Fun in the Water!

After the Father's Day fishing excursion, we headed back to hang out at grams and gramps house. It was so hot - nothing like a little water to get the kids cooled off and happy! Jasper was sure to start the "high 5" trend. Him and Syd would go get wet from the hose and then head off to give gramps a "high 5" - Jasper is very serious about his "high 5" actions...he's got it down!

Happy 2nd Fathers Day!

Jasper P has an awesome daddy, that's for sure! And today was the day to celebrate it! Adam started out early fishing about 5 a.m. with the guys in Stuart, including his dad, Paul, brother-n-law, Ken, and Uncle John. The women and kids met up with the guys out at Lake Anita.

We had a little brunch (Jasper even gave Uncle John a kiss - he never kisses guys! It was TOO CUTE) And we got to go back down to the lake and see the big catch of the day - Paul's 5 lb. catfish! After that, Jasper needed a nap so we started the journey back to Stuart. We ended up falling asleep in the car and grams took us for a longer adventure than we had anticipated, but she made up for it by buying the kids (and us) ice cream!

Jasper got his dad a router and hopes he will be able to use it for many more projects that he enjoys doing, such as the beautiful wooden flower box that he made for our deck.

Happy Father's Day to all those dads out there! Even to my dad who is not here to celebrate. I'm so thankful for all those days that I did have to celebrate with him and hope that I can remember to share my dad's stories with Jasper, so he knows what his grandpa Rick was like!


And especially to Jasper's Daddy - Happy Father's Day! We love you!!

Picking Cherries

Jasper decided to help grams pick some cherries - he was a very good helper. He really enjoyed smashing the cherries more than anything, but there were a couple that he was able to leave in-tact while putting into grams' bucket. He also enjoyed eating them - 'tartness' and all!

Altoona Night at the Races

The Chamber sponsored an Altoona Night at the Races and the Gillespies came down to join us out at Prairie Meadows. Adam and Kyl's golf tourney that day got rained out, but luckily the weather cleared off just in time for the races to begin. Pictures include Jasper finding the puddles!!! And a picture of Adam and Kyl walking with all the kids - Ami and I thought it was funny - they were one big, happy family!

Park, wheel barrows, and my favorite basketball

Jasper and I went to Village Park in Altoona while Adam was shooting the copper creek triathalon. He loved the motorcycle ride-on toy... bounce, bounce, bounce! Oh, and I tried to take a cute photo of just him and I. As you can see, he was not interested in that one bit. There were people to be watched and he could not be bothered (hmmmm...people watcher....wonder where he gets that from - ADAM!)

A couple pictures of daddy taking Jasper P on a wheelbarrow ride around the yard - don't know who enjoyed it more - Jasper P, cozmo, or mommy and daddy watching the look on his face! He was half-terrified and half-smiley! Oh wait, maybe I was the terrified one...hoping he didn't fall forward!

And a picture of his new favorite basketball to go with his basketball hoop from cousin Syd. We went to Sports Authority for Adam to get some new running shoes and found this b-ball. Jasper got this huge smile on his face when I showed it to him and we had to get it, so now he can actually shoot baskets with a b-ball rather than a soccer ball.

My First Crayons

We picked up some handy crayons for Jasper P. They are round and have a fun character's face on them. He tested them out and got a little crazy with an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper so I decided just to cover the kitchen table in newspaper and let him draw wherever he wanted. Soon enough, he did discover that he liked the way the crayons tasted almost as much as he liked coloring with them :)

Brenda's Wedding

Brenda Vitzhum (high school friend of Adams) got married in Cancun and celebrated their reception at the Fort Des Moines Museum. It was a beautiful evening for an outdoor wedding and we had a great time! If you look closely, we got a picture of Jasper's tears on his face. He was not wanting to stop playing outside and get into the car to head to a wedding, but he ended up having a great time once we arrived.

The location was nice, except for one minor detail - a HUGE wading pool and sloping water fountain - that stretched almost the entire length of the reception area. We were all dressed in our wedding attire and had to keep a watchful eye on Jasper P as he was very intrigued by the water ALL night. Luckily, Quinn McMurray was there along with Noah and Sam, so he had some friends to keep him occupied. in one picture Quinn is loving her cupcake and in another picture, the McMurray's were getting ready to leave - as you can see - Quinn got a little too happy in the water and ended up falling in the fountain :)