photo-a-day Summer 2011

9.4.11 (Labor Day)

Anne & Sam, on the banks of the Cloquet River, thus concluding this summer’s photo-a-day

one more for good measure…Sam’s first s’more

9.1.11

first day of school

8.29.11
Daddy and Sam goofing on the porch

8.28.11

8.27.11
double birthday boys

8.26.11

8.25.11
visit to the lock and dam

8.24.11
planning attire for our family photos, take 3

8.23.11
more fun with the butterflies

8.22.11
releasing our first monarch

8.21.11 (photo credit: I don’t know who took this picture, but it wasn’t me)
Brynn’s baptism

8.20.11
Leila

8.19.11

8.18.11

8.17.11

8.16.11
my babe fell asleep in Grandma’s arms at the beach

8.15.11
cooling off in the Duluth heat @ Gparents’ house

8.14.11

8.13.11
Mill City ruins. The search continues for the elf…

8.12.11
Gold Metal Park mirror fun

8.11.11

8.10.11 (photo credit: a stranger)
riding in the backseat of a fire engine @ Lynnhurst summer fest

8.9.11

8.8.11
sun flare

8.7.11

8.6.11
daddy changing a stinky at Mnhaha Falls

8.5.11
borrowed slip’n slide

8.4.11
splash pad. Could they look any more thrilled to be there?

8.3.11

8.2.11
snuggles!

8.1.11
Sam shows us his owie while Ryan snaps a pic

7.31.11
home alone- this is what I ate for lunch

7.30.11
paella

7.29.11
my boys, leaving for the weekend

7.28.11
art in the afternoon

7.27.11

7.26.11
stuck the point and shoot out the sunroof and snapped this on my way to walk around Harriet in the evening

7.25.11

7.24.11
Ryan’s face + large rock = this

7.23.11

7.22.11
new area rug

7.21.11

7.20.11

7.19.11
this is a horrendous picture, and sadly, the only I took on this day

7.18.11

7.17.11 (photo credit: FatJ)
here we are getting ready to leave for our family photos- which were ultimately canceled due to high humidity (Ryan was really eager to be a photog that day)

7.16.11
trying to figure out what to wear for family photos the next day

7.15.11
he’s a climber

7.14.11 (photo credit: Ryan)
Sam, trying to take a spin in his zoomers toy

7.13.11
sampling the first garden bean

7.12.11

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7.10.11

7.9.11
here’s to 11 years (plus a day)

7.8.11

7.7.11

7.6.11
Ry and some preschool friends at the trolley (+ Sam)

7.5.11

7.4.11
dinner at Jen and Brette’s (photo credit: Ryan)

7.3.11
LOVE this picture (photo credit: my mom)

7.2.11
This would be a four year old taking a bath in a kitchen sink.

7.1.11
I only took two pictures on this date, and I’m posting them both. This woman baked this rhubarb pie, and suffered through a steamy afternoon at the cabin.

6.30.11
night night

6.29.11

6.28.11

6.27.11

6.26.11

6.25.11
helping daddy make pancakes

6.24.11

6.23.11
first week’s CSA box

6.22.11

6.21.11
blogging

6.20.11
The Whammy. One of his first adventures to the tennis courts as a person who can walk.

6.19.11
two dads, watching kids, on dad’s day

6.18.11 (photo credit goes to daddy and his iphone)
first ride in the bike trailer together!

6.17.11

6.16.11
he just started walking now, ya know?

6.15.11

6.14.11
raining

6.13.11
this is our stunning fireplace and toy collection

6.12.11
(photo credit: FatJ) MS 150 bike tour

6.11.11
(photo credit: my mom) my guy and I enjoying our first boat ride of the summer

6.10.11

6.9.11
what I’m currently reading

6.8.11
fun with sticks- Richardson Nature Center

6.7.11
post-ice cream

6.6.11
(photo credit: Ryan) me with my wee guy (I think he got a little sun!)

6.5.11
and today, he rides

6.4.11
(Photo credit: Dave C.) Ryan’s new bike

6.3.11
Video: Sam walks; Ryan does yoga

6.2.11
Sam. Using snack trap for the first time.

6.1.11
MN Zoo play land

5.31.11

5.30.11
(photo credit: FatJ) gazing into Chicago’s bean