Summer Fun!

Summer has been packed with a ton of fun! Claire is growing so fast. Her vocabulary has expanded so much and her comprehension is amazing. Following are pictures from the last couple months.

Swings and the zoo with Allie

 Showing her skills at Larry and Kelly's house

 Cousin Gabe's birthday party. Can you tell they are related? :)

At the beach with the Fredricksons. Claire loves the taste of sand.

 Trying on Daddy's sweatshirt.

Camping and boating with the Elliotts. Poor Claire in her life jacket. But she loved the boat and was a champ sleeping in the tent! She also went swimming in a lake for the first time and loved it!

 At the water park. Looks like she lost a leg... we call this pic "stumpy."

God has definitely been good! I had one of the scariest moments of my life last week. I was leading my Step class and one of my beloved participants had a heart attack in class. Along with some wonderful members at the gym, we were able to shock him with an AED and he is alive and doing really well! Glory to God! I know He watches over us every day but I sure felt it that day. 

I will instruct you and lead you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you

Psalm 32:8

Pictures, pictures, pictures!

The last few months have been as busy as ever! Nick's co-workers have been teaching him bits and pieces of Spanish. The Courthouse always has something new for me and that right now is Spartan Training, training small groups of 12 in high intensity/short duration workouts. Claire has been having lots of adventures this summer. She spends most of her days at the park and playing hide and seek. She loves to sing and dance! She now requests songs by "name." Okay so they may be called "ooo ooo baby" or "vroom vroom" but we know what she means. We also were able to take a quick vacation to MN. It was nice to just chill out for a while. Claire loved being at the park every day! Here are some pictures from the last couple months.

Playing hide and seek

At the gym in childcare 

Out to eat with Mom and Dad

America's next top model

Somersaults

Throwing rocks in the lake

Playing with cousin Ainsley

Checking out Grandpa Hill's truck

Carousel at the mall

 First ice cream cone at Wells Drug

Mapping out the airport

On the way back to Oregon