Flying High

I couldn't help but post this, Grandpa Kelly took this as Keaton was continuously jumping on Travis's poor Uncle Roy (he's such a good sport, watching him you know where Travis got his forever young , like 10 year old, playful side). When Roy pretended to jump on Travis, Keaton pushed him back in his chair and scolded him with a very scary look-nothing needed to be said-the look said it all. It turned out this guy was ALRIGHT and got Keatons total approval. We can't wait until he visits again-poor guy.

Sleeping Beauty and The Beast-(you decide who's who.)

So I enjoy getting up early and having the house to myself for a half an hour or so. However, I had to stop and laugh when I walked by and saw the two of them spooning.
Twenty minutes later when I walked by this was what I saw. Are you kidding me?? Look, Gus is smiling! I showed these to Travis after he was up and he had no recollection...now that's comforting!?!?

4 Wheelin' Fun

This is the best as far as Keatons concerned. He's always been left behind except for the fast trips on dad's motorcycle. This is the answer he's been waiting for. Yee Haw.
Keaton will not take off his helmet, but he's happy to have his feet in the water.

He's ready to get back on the road.

4th of July celebration 2010

Children and explosive things-surely this is a safe combination.
Devon got to light his own this year. I'm still holding my breath that nothing explodes in his sweet little face.

We celebrated with our wonderful next door neighbors, the Wilcox's, this year. It was great fun and a lot of chaos. I didn't get any pictures of the "candy cannon" Jay built but it was a large contraption that shot out oodles of candy at the kids. It was great. I didn't find out until after the fact that they, Jay and Travis, had launched a raw egg into the neighborhood next to ours. They didn't let me in until I was talking about how much trouble the teenage kids behind us were going to get into as they were launching roman candles at each other. We are such good examples to the wee ones.