june in pictures

we spent a lot of june at the pool. last year, the pool was practically empty the entire month, but since our weather was abnormally hot this june, we had to share it with more people.

this is a picture from a lacrosse field that is nearby us. we got two of these big yellow balls at a garage sale one morning and took them to the field to kick them around.

i went to utah for my annual sisters weekend. of course, this is the only picture i have from the whole weekend, but needless to say, we had a great time together.

this is diane's finger as it was healing. at first, she would proudly wave her middle finger whenever people would ask how it was doing, but she got self-conscious after enough people laughed at the gesture (it's hard not to), that she stopped being willing to show people.

these are from the elementary school carnival. i was kind of dreading going because randy was teaching and i didn't want to have to haul the kids around alone, but they did really well and it made me realize that we're starting to get to a little bit easier stage with our kids. not always, but we're getting there.

this is madeleine and her teacher, mrs. o'connor on the last day of school. mrs. o'connor was wonderful for madeleine and we loved her.

this is madeleine posing with the flowers we took to mrs. o'connor. she struck this pose all by herself.

jonathan went around with a bandaid on his forehead for much of june. not because he injured himself, but because he was obsessed with his "boy bandaids," and wanted to show them off in a prominent place.

family snuggle on the couch.

these are my beautiful peonies from my front yard, which didn't last long enough in our hot june weather, but sure were nice while they lasted.