Short Update

Hello everyone!  Things have been pretty quiet around here.  Mom and dad had a 24 hour flu early this week, but have recovered.  Not much to report.  Just hanging out and enjoying summer.  Today Cole's good friend Luke came over for a play date and the boys had a lot of fun.  We are still picking up the house. 

We are starting to get ready for all of our travel in the coming weeks by making lists and getting clothes lined up for weddings and meetings.  Takes a little bit of planning to be gone for 3 weeks and then turning around to be gone for another one shortly after.  

Cole got a hair cut so he looks sharp for his travels.  His hair was starting to get a little long, reminding us a bit of Justin Bieber...or as we like to say Connor!  He did great at the hair studio.  It really helps that he gets to sit in an airplane and watch TV.   You could pretty much do anything to him at that point...he paid no attention to us or the guy cutting his hair. 

Cole has also turned into quite the ham when it comes to taking photos. He loves to put on these glasses we have and say "cheese" wanting you to take his photo.  Very cute.  

We will see many of you soon!  Take care.

Very tired after a long morning of running errands.

Getting his hair cut.

Post hair cut with his fresh new look.

Reading books with mom and dad.

Recent Visit from Grandma and Aunt Heather

We just saw Grandma and Heather off at the airport after a fantastic trip.  We had a packed few days of excitement.  The big highlights were a trip to SeaWorld, playing at the beach and lots of playing in the yard.  Cole also was spoiled with some great birthday gifts.  Grandma and Grandpa purchased a table for his trains.  He loves playing with the trains that Connor and Aidan gave him and now he has a great table that he can play at.  Very cool stuff.  Every morning there is a lot of time spent playing with the trains.  His other really cool gift was a new bike!  You should have seen his face light up when he saw the bike.  It was precious.  He has a red bike and a bright green helmet.  Look out everyone on the sidewalks...Cole is mobile.  He still has a little bit of growing to really fit the bike, but he is very close.  

We had such a great time during the visit.

Tide Pools

We have found that Cole loves going to the beach lately. Mainly he wants to hang out and dig holes, but today we hung out at the tide pools. When we started walking to them he said "Tide Pools" which surprised me. He had a blast. We were there for about three hours playing and looking. He mainly wanted to stay in one spot moving rocks around and splashing. We didn't intend to get quite so wet, but by the end he was basically sitting in the water and was covered with sand. So much for a quick stop by the beach. The tough part came when we needed to move because the tide was coming in. How do you explain to a 2 year old that we need to move because the water is surrounding us? Eventually I was able to coax him away and we dug holes in the sand of the beach.

We are looking forward to Grandma arriving tonight and Aunt Heather arriving later this week. Sure hope they are ready for all the fun we have planned. Cole with tire them out...he sure tires us out most days. :)