So after six months (Rob) and 16 months (Drew and Britney) we all decided we needed haircuts. Well, we knew we needed haircuts before now, but hair grows slow, so procrastination is easy. Anyways, we were long overdue, and we knew a great person to do the job - my (Rob) friend Spencer's wife Lisa, who is finishing her piano performance masters at the UofU, and who also happens to do a pro job cutting hair.


Drew was awesome - calm and collected during the hair amputation (his first haircut ever).

Looking about 1 year older after the curly locks fell to the floor. Comb in hand, ready to impress the ladies.


Britney had been planning this for a while - donating her hair to Locks of Love. It had to be at least ten inches to donate, so she had to wait a long time for it to be long enough, but now someone else can use it for good.
No pictures of Rob, but hey - we know what he looks like with short hair, depending on how long you've known him.

I had to include pictures of the cake. Megan, who did the volcano cake at my birthday, made this cute plane cake for Drew's party.

Drew got his own plane cake, of course, and we took beginning, middle and end pictures. I think he did a good job eating the cake, and he didn't get too messy doing it. It's probably because he gave up using his hands and went for it face first.

Friday, we celebrated Drew’s first birthday since we had his grandma and grandpa in town. Drew was a little cranky at first and was tired of us grown ups telling him what to do. But as soon as his friends Jack and Eden came, he was all smiles the rest of the evening. He got some cool new toys that he is learning to share with others, and before we ate cake, he did a little “birthday dance” for us (it was more like wobbly walking with his birthday hat on). It was a great evening. Thanks to everyone who made his first birthday a special one. I can’t believe my little boy is one year old!

The day after Rob finished his board exams, we flew to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic with his family. The Club Med resort was so beautiful, and there was a ton of things to do each day. We each took turns windsurfing, sailing, archery, playing tennis and flying on the trapeze. Drew liked the pool the best and second to that was the beach. Rob and his siblings went on a wild safari excursion in the jungle and came back covered in mud and smiling. It was a great way to spend one week of Rob's vacation month.

Interesting sleeping position. Hanging on for dear life - from what, we will never know.

Drew finally decided that being able to reach things in a two foot circle around him was getting old, and has his legs now. Crawling makes him a very happy boy - but only until he wants to start walking with Mom and Dad holding his little hand. He's still working on the whole mechanics of crawling thing, and seems like he gets confused about whether he should be walking or crawling. Right now it's not pretty, but it gets the job done. Funny thing is, he's practically walking by himself now too.

Over the 4th of July weekend we visited my sister Ashley and her husband, Matt, in Philadelphia. We had a great time seeing the city and watching Drew experience many of his firsts like riding the subway, watching a softball game and playing on a life-size monopoly game piece. Rob even got to experience his first real Philly cheese steak sandwich, which sure was good. Other then getting the croup at the end of the trip, Drew had a great time. He especially loved having four people willing to walk with him wherever he wanted to go. When one of us would get tired, another would pick up where the previous one left off. On the fourth of July, we watched the downtown Philly parade in front of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence was signed and the Continental Congress met to create the Constitution. We sighted many former presidents like George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and even Abe Lincoln. Then that evening we heard a concert by Sheryl Crow and saw the fireworks in front of the art museum where the Rocky statue and stairs are. Thanks for such a fun trip Matt and Ashley.

The weekend after Memorial Day we went to Lake of the Ozarks. It was the first time we ventured out to go camping in Missouri - humidity, ticks, crowded campgrounds, chiggers didn't keep us away this time. It turned out great; weather was nice the whole time, we got to swim, explore caves (Drew did awesome, what a brave little man), hike, roast brats and make wicked good smores. I found 2 ticks (my first ever). Suckers are hard to rip off. Eeeeech. But we saw a cool snapping turtle crossing the road as we were driving away from the caves- I had to stop and get a picture, and resisted the tempation to mess with him. He didn't look like he wanted to be messed with in any way shape or form. But I missed my "grapes of wrath" shot of him crossing the road, because there were other people out watching him too, and they were standing in the way. And the campground neighbors weren't too annoying. Probably 5/10 on the redneck scale for the following - bare belly making bonfires +2, loud drunken couple cussfest +2, and generator noise from sunset to 10PM +1. But we'll be back. We love camping!