Visit from Friends

Our friends, The Sullivans, from Houston came to visit us last week. They only stayed a few days but we had a lot of fun with them.



Rachel reading a Mercy Watson book to all five kids.





Rachel, Chiara, Dylan, & Molly making cookies.



The girls posing.



Dylan wouldn't get in the circle of heads picture.


Asher, Chiara, Molly, & Leah.



Asher getting twinned.

Summer Pictures

Wow. The Summer is nearly half-over and I haven't posted pictures in months. The good news is that the kids are as adorable as always (I swear); we just haven't taken many pictures lately. Or the ones we have taken are on our cell phones and we just keep them there. Our Summer is going very well. We've visited the farm, had a long visit from Phoebe, and done a lot of swimming. Asher is able to stay afloat and swim without touching bottom. It's still a doggy-paddle but it's swimming! Neither Asher nor Chiara want to put their faces in the water.

Chiara loves dress-up. We found this hand-me-down ladybug costume and she has worn it many days in the last two weeks.



Here are some pictures of the kids while they were dressed to go to a party.


And a picture of Chiara enjoying some corn on the cob.


I hope everyone is having as nice (if not as hot and dry) as summer as we are.

Dinosaur Park Birthday Party

We went to a birthday party at the Dinosaur Park in Bastrop this weekend. It was a nice place for a party and the weather was lovely. Asher got eaten by a dinosaur and Chiara petted this one.

Rachel has been knitting really fantastic animals for various kid birthday parties lately and she made a great dinosaur (maybe a plesosaur?) but I don't have pictures on this computer.

Sorry for the lack of pictures and posts. We haven't been taking many pictures lately.