Samuel's Birthday

Samuel is ONE! His birthday was a little scattered, since we were gone to the reunion on his actual birthday, but it was fun.

Party:

Samuel did not know what to do about the candle, so Sophia helped him blow it out.

He enjoyed pushing his sister around on his toy car.

Gifts:

Sophia had to help, of course. If she'd had her way, she would have opened them all by herself.

Cake Smash:

He started out not so excited, and even got upset when he got it all over him.

Then we gave him a fork, and he was happy.

Happy birthday to my sweet boy!

Brandt Family Reunion

This year the Brandt Family Reunion was held at a fun little Ranch in Birdseye. We had a lot of fun with everyone in an enormous house!

Samuel was thrilled to go walking around outside.

Sophia had fun playing with all of her cousins.

It was a cowboy theme.

We did marshmallow guns.

And we also did family pictures.

Crazy July

We had quite a busy July! I'll post the highlights, then do separate posts for the big events.

 Sophia was an airplane.

Samuel played with a basketball bigger than his head.

We shared some Cheerios.

We made a "tent."

We played in a rainstorm.

We made pizza. 

We watched parades.

Including the one on TV.

And we were just plan cute. :)

Picture Dump

More Happy Swimsuit Days:

At Grandma's 50th birthday party:

Cute kids:

Outdoor fun:

Say cheese:

Summer fun!

We finally pulled out the water table and had a "Happy Swimsuit Day!" (Sophia's invention.) Both of the kids LOVE it!

I love Samuel's face here!

We also had our monthly family dinner at a park, and Sophia had so much fun playing with her cousin Janeyi.

In other news, Samuel is walking now, though he still does a lot of crawling too. We're looking forward to his first birthday in just a few weeks. And we're excited for the all the fun we'll be having this summer!

Zoo

We went with Grammy and Papa to the zoo last month. Everyone had a lot of fun! Sophia especially loved riding on the electric cart, and Samuel was thrilled to sit in the front of the double stroller for a change.

They both loved the carousel.

We can't wait to go back!