We have a silk tree in our house. It used to be upstairs, but Sam would always crawl over and pull out all the moss in the basket, and eventually pull the whole tree over on himself! So, we moved it to the bottom of the stairs where we never go. Well, the other day Sam found it again and grabbed a huge wad of moss. I promptly signed & told him "No." This video shows his response. I guess he was trying to tell me that he got the point.

I know all you moms out there are thinking I'm crazy, but I think it's so cute to see & hear him say "NO!". I'm sure in a few months it won't be so cute, but he's my first child & I'm going to enjoy it while I can! :)

City of Rocks

In mid-June my sister & her family came out from Texas, so my dad put together a camping trip to the City of Rocks National Park in Idaho.

This is tiny Kaela. Have you ever seen a cuter smile?

We found this great picture spot. This is Maggie, Dane, Kaela & Jonathan.

Some of the guys climbed to the top of Bath Rock.

Here's John, J.M., Laren & Martin

Family Picture.

Sam loved crawling around all the rocks.

We brought bikes, scooters & trailers and rode them around the campground.

J.M. took Sam & Tyler for a trailer ride. I think they were in there for almost 30 minutes! The both loved it as long as they were moving. J.M. got a workout!

Kaela & Sam sitting on Grammy's lap & eating crackers while waching the show.

And here's the show. It consisted of a "solitare run" which Wesley was amazing at! But all of his brothers were pretty good, too, and of course they get it from their Dad! There was also a parade of bicycles going around the loop.

This is Sam's dream machine! It's cousin Sadie's trike. Only he didn't quite know how to make it go, so he just sat on it like this for about 10 minutes, with his helmet, just in case he fell off!

But he's a pro on his scooter!

Bath Time...

This is a total John-Michael look... Like Father, like son!

And here's the 'just teasing!' look that he also gets from J.M.
It always follows the previous, serious look.

...and my favorite, Sam just kickin' it in the tub.

Just when I think it's not possible to be any cuter...

Sam sure loves his Dad, and I love watching them together.