The Snow Family

Keira has decided that her favorite thing to do is jump the stairs. She is progressively jumping further and further, to the point that it is starting to make me a bit nervous. Ryder, of course, loves every minute of it and thinks that he can do anything big sister can do. I know...his shirt is disgusting.

Keira is practicing her wakeboarding stance. Good thing Aunt Kathy is so Super Fine, otherwise she may not have been so excited to have a picture of her in a swimsuit posted online. But this is the only picture we have of the boat that was once ours...an awesome little Mastercraft. We have a lot of good memories on that boat and we are glad that Uncle Mike and Aunt Kris bought it so that they will have good memories in it, too!

After getting dunked a few times, Ryder started getting really confident in the water. He wanted to go everywhere by himself and would walk around in water up to his chin like it was nothing. Keira....America's next swimsuit model? We were a bit hesitant at first, but thought we'd start getting the kids to go all the way under the water in the hope that they would get used to the water quicker. Ryder did really well and actually kind of liked it. Keira did much better than we thought she would. She didn't cry when she came back out, but she wasn't about to let me do it again. The kids sometimes take a few minutes to warm up to the water. This little sprinkler section works like a charm!

Keira waited all week to ride one of Grandpa's horses. She finally got to ride Brownie and she was so excited she could hardly stand it. In Utah, she only gets to ride the carousel horses after we are done shopping. She liked the real thing even better! Grandma and Grandpa's new house is right by the river. Grandma takes all the grandkids and cools off in the water. Keira and Ryder are catching pollywogs and crawdads with their cousin, Avery. It was hot and muggy in Missouri, so we really liked spending time at Stockton Lake. The kids liked the water ok, but liked playing in the sand the best. You can see that Ryder had his own bucket, but preferred Keira's pink one. He may be little, but he was clearly big enough to send Keira into meltdown mode. We lit fireworks on the 4th of July in Everton at Grandma and Grandpa's new house (and no...that's not it in the background). Keira loved her little sparklers, but wasn't about to relinquish the hold she had on the...

Keira and Ryder love to pick flowers. Sadly, the flowers around my house don't last long. Ryder picks them by the handfuls. He will run over to give them to me, and then run back for more. You can see how my flower bushes are mostly green stalks. The few blooms that are left are the ones that managed to remain intact before I beat the kids off of them.

Keira loves her Daddy!