to the point that it was falling into his eyes (and when a couple of people commented on my baby "girl"), i decided it was time for the dreaded hair cut.

i shouldn't have dreaded the cut at all ... look at this after picture! he looks precious!

joshua started preschool at the end of august. you can tell how excited he was about it in this picture.

mark and i went to arkansas for a weekend getaway. this picture was taken at the garven woodland gardens.

we also went on a trail ride and had a steak dinner on a mountain! mark's horse was named jake.

an arkansas sunset.

just me and my baby.


joshua is ready to leave for preschool! it was school picture day, and he was looking even cuter than he normally does!

tweety bird, mark, joshua, and yosemite sam at six flags.

the six flags "after" picture.

joshua at the dallas arboretum. it's starting to feel like fall, y'all!

i hope all is well with you and yours! thanks for looking at all of our family photos -- hopefully it won't take me quite so long to post again!