Firemen in Training

 Jessica and Spencer are always so good to let us come up and play every summer. We had such a ball, fishing, sand-boxing (is that even a word!), 4 wheeling, bike riding, playing games and of course playing with the firetruck!

 I really think Bradley could live in here if we let him.

 Watering the lawn or in the boys minds, fighting the huge fire in the middle of the grass!

 I got in on the action...you never know when you might need to know how to hold a fire hose! It's actually tricker than I thought!

I can't believe we didn't take better pictures! I guess we were enjoying ourselves more and didn't take anything else. This little guy in the middle is our latest in the Riggs family. His name is Louie and he is such a sweetie. He doesn't know much English yet, as he was first raised in the Congo, but seems to understand you and can play like the rest of them. I dare say he is fitting right in with our little crew. So fun to have more nephews!

Summer FUN!

 I always loved playing the sprinklers when I was young and now they have so many cool sprinkler toys it's hard not to join in the fun. John and I pulled out the slip n' slide and added on an extended slide with garbage bags and showed the kids how it was done. Turns out they don't like slip n' slides...all the more fun for John and I.

 The boys loved the snake but decided they should probably try to slay instead.

 Our beautiful flowers.

Enjoying the fun from the sidelines, she enjoys getting sprinkled for a minute or two then just snuggling Mom or watching her brothers from this front row seat.

Library Summer Kick Off Party

John was so thoughtful and took these two little lover boys to the Library Summer Reading Kick Off Party while I was out for lunch with my Mom and sister. They had such a blast and worn themselves out completely.

 My boys are into the pretty ladies, especially the princesses.

 Choo-choo, Bradley is in love with trains.

 Pure joy on their faces.

Jackson's tough guy face.

Memorial Day

We had a huge BBQ with all our extended cousins and family since everyone was in town. It was so fun to catch a moment with the 3 latest babies: Brookie, Miles (Natalie and JP's), and Hazel (Ryan and Emily's)

 His little pout kills me, I would have given him anything with a pout like that.

And of course the rides in Grandpa's Jeep, which occupied the older and younger boys. I dare say I'm one lucky girl to have such good lookin' men in my life.

Andersen Family Photo Shoot

It really had been quite a while since we had an extended family photo, and miraculously this Memorial Day we were able to do just that.

 All the kids loved the little bench.

 Boys always find a way to get dirty!

 Ryan's cute little girl, Mila, and Sage behind her, in from Spokane, WA.

 About 24 takes to get a semi-happy grandchildren picture.

 Our little family of 5!

JP and there little baby, Miles taking a snooze from the exhaustion of being so cute.

Cute little things...

Play time with 3 kids can be a lot of things: sad, silly, funny, happy, war zone, etc. Today it was just plain cute. That's the best way to describe this cute little fort, cute little snacks and books and extremely cute little kids.

 Popcorn, stories, toys and kids...what a perfect morning!

 My sweet boys encouraging Brookie to endure tummy time.

I think I own the market on cute little things!

Teensy Cousin

We had so much fun with our Andersen reunion and had to take some teensy pictures.

Hazel (4 mo), Miles (2 mo), Brooklyn (2mo)

His little pout kills me, he wasn't too happy to be stuck in between two little girls!  

No family function could be complete without Grandpa's old Army Jeep. Oh how we love to drive that thing around.