It’s hot, really hot (80 right now and supposed to get up to 89 later).

Maggie and Luke had check-ups on Tuesday and both got shots, so they’ve been a little crabby the past two days.

Adam thinks he’s going on 14 instead of 4 and has had a terrible attitude (or Adam-tude as we call it) lately. To be fair though, his routine is all out of whack (or non-existent) and we’ve had a lot going on the past couple weeks. We’ve had a few “he’s lucky he’s cute” moments though.

Luke has been in full on Sherman mode lately. It is amazing how quickly that child can find trouble.

I haven’t updated the website in forever (mainly because we were on vacation last week – which was awesome, more on that later).

I have about 3 loads of laundry to fold and put away and another 2 loads that need to be done (casualties of vacation).

That pretty much sums up life here right now.

So right now I am going to gather my troops and retreat to the air conditioned bedrooms. We’ll see if Sherman lets me get the laundry folded.

Yesterday was a really great day. The kids woke up in awesome moods.

Adam, Maggie, and I went to church and all three of us were well-behaved.

Some friends stopped by for a quick visit after we got home. Samuel is six months older than Maggie (and pretty darn cute).

Later some other friends came over for dinner. We hadn’t seen them in over a year and it was so nice to catch up. The kids had a blast playing outside and their daughter, JJ, is such a sweetie. Watching her run around and play made me extra excited to see our little girl grow (but not too fast Maggie).

This last picture was taken in March of 2012, what a difference 15 months makes!

Pretty sure I see two of them!

Luke was being particularly Sherman-like today.  Here he is in timeout because he hit Adam.

Miss Maggie is not in timeout, though she looks very serious about something.

And here’s Adam showing off the city he made during rest time. It had a garden, a zoo, a fix-it shop, and a market (among other things).

Adam: “Mom, can you put a show on for me while you make lunch? I want to watch Barney, the dinosaur Barney, not Barney Fife.”

Today we played outside. Here Luke is telling me that it’s starting to rain.

This is how I found Adam sleeping during rest time – on the floor, half in his empty hamper.

Adam and I ran some errands tonight – just the two of us. When we went in to Old Navy he immediately jumped in to the mannequin display and told me to find him. I pretended it was more difficult that it really was, the kid sort of stands out.

Last month, when Dave’s parents were visiting, we went to the children’s zoo near our house. We got there just in time to visit the goat maternity ward and see the baby goats.

Then we went to check out some other animals. The boys had fun feeding the deer and the fish (thanks Grandma & Grandpa for getting the food for them).

This peacock impressed us all as he was strutting around.

And no trip to the children’s zoo is complete without spending some time in the playground area.

On the way out the boys used up the last of the crackers. This picture makes me laugh because it captured their personalities so perfectly. Adam trying to get away from the alpaca, and Luke luring it closer with a treat. (Edit: Dave says it’s a llama, I am sticking with alpaca.)

Maggie wasn’t too interested in the animals or the play area. She was content being snuggled by her grandma.