The Snow Family

Keira loves going to her Aunt Kathy's house. She gets to eat corn on the cob and play with a fun scooter.

Keira used to just love Ryder from afar. She would hug and kiss him, but wouldn't really want to hold him. Lately, she wants to hold him all the time.

Isn't Roger a good dad? He does a great job fixing Keira's hair. And she will sit still for as long as she needs to as long as she gets the water bottle to suck on while we're doing it. Ryder loves his daddy, too.

We love to walk to the park just below our house. Keira will play for a little while, but she especially loves pushing the stoller around. Poor Ryder gets quite a ride sometimes, and he doesn't always love them. But Keira will check up on him and try to make him feel better before she begins pushing again. This last picture of Keira was taken in our back yard.

We just realized that we don't have any current pictures of Ryder, so here are a couple. We had to get a picture of his toes. He can seriously spread them apart. I figure with a spread like that, he should be walking by 7 months!

So it's the right time of the year for our apricot tree to start producing, and we are definitely getting more than we can eat from our single tree. Keira and Dad like to go play in the backyard and glut themselves on the fruit. Keira decided that she didn't want Frostee to feel left out, so she'll pick some apricots and then feed them to her. I'm sure that does wonders for the dog's bowels. It's all fine though, canine fecal disposal is dad's job.

We went back to Missouri in July to visit the fam, and to bless Ryder. We actually flew back this time, (thanks to Mom and Dad Goodman), instead of braving the 2 day drive, so the travelling was much more bearable. Here's a little photo report of our trip: Grandpa and Ryder Grandma and Keira Keira and Dad Fishing All of the Cousins in the dune buggy, (note Keira working on her rally car racing career)