is summer over yet?

please don't remind me in june that i said this in september, but i'm SO ready for summer to be over.  i feel like we haven't stopped moving for three months.  we're enjoying nice indian summer weather and have been swimming most days for the past two weeks.  all the same, i'm ready for weather that requires us to stay put for awhile.  seriously, i'm embarrassed to write this.  i'm not sure why i'm sharing.  i'm going to stop.  yosemite in july sometime:

johnism (yes, i said john)

just a clarification on this post, as some of you have expressed confusion ... john was looking for me to reciprocate his compliment.  when i didn't, he simply filled in what his reply would have been to the compliment.  hopefully you can now find the humor too.

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john: "amy, thanks for putting up with me..."

amy: (ever so brief a silence)

john: "...and you're welcome"

amy: (laughing and laughing some more ... still laughing as i type this)

funny guy.

love these guys

colorado cousins

john's cousin got married and we headed out for the festivities ... here are some of the pictures of his ginormous family.  i guess when your mom is one of twelve kids, that's what happens ...

jackism

... changing his diaper after his nap ...

"i so proud of you mommy"

"really jack, why are you proud of mommy, what did she do?"

"i just love you mommy & i so proud of you"

ahhh ... terrible twos?  not him ... so sweet!  (in some other post i'll list his "are you fricking kidding me??" personality traits)

camping ... months ago ... i am procrastinating

holy crap!

somewhere in there jack turned 2 and i missed it!  i'm going to mommy purgatory ... (as you can see from the photos, when left to my own devices i happily revert to the "jumpies save all parties" approach, i also don't take as many pictures when flying solo ... there may be something to this joint party approach we took for aidan)

1-2-3 - Four!

i need to say that i do realize the number of pictures you're about to see of a four year old's birthday party is overkill.  however thanks to the creative mind of blake's mommy (and the internet), aidan's party that he shared with blake was pretty awesome.  i feel i wouldn't be doing it justice if i didn't post all of these.  (you can click on the obstacle course picture to make the font bigger)