cousins!

Dennis had so much fun playing with his cousins Myer and Benson. You can tell by the grin after his nap that he was excited to go to the Dinosaur Park that afternoon.


at the park they got to dig for bones!
Here Nonnie is helping Dennis find the eggs.
Bath time.

Check out Myer and Dennis in their flip diapers! So cute!
Another day they went to the childrens' museum.






And then there were more baths! So much more fun with more people.

Thanks guys for coming! We loved playing with you.

cherry pickers

We went cherry picking and it was so much fun! Everyone got a turn on Nonnie's sholders to reach the tree branches.
Except Kristen and her friend used the ladder.


So much fun and soooo delicious.

by popular request

sleeping beauties

This picture is of Kristen and Dennis at around 8:30 am. Kristen was good to sleep with Dennis in the morning so that I could go running with Maree.

Some things that Dennis has surprised me with recently:

*The same morning as this picture was taken, I was laying in bed and woke up to Dennis standing in his pack and play and before I could get up to help him he climbed out of the crib right onto my head! And today, when he woke up from his nap, Nonnie heard him knocking on the bedroom door saying, "dat" (his favorite word). He had climbed out again...

*While I was chatting with Ryan via skype, Dennis opened the door to the room and closed it behind him twice- lached and all.

Here comes the next stage of his life. Some new words are: thank you & love you

funk reunion

This is my favorite picture! It's framed perfectly with Dennis struttin' in the opposite the other way.




Ever since Dennis got these sun glasses he has wanted to wear them around. And the whole time at the reunion he was pulling a cooler around.

4th of july

Parade!!!!
...and fireworks!!
I guess I should take more pictures... and maybe of more people than just Dennis. :)

fun @ the fischers

It was so much fun having dinner at the Fischer's house. After dinner we went out in the front lawn to play in the sprinkler. Crazy to think that Jenna and I used to play together like this and now we are watching our little boys. Dennis is about 6 months older than B but since Dennis is small and B is big they were just about the same size.
Dennis got to have his first long board ride with Brett. You can tell he feels totally cool- how he is leaning into it.

Guess you know who we think about all the time... since there weren't any pictures of us! haha