Swimming

It is finally starting to cool off here in Columbia. We have had a heat wave for about the last two weeks, so we have been going to the pool to get out of the house. We love the little swimmers time at our local pool. It is $1 per person from 11am to noon. We've gone about four times and she loves it, though I haven't been able to get her to go down the water slide yet...It is nice that she is comfortable in the water since with child #2 coming in a week, I don't want to have two children clinging to me!

Wake up!

She looks so old to me in this picture!

Sydney loves to sing when she wakes up, whether it is at 3 am or 8 am. Unfortunately she stops when you open the door. She wants her bike first thing too. Thank you Cameron and Lesley for the cute pj's!

I Am a Child of God

Happy Birthday Sydney!

Most excited about the fruit snacks...

Learning how to ride her three-wheeler.

Cute biker chick!

Being two comes with lots of bumps and bruises!!

Mommy's Shoes

Twinkle, Twinkle

Sydney sings reticently and then with a confident gusto.

Lake of the Ozarks

Lake of the Ozarks



A bridge crossing the lake



Hills outside of Jefferson City



Scenery from the Ozarks



You'd need a machete to penetrate this dense forested area



Osage River near Lake of the Ozarks, a tributary to the Missouri River

The Missouri River and the capital building in Jefferson City

Another shot of the capital building

Sydney rocking her doll to sleep

Rain

We had a nice rain storm and Sydney was very talkative about it. We called the thunder 'rumbumbles' and she changed it to 'rumbumblebee'.