Happy Birthday Aunt Jackie!

We were going to post some old pictures of you, but we are home sick today and didn't have time to do too much messing around on the Internet. Ryker did a little posing instead.

Have a great birthday! We miss you and hope to see you in November!

Yay! We have visitors!

The Thorstenson's stopped by on their way to Point Roberts. Ryker was probably excited to see kids after spending the last 3 days with me.

Molly, Conner, Ryker, Ellie....one good looking bunch!

Airplane rides with Pete.

Getting a little help walking from Conner.

Thanks for stopping!

Sacked out with his "woobie." He's been carrying this gray piece of foam matt around for about a week now. I'm not sure what the attraction is, but he plays with it all day, then tries to take it to bed with him at night.

Moving the chair.

Then moving it back again. What a busy day.

He loves this rocking horse now. I need to find his cowboy hat.

Ryker was distraut that Tigger was hanging from the cupboard.

He tried to get him down....

But was soon distracted by the paper towel holder. Paper towels no longer hang there. I decided after about the sixth time of rolling them back up, that it would be much easier just to move them. I don't learn nearly as quickly as Ryker.

" Big Gulps."

Who knew our couch was convertible?!

About a month ago, I turned our couch into a jungle gym. Ryker goes nuts crawling up and down it.

This is his favorite spot to stop and rest. He often takes a book up there with him and "reads" it. He also likes to drink his milk there.

Moving right along

Yep, still finishing tongue and groove.

Geothermal coils before they went in the ground.

Foundation forms. Notice all the vents. Those had to be removed. Ooops. There will be no vents since we are having a clean crawlspace put in.

Chacon wondering where the foundation for his new dog house is.

Foundation after it has been stripped.

Geothermal heating coils. Two down, two to go.

Our back porch will be where the columns are.

Geothermal Trenches. 3 feet wide, with 3 feet between each, 80 feet long, 5 feet deep.

View from the back window of our existing house.

Busy Saturday

Cosmos, Abby, me, Chacon, Ryker after the Doggone Walkathon.

Ryker flossing for the first time. I helped him out, then he practiced a little on his own.

He sits and looks at books by himself now. He'll talk while he's doing it. He has a favorite perch on the couch to do his "reading."

Ryker got up early in the morning and decided to move his rocking chair over to the counter so he could reach stuff. Great, the last place I could keep things. Now I have to childproof my countertops too.

Chacon, Audrey, Cosmos, and Abby. Audrey was nice enough to take Cosmos for the walk, so I didn't look like the crazy lady with a stroller and TWO dogs. Thanks Audrey!