Summertime... and the livin's easy

Since summer's coming to an end (sniff!) I realized I have been quite the slacker with blogging. I will now attempt to provide you with my own version of "What I Did on My Summer Vacation". Try to keep up!

First off, I (Sarah) am the Children's Minister at our church. This means I was in charge of the infamous Vacation Bible School. The week was great; 23 kids and 2 accepting Christ! Since our theme was Beach Blast, we ended the week with a Water Day, complete with an 18-foot-tall water slide. Jonah had a great time!

He also tried on Aunt Kay's sunglasses. Cool guy!

We made a day trip to the Cockrell Butterfly Center at the Museum of Natural Science. Jonah really enjoyed seeing the butterflies (and trying to grab them)!

See the little bowl in the corner of the cage? Those would be Cheerios, also known as baby magnets. I seriously think my child has a built-in radar for finding those things!

"Ooooh!!"

Jeremy was a little startled...

I'm usually the photographer but every now and then Mommy sneaks in a picture!

Jeremy was trying to get this butterfly to crawl on his head. I think Jonah was working on his "smolder."

This is why Jeremy loves being home in the summer!

The next couple of pics were from my brother's house. We came over July 3rd to play in the kiddie pool and the slip 'n' slide.

These are some of Jonah's big boy p.j.'s. He looks SO old!!

Our city has installed a few splash pads around town. We tried one out with a family from our church. Jonah had a great time playing in the water, as did Daddy.

Jonah also got to meet Daddy's Grandpa this summer. We're so glad we got to spend some time with him!

Such a cool dude!

Someone loves his blueberries!

He loves any kind of guitar! Here's Uncle Stephen (and Jonah's oldest cousin) showing him how to rock. Let's hope he ends up cooler than Rivers Cuomo! : )

A friend of ours is a firefighter with HFD. He invited us to tour the station and see the trucks. Jonah had so much fun seeing everything. I think we need to go back now, though, since he's since learned to make engine sounds whenever he sees a truck or a wheel!

Jonah telling Justin about the fire engine:

Future firefighter?

These last ones are just random ones taken in the backyard with the sprinkler. This kid LOVES the water!! I don't know what we'll do when it gets too cool!

So that's our summer in a nutshell. Now I've got to get things ready for Jonah's FIRST BIRTHDAY!! I still cannot believe he will be 1 year old on Saturday! Expect an update soon!

Family Photo Shoot

While we were in Dallas this past week (see next post for details), Jeremy's sister, Christy, took some family pictures for us. She does an awesome job and it's so special to have someone we love capturing these moments. Jonah's growing up so fast!! Check out our handsome boy:

We couldn't pass up the bear statues since we always call him "Jonah Bear" or "El Oso" ("The bear" in Spanish)

This is Jonah's "stinkface." It was absent for a while, but apparently it's making a comeback...

He LOVES his Daddy!!

Jonah trying to do "The Lobster."

His thinking pose

To Grandmother's (and Aunt Christy's) houses we go!

Why is this baby smiling? Because we were hittin' the road!

This past week we were out of town visiting family. We went to Dallas to visit Jeremy's sister and her family, then to Wichita Falls, TX, to visit my grandparents, then back to Dallas to break up the trip a little more.

Overall, it was a great trip! Jonah is not as wonderful of a sleeper when he's not in his bed, though. : ( Poor baby (and poor mommy & daddy!!). He is a pretty good traveller anyway. The more mobile he is, though, the less time he wants to spend in the car seat, so we have to get creative about keeping him entertained.

This silly green snake is one I had to buy for a children's lesson at church. It cost $1 at WalMart but it provided hours of entertainment for this silly little boy!

Once he was over the snake, he moved on to Mommy's glasses. He also helped us discover that those baby snack containers are not really spill-proof. Cheerios. Everywhere.

Once we got to Grandma & Grandpa's house, it was playtime!! He loved cruising around and crawling up and down the step into the living room.

Grandma enjoyed playing, too!

Jonah had his first cheeseburger while we were there. From the looks of it, I think he enjoyed it. : )

He loves playing with Daddy!

Grandma gave him some yummy lemon pound cake!

For those of you who know what I (Sarah) looked like as a baby, this pic may look familiar. I always hear how much he looks like his handsome daddy, but this pic definitely shows Mommy's genes.

This isn't the best pic but it is excellent proof of how hard Jonah played at Grandma's. If you look above his right eye, you'll see that it's red and swollen. Poor baby got a little too excited about the piano!

Bathtime!!

Playing with Grandpa

On our way to Aunt Christy & Uncle Jarid's. I think he was ready for a snack...

Can you tell he likes to chew things? This was taken while swimming in Aunt Christy's kiddie pool on their deck.

His cousin gave him quite a few kisses!

Hangin' with Mommy

Our wonderful hosts!!

Jonah was exhausted from another day of swimming in a big pool. I told you he loves the snake!!

Guess where we stopped on the way home!

On the way back, Daddy came up with a great idea to give Jonah a snack and occupy him at the same time. He put Cheerios on the tail of the snake. Jonah had a great time figuring out the new "toy".

Sweet baby!

We had a wonderful trip, but we are so thrilled to be home!!