Summer 'O Fun... take 2

Oh ya... I started something way back, huh? Take 1, there has to be a continuation, right?! Well, here we go... Well, of course we made more trips to the Colorado Springs zoo... OUR zoo.

More terrifying moments in the grip of the giant bear:

Chase

Aiden

And in case it's not clickable, here's a close-up! :)

And before you think I'm just mean and evil for finding pleasure in the above picture (ok, maybe I am!) the boys do this pose almost everytime we go to OUR zoo. This time, for some reason, Aiden thought he was going to fall, hence the face. It's so priceless, though, don't you think?

our friends, Megan and Trevin (I know, cute overload!)

our other equally adorable friend (and son/brother to Megan and Trevin) Talan, the giraffe.

And last, but not least, their handsome son/ brother, Tyler! :)

My very own snow leopards... dangerous, scary snow leopards, I should add! ;)

climbing through the wolf tunnel...

Aiden

Chase...

Cousin, Laura

Running into scary animals who have escaped from their cages... ok, just kidding! :) Our friends, the Malans with their cute little grandson!

These are just a few of our adventures at our zoo. Anyone want to join us? After this pictorial, how could you NOT?! :)

My laughing place

We got a flier in the mail from Geico... The boys wanted me to cut the picture of the stack of money with the eyes on top and glue it to a popsicle stick for a "puppet". After playing with them for a while, Aiden set his down and then couldn't remember where he put it. I had to laugh as he wandered around the house asking, "Hey, where'd my guy go?" Guy-go? Get it?! ha, ha, ha


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Whenever my dad says or does something that my mom thinks is inappropriate, she says, "Dennnnnnnis" with this kind of disgusted/ chastising tone. Well, Aiden has adopted it as a "catch-all" for anything and everyone who says or does something inappropriate. Like today, we were sitting at the table eating and Karam said, "I have a great idea... After we eat, we should ALL take a nap!" Aiden immediately responded with, "Dennnnnnnis!" Guess he didn't think it was such a great idea! :)


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The other day we were just sitting around in the living room after getting out of bed. Chase, just out of the blue, said, "Dad, you don't has a neck." Karam and I just looked at each other and laughed. :)

An earthly home complete with singing and dancing...

My boys love to entertain me. Aiden likes to dance. (You may remember his cute little "booty dance" that I posted previously.) Well, he's recently started going to the piano bench and pulling out the music for "Fur Elise" and asking, "Mom, will you please play this? It's soooo beautiful!" So I comply. Don't pay too much attention to my playing as I made plenty of mistakes... AND the foot is just Chase's way of trying to steal away a little of Aiden's attention! ;) Everytime I play it for him, Aiden dances for me.

Instead of dancing around, Chase sings... and sings... and sings. His two favorites these days are "I Love to See the Temple" and "I am a Child of God". He sang the first for me on camera... He gets a few words wrong, but when I've tried to correct him, he says, "I just want to sing it wrong". Very well, then. :) There is one part I haven't tried to correct, just because I think with his faith and innocence, it could be more accurate. (To "see" the Holy Spirit rather than "feel") :)

After Chase's performance, Aiden wanted to sing so here's a video of Aiden. He couldn't make up his mind which song he wanted to sing and then when did decide on one and realized he mixed up the words, he just sang a little softer so maybe you can't tell. ;)

I'm so grateful for these two little guys. They are the GOOD things in my life! :) I'm not so sure they feel the same, as evidenced by Chase's version of "I Am a Child of God". He inadvertently?combined a couple verses to come up with this, "I am a child of God, and He has sent me here. Has given me an earthly home, that I have to endure"... :) Good luck with that, my son. Good Luck!