Wood!

Joe has been working so hard on our wood supply here lately. I'm honestly so proud and thankful. These stacks of wood signify warmth and coziness to us during the cold winters here in Scotland. Dan has been such a good little helper. Daddy will split the logs with the axe and Dan (sometimes) helps stack them up.

Rainy Saturday Mornin'

Today was very rainy and Joe was away, so I pulled out a mattress and let the boys jump/bounce to their hearts content. It was a huge success (for Dan at leat...Caleb wasn't too sure). I loved watching Dan jump for about 30 minutes straight!

Note: Caleb has teeth! He is also pulling up to standing...he's so proud!

Bramble!

It's bramble season here (otherwise known as blackberry season to us :) We LOVE this time of year and all of the fruit that it brings. What's so exciting about the bramble is that they grow wildly and there are tons of them all over the village. Dan and I went bramble picking the other morning and found the most delicious patch! We came home full and delighted with our spoils. Here is Dan as he was seen picking away in the fielf...cowboy hat, boots and all. Look closely and you can detect the bits of purple all over his face :)

Hangin' with Dad

Walk around Kiltarlity

Joe took Dan on a walk around Kiltarlity. These are some views on the way to our church (under renovation) and the village hall (where we currently meet for church). Before coming home, Dan says ''hi'' to some cows :)

Shooting the Breeze with D-Man the Giant Slayer

Buddies (my captions don't match up...working on it)

Our two little guys are truly becoming buddies. Now that Caleb is crawling, it is more and more common for us to find them playing together. Caleb loves to laugh at Dan and Dan loves to well, ahem, tackle Caleb :) Usually Caleb doesn't mind and it really is a joy to see them becoming friends. Here are some of their adventures together:



Gone Fishin'


We turned our box into a boat and made fish and fishing poles. It was so fun to sit outside and splash around with the boys :)



Look at me!



Dan's not exactly sure that he's thilled with his fishing pole.



On Sunday afternoon, we took a walk down to the village park. Dan was delighted with his ''big surprise'' to accompany our walk...Mickey Mouse ice cream treats! We've been saving these for a sunny day. We don't know how many more we'll have so we all enjoyed the Sunday treat :)



Swing buddies



New tricks :)




Some cute close-ups...