Happy 4th of July

One more of Jenna from the parade I forgot to put below. Hard to believe how big the twins have gotten.

More parade...

Blake was fascinated by the parade - especially all those big trucks - that boy LOVES to watch how trucks work - he's a born mechanic!

Jenna with Papa of course. I'm not sure which one wins for the whitest hair!

I thought this was cute - Noah really looks up to his Daddy. Also in the picture Lee one of Michael's employees on the EMS bike. As you can see, we had a rainy 4th of July, but at least it didn't stop Michael and Noah from fishing and it was clear enough to see the fireworks.

Like trying to herd cats - 4th of July parade

Silas at his first parade. He slept through all the sirens and air horns at the end as well as Mommy scrambling for candy so the kids wouldn't go too far out in the street. My Ergo Baby carrier has been such a good investment - tho Mrs. Saxton says it makes me look 9 months pregnant again. Jesse just adores Noah and Levi. Michael wanted to know which we came to see the parade or the kids - the kids of course!

Jesse looking for Daddy to come down the street. Our tenant Kaysie is in the back ground on the EMS bike - she's a brand new EMT - Congratulations Kaysie!

Here's what happens when you try to get 6 kids together in one shot. Notice Gramma directing in the back ground and I'm not sure where Jesse ended up.

This was the best one we could get. /We didn't even try to get Silas in the picture - he was sound asleep.

Cute Baby!

Noah and Levi entertain Silas well.

Big happy grins.

Waking up happy

Silas is always happiest first thing in the morning. After these were taken, then he had to go to the doctor and get some shots. Now he's not nearly so cheerful, but rather fussy all afternoon. He measures in the 90th percentile for weight and 97th for height...I KNEW he was a moose!

Silas makes funny faces

He's always sticking out his tounge and blowing bubbles. He's started making the cutest sounds while he does it.

And here's a smile tho not the most beautiful - not easy to catch a picture because he keeps talking while he smiles usually.

And here's the eye brows...he makes the most hilarious faces with those eye brows. Definitely gonna get those forehead wrinkles that run in the family at a very young age. Poor little guy - you most surely are your mommy's boy.

Strawberries

We went strawberry picking yesterday. Not the best year we've gone - it took us a lot longer than it usually does, and we got fewer berries. Guess all the rain and cool weather we've had has slowed things down. The boys started out picking, but they actually out of steam because it took us too long. They were "bored and sweating" - ah, mom, now I know what you went through with Josh and I making that complaint all those times!

Silas was the smart one - he fell asleep in the sun surrounded by the smell of strawberries:

And for those of you who doubted that I might have super powers - I can make lots of strawberry jam one-handed while nursing a fussy baby. I only ended up making 10 batches of jam this year to fill my jars - last year I made 13 batches, so I guess I'm slowing down. This stuff does look YUMMY!