What a beautiful day!

I sometimes forget the many little treasures right here in town...
Today (family day) we went walking along the river, threw some rocks, looked for (and found some!) snakes, and laughed a lot! I just love what being around the water does for the soul! :) Check out my kiddos... I'm so glad they love the great outdoors! Leah couldn't wait to find something creepy and crawly, and Leif... well, he managed to eat dirt with a smile on his face! :)

Demo Day!

I took the kids down to Central to watch something... sniffle... a bit sad. We watched as my freshman dorm was demolished. (apparently, it wasn't structurally sound. Something about the entire building being held up by a few big cables... Yikes - something I'd like to have known before living on the 9th floor for a year! :))

The kids were so patient as mommy shared stories that started with, "that was the... window, elevator, sidewalk, bathroom, etc." :) As leah watched the huge crane rip cement and metal and glass away from the building like twigs, she just kept exclaiming, "Mommy, did you see THAT? ... I just can't believe it!" Leif just watched wide-eyed, making his machine noises and squealing with delight! All in all it was a great outing! I even ran into a few old friends who were there saying their goodbyes!

I'm hooked!

OH man! I'm hooked... and it's too late to keep working on this tonight! I'm tired and only beginning to create this page. I am so excited to play with design and to have a place to post pics and day to day stories and memories about the kids and our summer fun! Now that I'm on summer vacation, I may have a bit of time to get a blog up and running!

I'm looking for cute templates.. any ideas? I'm BRAND new at this blog thing... :)



Happy summer!