sweet boy

While Noah was napping yesterday, I was busy cooking and cleaning for his party. I told Eli that he could watch TV or play DS, but he said he wanted to help me. He cleaned up all the toys, put treat bags together, and straightened furniture. After he went to sleep last night, I taped a note to his door thanking him for being such a great helper. Today he told me that he put a note on my bedroom door, but I wasn't supposed to look at it until tomorrow (it's almost midnight). "Mom-

I love you giving me lots of things to do

from: Eli"

one more party

How old are you?

Robin plane




How do you decorate for a "Robin" party???
Grandma gets VERY creative, and
cousin Tyler paints Robin!
I see a room redecorating project in my near future!

July 22nd

birthday boy lounging in Grandma's pool

pizza picnic by the pool
(it was so humid that my camera lens was foggy)

1st present

Iowa fun

Well...it was fun until Eli decided to get car sick on the way home. Luckily, we made it to a rest stop.

DAY 1

Adventureland with Grace, Jake, and Chase
DAY 2
pool and splash park with Jake and Chase

Annual Truax Gathering

=FUN!! Austin was in charge of throwing the target ball
for the bocce players.

Eli & Austin tubing

Annual Fishing Derby

what is this???

Yesterday, Noah had a big rash on the side of his neck. Today, I found this circle on his leg (click to enlarge).

4th of July

Joel was on call for work and had to stay home all weekend. The boys and I met Craig, Jen and kids at my parents' on Friday. Saturday we all went to Krista and Brent's for Drew's 5th b-day. Eli

NoahUnfortunately after Sat., my pictures ended and so did the boys' lake activities. Not only does Eli not like bugs, he now claims that he doesn't like to get wet. Noah has decided that he should be just like his brother. They did however enjoy the 4th of July campfire and watching fireworks from the pontoon.

shark teeth

Someone is getting ready to lose a tooth, and he's pretty excited (try to ignore the food in his other teeth; we just had snack). What does the Tooth Fairy pay for teeth these days???