bathtime fun

first, a big slobbery grin.

his turn

her turn

all together now



diedre took on washing ezekiel's hair

welcome little missy salmon

diedre is showing missy the stamp on her hand

ezekiel is loving little missy too



ezekiel loves animals

coming in for a pet

ezekiel does a little furniture walking

missy enjoying the rest of daddy's milk

ezekiel used the pet carrier as a walker, step, step, slide, step, step, slide. it was very cute!

he can almost pick his nose! wow! what an amazing feat :P
he actually learned to clap yesterday!

"i'm gonna get you, mommy!"

Grandpa Gagne's Birthday Celebration

miles, andrew and diedre

eating plums

Daddy's GQ pose

uncle andrew

hop hop hop. Grandpa said he wants to write numbers on all the cement pads so the kids can jump in sequence



my two gorgeous guys

miles kept giving ezekiel hugs, but i couldnt get around to the other side for a picture before he ran off

man to man

rowing a boat together

making friends

diedre & i met some new friends at the park. diedre has never REALLY taken to someone this fast, so it was pretty cute. i am always on the lookout for people with girls around diedre's age as i mostly know people with boys her age. this particular family also has a baby boy, 2 months older than ezekiel. hopefully we will connect again.

quick visit to grandma's house

beautiful flowers on the way to "walk 'a' park" as diedre still says (she can say "to" but she started saying walk "a" park when she was littler). other diedre-isms are to call "Grandpa", "Poppa" and my mom's dog "Odie" she calls "Willy."



she said "i dancing!"

enjoying or rather, enjoying avoiding the sprinkler

my little lionness running!

gabe's 2nd birthday party

the mellengers have pictures from the party...these are mine from before my batteries died...argh:

chillin' with the adults. ezekiel was sick so i brought his own toys and kept him away from the kids.

getting in on the conversation

oooh, i love this lambie rug! so soft!

big smiles even for a sickie baby :(

happy 8 months, little dude!

here he is, like the salmon men before him, showing off how tough he is. You know what i'm talking about Grandpa Salmon!

family fotos





the super silly side of the salmons



brushing together

i look disheveled because i just spent the evening with 40 preschoolers!!!

a little bit of random cuteness

looking thoughtful

pardon me?

daddy like oversized food...it was a really tasty cookie!

"i'm gonna get you!" ezekiel has really mastered crawling just before hitting the 8 months old mark.


note his signature "zeke the squeak" noise!


i was doing vbs for 5 nights in a row and derek watched the kids. it was great for all of us. it was a western theme, so here, diedre is trying on the cowboy hat i wore each night.