Summer fun -
Pic #1 - Fun at Natalie's house in St. Louis. Natalie, Mark and Sue came home 1 week after we did. She was at the same orphanage in Kharkov.
Pic #2 &4 - CJ is a little fish. These were taken at the pool in St. Louis. We now have a season pass to our city pool. It is basically a small water park in addition to a pool.
Pic #3 - He wants to ride my bike every time we go into the garage.
Pic #5 - The lawn is looking better than normal for this time of year. I wonder why??
Pic #6 - Fun with his bubble machine
Pic #7 - Smelling mommy's flowers, and then picking one.
Pic #8 - He learned how to use the squirt gun yesterday.

Road trip Part II
Pic #1 - Posing in front of some wildflowers. He was guilty of picking a few.
Pic #2 - CJ's first trip to Colorado, Hobbes' 9th trip, and Sassy's 13th trip.
Pic #3 - Stretching legs at Monarch pass.

CJ's first road trip to Colorado -
Pic #1 - He has a desire to copy almost anything that we do. It was clean up time on our lot at Arrowhead.
Pic #2 - Grandma's Colorado house.
Pic #3 - CJ had been burning the candle at both ends. He was getting about 2 hours less sleep per night, plus he was in constant motion, he crashed for a 4 hour nap on the recliner. That night he asked to go to bed. That has never happened before.
Pic #4,6,8 & 10 - At the North Pole - Colorado Springs. Pic # 4 is the highest Ferris wheel in the world. Pic #6 riding the gondola overseeing the railroad. Pic #8 - Having fun on the slide. Pic #10 - Getting to see Santa at his house at the North Pole.
Pic #5 - This deer was stalking us on our lot. We are pretty sure that she had just given birth to a fawn. At one point she got within about 10 feet of us.
Pic #7 & 9 - He did very well in the car. Bringing books and some stuffed animals really helped.