Yo, Yo, Yo, Where My Peeps At?

Considering Tracy and I both hate rap music, we're hoping this isn't a sign of things to come.

Swimmingly.........

It has finally gotten warm enough to go swimming, so we went to Cumberland to enjoy our brief summer. It seems everyone wanted to go swimming including Tuttie. Cameron enjoyed his first time swimming at Great Grandma and Grandpa Cifaldi's house. Considering the water was still fairly cool, we think he did very well. As far as Tuttie, that is a whole different story. We used to take her to the lake to swim B.C. ( before Cameron ), but now it's too much of a hassle keeping tabs on her as well as watching a baby. So, to spite us, she decided to do a little goose hunting in the lake behind Grandma & Grandpa Rydberg's house. The picture doesn't do justice to how much filth was on her. I was attempting to light the grill when I heard a huge splash and frantic honking. I ran down to the lake, yelling for Tuttie, but didn't see any sign of her. The geese were casually swimming toward the middle of the lake by this time and I thought she may have gotten tangled in some weeds and drowned. After what seemed like 5 minutes, but was probably more like one minute, I heard some rustling in the cat tails. She seemed a little confused and was no worse for wear despite being filthy. Needless to say, the geese never came back. Thank God!

Clap...Clap...Clap your hands....

Happy Father's Day!

Cameron went to Cumberland to visit Grandpa Rich for Father's Day. While he was there, he learned to clap and discovered his first tooth.

Lions and Tigers and Bears......

Cameron took his first trip to Como Zoo today. He was fairly disinterested in the Lions and Tigers (the bears are on hiatus). However, he did seem to like the Giraffes, Zebras, and Lesser Kudu's. We're pretty sure he would have liked Sparky's show too, but it was his day off.

Batter Up!

Grand 'Ol Day

It was Grand 'Ol Day on Sunday and we experienced this annual festivity in a new fashion. We attended the "kiddie parade". I have to be honest, I didn't know this parade even existed since Grand 'Ol Day activities of years past usually consisted of the consumption of some ice cold beverages while lounging on the front lawn of my old apartment. This was usually combined with critiquing the attire, or lack thereof, of the many passersby. When taking into consideration the shenanigans of years past, maybe the kiddie parade isn't such a bad thing. The first photo is of Cameron riding his first hog (actually it was a hippo, but hog sounds cooler), the second is Cameron and his friend Reese Compton who was visiting from Nebraska, and finally the third is Cameron and Gabby Bauers "making out" after the parade.