Random July Stuff

I randomly take pictures and video on my phone that don't necessarily fit in a blog post of their own  so here is catching up on some I took this month....

Colton was "too quiet" one day, so when I went to see what trouble he got into, I found him up on the rocking chair reading his Bible :-)

Gorgeous sunset last night when I went on an evening run

Summer with her two favorites..."Blankie and Dollie"...on the way home from vacation at Grandma and Grandpa T's

Colton has been communicating more lately...here is a little chat we had one day at lunch....



Summer has been enjoying trying to communicate more in a written manner.  She can (almost) write her name by herself if she really concentrates and has a few verbal cues on how to make the M's, E, and R.  She has been loving "writing" notes to people, putting them in envelopes, and putting a stamp (sticker) in the corner.  Here she wrote a note to Grandma and Grandpa K thanking them for letting us stay at their cabin for the week.  I had her read it since, well, her handwriting is not quite legible yet....



The kids love their special blankies...no one had to teach them their favorite!  Both kids were tucked in with 3-4 blankies each night and they both developed a favorite from a very young age.  I really have never blogged much about them, but I do want to remember that Summer loves her "green froggy blankie" and Colton loves his "blue monkey blankie".  Here are several clips of them with their blankies doing a blankie dance....








Here is a cute clip of the kids playing outside with Daddy after dinner.  Summer is getting better at throwing a ball, and Colton just loves anything having to do with a ball!  There is no sound because I took the video from inside where I was doing the dishes.