Two of a Kind

Lately I can see Beau becoming more and more like his daddy--which is a good thing, most of the time...just kidding! ;)  Not only do I see a lot of Joe in Beau, but whenever Beau smiles, it is as if I am looking at a mini-Joe.  When Beau does have his naughty moments, I just assume he gets that from Joe---definitely not from me! :)  Their personalities are almost parallel and it just amazes me as to how Beau catches on to everything Joe does.  I think Joe is already Beau's super-hero.  Lets hope it still stays that way in his teen years!

Monkeys at the Park

I took Beau and Banx to play at the elementary playground, and they absolutely loved it!  They were climbing the rockwall, slides, and ladders!  For a 1 and 2 year old, they sure can get around really well by themselves at the park.  They were even going down the "big kids" slide on their own.  I think we need to make a habit of going back to OES playground!

Lake Weekend #3

Saturday was finally the PERFECT day to go boating.  It was over 90 degrees and sunny!  Scott and Michelle brought down their new WaterMat that is over 20 feet long and 6 feet wide.  So many of were laying out on it at once and had so much fun.  Beau would not even get off and out of the water.  He just hung out on the mat all day with me and played with his toy tractor.  After we left Rathbun, we headed down to Lake Thunderhead to stay with my aunt and uncle.  What a great weekend we had while making even better memories!

Beau and Trigg playing down in the boat

We thought Beau needed to cool off, so we put him down in the boat.  A few minutes later we found that he had crawled up on the table, and was eating the entire bag of Sun Chips.  He just loves his chips!

Future Vaction Bible School Kids

On Friday, I took the kids to the last day of VBS at our church.  Since they are too young to actually go, I thought it would be good for them to expose them to it and get them around the other kiddos.  They both loved the singing/dancing part and joined on stage right away!  After the opening singing was done, we walked over to Jaarsma bakery to enjoy a mid-morning snack :)

Goofy Beau

Lately, Beau's personality has been developing more and more and I just love the goofy side of him.  For example, the other day I asked him to pick out what he wanted to wear for the day.  He chose his favorite fedora and only wanted to wear the seat to one of his old baby toys.  It was quite the get-up. 

Fun at Nana's

Since it was so warm last week, I took the kids to my mom's almost everyday so we could cool off in the pool.  They absolutely love going to Nana's because they both love the pool, they love to drive their toy Mercedes, swing, and for Beau--he LOVES to ride in the tractor and gator.  As soon as we turn in the driveway, they both start yelling NANA!!!

Lake Weekend #2 and Father's Day

Last weekend, we went to the lake again to enjoy what sun we could and to celebrate Father's Day.  Even though the day did end up cloudy and rainy, we still had a great time with lake friends and just hanging out at the dock.  Beau even made some new friends and watched them as they were fishing.

Loving the shades Papa gave him!

On Sunday, we went to my dad's house to grill and had a great time with everyone.  I truly am so grateful and blessed to have such a wonderful husband, who is an amazing father to our son.  Joe is so good with Beau and spoils him more than I do!  Just by seeing how great of a dad Joe is makes me very excited to expand our family of three because I know Joe will be right by my side to help me with everything.

Joe and I have amazing fathers, a step-father, and father figures in our life.  Thank you to all of you for being so good to us, and I hope you all had a wonderful Father's Day!!