Fruit Snacks Please

John left the cupboards open, and Emma obviously knows where to find the fruit snacks. She was reaching up at them, and when I came in she kept signing please and pointing. FYI - the answer was no.

"Wii" Had Fun

After dinner and the horse race, we headed to Grandpa VM's house and played the Wii for awhile.

Scott and Matt boxing

They knocked each other down at the same time...Jackie and I had done the same thing. That was pretty cool to watch on the replay.

Emma's giving Matt pointers on his golf game.

Peek-a-boo!

Our First Horse Race

After dinner at the Triple Crown Buffet (at Prairie Meadows), we went out to watch the horses. Our timing was good...we only had to wait a few minutes to see a race. Number 6 was the winner.

Aunt Jackie, Emma, Uncle Matt, John, Grandpa VM, Scott

Getting into the starting gates

Just about to the finish line

The winner

John's First Golf Outing

Grandpa Van Manen and Uncle Matt took John with them for their golf outing at Copper Creek. John had a lot of fun, even though it was a warm day. John took the last two pictures.

Front Yard Fun

Emma's watching John here. Her hands crack me up! John looked like he was conducting.

John's been getting the hang of riding his scooter.

When John's not looking, Emma starts to play with his car. (This is the 4th summer he's played with that car. He's VERY attached to it. I love when $1 garage sale finds turn into 4 summers of fun, but come on already!) Aunt Jackie wants Emma to get addicted to purses in addition to shoes. Here she is with my camera case.

John's been wanting to take pictures lately. He took this one of Emma and me...with Emma's hat on my head. I know...it's a good look. We're thinking of getting him a kids' digital camera for his birthday. Any suggestions on what kind?

Emma's been teething and MUCH fussier than usual. While playing outside, she decided to throw a fit. This is what it looked like.

Here's another picture John took as Grandma and Uncle Matt pulled up to visit.

Park Fun with the Gaskills

Alyssa had the day off, so she and Drew came to Pleasant Hill for fun at the park with us. Click here to see Alyssa's blog entry on our fun times. Here are a few of the pictures I took:

Drew and Emma had more fun climbing the stairs. Drew kept crawling, which shocked Alyssa. We think he wasn't too sure about seeing the ground through the flooring of the equipment. Emma held on VERY tightly to the rails as she walked/crawled up. Oh, and this picture HAD to be posted since it's the only one I had of Alyssa. Sorry babe!
Drew and Emma went in the baby swing together. It was a little tighter squeeze this year. Click here to see the pictures we took of them in a swing together last summer. Notice that this didn't require blankets between them this time.