July

Summer had been flying by and we have been staying busy - in one weekend, Andy flew to Colorado for a college buddy's wedding, I flew to Minnesota for my grandmother's funeral.  While it was tough to say goodbye, she was 91, and had lived a good long life.  The whole Stokesbary clan has not been together for some time, so it was good to catch up with the various cousins, aunts, uncles, etc.

Here are some pictures from the first half of July... 

Eating berry shortcake on the 4th of July

Eli eating corn right off the cob

The cousins at a July birthday gathering. 

Grant is pushing the mower...

 Ben is kicking a ball...

 and Eli is... well, walking around with a large stick, which made him very happy.

Here are my boys at the nearby park.  Ben has outgrown his little bike and is eagerly awaiting his new big boy bike to arrive in the mail next week.  I've also ordered up a balance bike for Eli, so he can keep up with us on walks.  We'll see.

And here are some videos (to tide grandma and grandpa over until our visit to MN in August!)

Ben has been a bit camera shy lately, so these are mostly of Eli.

First playing Ben's harmonica:

singing his "ABC's":

and singing some 'other' version of Itsy-Bitsy spider

and a few more alternative hits.

We have quite a bit in the works for the rest of the summer and weekends are filling up fast with various activities...  Still waiting to hear about the house in Dundee.  Hopefully, very soon!