Canning jam!

My friend Sandy came over and we canned jam after jam! We made cherry jam, nectarine jam, strawberry jam, and packed some blueberry pie filling to freeze. Mmmmmm, good! Plus a whole lot of fun too. :)
Here's a couple cute ones of Emily even if she has unbrushed lunch hair, a shirt full of drool and drool hanging off of her chin. It seems as though she's always drooling! She does have a lot of teeth though! :)

Fencing

Ryan was in a fencing class recently. He had a lot of fun and did really well! On the last day they all fenced each other to see who got first place. He won all three of his matches and made it to the championship match! Well, he didn't win that one but he did a really great job and got a really nice 2nd place certificate to frame. Great job AGAIN Ryan! :)
By the way, he is the one in the long pants.

Vacuuming!

Yup, these are all pictures of Emily vacuuming. She wanted to do it so badly. She did a great job too! Went back and forth and moved around the room like Mommy does! When I took the vacuum back she put up quite a fuss too, apparently she doesn't like to share the vacuuming with anyone! I wonder how long this phenomenon will last???

The new playset!

More of the Simmons!

Random pictures

Here is a picture of Ryan's friend Alex, showing Emily his trophy. She is sporting a puddle jumping
attire. Totally suitable for a rainy/hot/sunny/muggy baseball day.
A close pastor friend of Jeff's from his childhood and his wife came to visit one night. We had a great visit! Here are some random pictures from our evening with the Simmons'. Oh, and our cat Slippers LOVES to lay on legos. Don't ask me why, I don't understand it either. :)
Here is Ryan's trophy, isn't it great! :)
And Emily loves to stand on Daddy's feet and walk with him. It's a blurry picture but I thought it was cute anyway.

Baseball!

Okay, when you're little this is how you get through hours and hours of your brother's baseball games: cold water, a nice chair, very little clothing, and cheetos. Remember that. You might need that information some day. :)
Ryan's team made it to the championship game, we were so thrilled! Especially so since they were sitting in the last spot during the season. They totally shocked us all! They ended up taking 2nd place and Ryan got a nice trophy for his dresser.
We're so proud of you Ryan!!!