July Pics II

Papa and his boys- Heath and Ezekiel.
My dad shaved his beard this summer and I have NEVER seen him without it before now. He started growing it when I was about 8 months old so I've only seen one picture that I can remember of him without a beard. He looked just like my papa Paul, his daddy, the first time I saw him.

Ezekiel spent a lot of time with my parents over the past few weeks. He went to my dad's swimming lessons and he had a blast. He got to play with Gaga and baby Heath all day and then in the evenings he got to go swimming with his papa. He's asked several times since he got back if he could go back to gaga and papa's house. Here he is getting some instructions from my daddy on how to kick, kick, kick your feet.

I'm ready mommy. Ezekiel could hardly wait to get in the water when swimming lessons started. He's not afraid of the water at all but does not have all the aspects of swimming coordinated yet. He was very disappointed this night when he found out he was only going to be in the water 40 minutes. He cried after it was over b/c he didn't want to get out.
On a side note, Damaris tried her hand this week at blowing bubbles in the bath tub. She is such a little copy cat and thinks she is so funny. She actually did a decent job and didn't suck too much up her nose. Hopefully I will have some pics of her to post soon. I don't know how Ezekiel stole the show this time.

July Pics

I took Ezekiel to visit my grandparents over the 4th of July. I wanted him to get to see the parade that I grew up going to each year. The parade started with a military plane and helicopter flying overhead, which was a neat way to get everyone excited about the 4th. I wasn't sure whether Ezekiel would like it or not b/c it can be kind of loud some times but he seemed to love every minute of it. The weather was great thankfully. We got to see lots of fire trucks, clowns, military men, Ronald McDonald, and a lot more. He really enjoyed collecting the candy once he realized almost everyone was throwing it out. Thankfully they threw out some freeze pops and water as well. This flag is the one thing I think Ezekiel wanted to most.

My grandma went to the parade with us. Isn't she beautiful! Ezekiel really enjoyed going to sit with her in the shade and talk to her. I love to hear him say grandma when he's talking about her or to her. It sounds sooooo sweet.

This pic is actually from Father's day I think. We got to spend time with our family in Blanch, NC. Ezekiel and Jason were playing with Jason's new water sprinkler that Jason got for his birthday. They are two silly boys.