....and a little time with the fam too!

Thank you sooo much to Nene and Tia Jan who came all the way up from St. Louis to spend the weekend with me. I had such a great time I can't wait to see you all again soon. It was fun to see Tia Lindz too, but she's kinda crazy.

It's my party, I can play with my new soccer ball and ignore all my guests if I want to

Presents!!!

It's really no secret that I love smashing colorful wooden balls with a big hammer. Thank You to JT and R for driving all the way down from Traverse City just to see me on my birthday!!!

We even had a pinata!

My favorite one is the last, where Liam is giving himself a big round of applause. No doubt it was well earned.

and finally we had some cake (and watermelon?)

Even the boys got to do a little fishing

Remarkably, even Papa caught a fish. Boy did he look tired pullin' it in. That's good fishin', papa.

we had three on at once!

Papa is most definitely crazy

How 'bout toppin' me off, Papa?

These pictures can speak for themselves

Summer time means backyard fun with Gibby

going back to the paygrownd!

Yep, we're back at the playground today...i'm sure it has nothing to do with my repetitive requests beginning from the moment I wake up: "Go Outfide, Goin' to Paygrownd" and it goes on..."Daddy Hafta Go To Paygrownd" and "Mamma Hafta put the shoooos on"

On a different note, I sure can't wait for this 'tennisball' game to be over so I can get back to my cartoons.

liamray

Hold On Tight!

Down Da Slide With Mamma

just around the corner...

Just about a block away from our house is a little school yard that Liam and Gibby have grown quite fond of. Liam has really three things he does there...(1) Run Around "Im Running! I'm RUNNING!!!" which also includes "I'm chasin Gibby!!"

(2) Chasing Me! The game where mamma or daddy run around the playground chasing Liam. This game gets old very quickly.

(3) Swingin! This activity has gotten more interesting lately as Liam has graduated to big-boy swings. He usually demand to "Go SOOOOO FAST!!!" and when you suggest (after like 30min of swinging) that it might be time to go he'll almost always let you know that he's gonna "KEEP SWINGING".

We're all still havin' a great time, and gearing up my big SECOND birthday. Momma and daddy are still a little loose on details, but I can tell you that I'm already super CITEDCITEDCITED for it.

Peace and love to all...LiamRay