camera in hand!

I don't always carry around my camera but I have this week. It has been fun to capture some of our every day moments. Lots going on with everyone!

On June 30th Dave had $100 left on his meal card and it would go to 0 on July 1st so we went down to the hospital and met him for dinner. We spent all the $ on his card! The kids got a meal and several snacks each. The food is way over priced ($2 for a single granola bar, $3 for cup of fruit) so it was easy for it to all add up. The kids thought it was so fun to get to eat whatever they wanted.

Right after we met up with Dave we heard a lullaby over the speaker in the hospital. Dave said every time a baby is born they play the lullaby (about 10 seconds). Clare asked, "What do they play when somebody dies?"  Our answer: "Um, Clare, we don't really celebrate when somebody dies." She is a funny girl. I'm not sure if it is just natural child curiosity, having a dead grandma or having a dad who has patients die frequently, but she is very interested in death.

Lexey had her first piano lesson with Christine. She did great sitting for the 30 minutes. She has already been practicing a bunch and doing her theory at home and setting a good example of not crying during piano practice! :)

Cute JoJo wearing Clare's "bobbles"

We had some friends over to swim! Janis and her girls were visitning from El Salvador and the Boles girls came over for the day. It was super fun!

We had a handy man over fixing a few things and Calvin said "Mom, I love all the weapons!" I said, "Calvin, they are called tools."  His reply, "yes but I love violence."

The kids followed him around and watching him work for about 3 hours. Poor guy! He was very patient with them!

Love my little JoJo! Turning 2 this week!

We went to the science center with some friends. We've had passes for 2 years and they expire at the end of this month. It has been great. We've really enjoyed going there.
Jo loved the shopping cart.

Lex built a house - she was very proud.

Clare and Hallie built a city (don't have a pic of the finished product but it was very impressive with lots of buildings such as school, hospital, etc)