A Fun, Old-fashioned Fourth of July

We were fortunate to spend the Fourth of July at our friends' place in Michigan. We had a great time with lots of old-fashioned activities: decorated kids' bikes, a neighborhood parade, and fishing.

Wild Kratts and the Brookfield Zoo

Entering our time machine to go back to June, we first stop at the Brookfield Zoo where we had a great day. Alex likes the PBS show "Wild Kratts," and the Kratt Brothers had an appearance at the zoo so we went to see them. It was super crowded, but Alex enjoyed it. In addition to the show, we enjoyed the zoo and a really cool dinosaur exhibit with animatronic dinosaurs.

The Kratt brothers are coming up the aisle of people here.

Waving to them.

Having a great time watching the show with Dad.

Zoo fun.

My little archeologist! I would have loved this as a kid.

Controlling the dinosaur.

A good time was had by all.

Yes, We're Still Here

It's been an embarrassingly long break from blogging. It's not for lack of content or desire to share, but sometimes life gets in the way. Thanks to everyone who asked/checked in on us. I will do my best to get caught up. We'll start with some miscellaneous fun stuff and then will get some posts up to cover some of the events and activities from our summer and fall.

He's growing like a weed, but his feet aren't that big yet. (Those are Dave's shoes.)

Attacking the bag in the boxing room at our Y.

'Tis the season for hot chocolate.

One of Alex's most recent Lego creations.