A Barrel of Monkeys

Thursday, July 24, 2014

The Fourth with Family

July is really turning out to be a great month! Nothing but mild temperatures and a bit of rain (not to mention a weekend of fall temps from more of that Polar Vortex!) The Fourth of July brought us some special guests all the way from California! Oma and Opa!!!

Best view in town! Our back yard.

Swarm Street finally opened and our trail is complete!

We also caught up with some art in the SE Quad

A fun time was had by all.

The World Cup also finished up in July.

Watching USA being eliminated by Belgium
with 6,500 of our closest futbol friends on Mass Ave.

Argentina versus Deutschland in the finale!

Emmett really wanted die Manschaft to win...

And they did! 1:0, with a goal made in overtime!

Our neighborhood had a little block party hosted by Angie's List. D.D came to celebrate with us!

Also celebrating the opening of a new donut shop!

Jedi powers in the park

Breaking News!!!!

Emmett has take an interest in potty training! We are just letting him get warmed up with the potty and here we caught on film the first successful sit! Woo Hoo! Go Emmett go!!!!

Well, that's not what we were thinking when we say use the potty….
Silly Monkey!

Saturday, June 28, 2014

The Joys of June

This has been one busy month! We are barely keeping up!

Summer!

These two are headed for trouble on about 15 years….

Baby J: Dude, my Dad drinks this stuff and it's awesome...

Baby E: OK, give it here. Why in the world is it called champagne?

So many rainy days

Mama, Daddy, and Adelirim's parents went out on the town to celebrate conservation of animals.

How many adults does it take to figure out a bow tie?

We also got to celebrate Daddy on Father's Day. He is the best Daddy anyone can ask for!

Rooftop dinner date out

And then there's the World Cup. We rally up for USA and Germany.

Who do you want to win it all in Brazil?

Move over Tim Howard, there's a new keeper in town...

Daddy has joined our neighborhood team Real Fletcher Place for the new city futbol league.

Night out for the Book of Mormon

Monkey K's Harry Potter birthday party. We have started reading the books with Elias at night as part of summer reading per his request. We are also introducing the boys to all things Star Wars.

Their imaginations have gone wild!