Our week with Regan (AKA Nanny Regan)

Regan spent the week with us after her parents and brother left from visiting over the 4th of July. Regan was a big help with the baby! While she was here we went to the pool, Titanic exhibit and Sportsworks, storytime at the mall, and walks through the neighborhood. It was a lot of fun! Owen loved going to the Sportsworks and trying to climb the wall. We are so happy to have such great friends who let us borrow their children :)

Happy 4th of July!

It has been an exciting 4th of July weekend! First off, the Lee Family came to celebrate a hometown 4th. We went to the 4th of July parade and Owen loved the trucks and bands. He watched the parade carefully for the first hour and then all of a sudden zzzzzzzzzzzzz, he was out until we got to the car. When we got home he took the longest nap, I guess that parade really took a lot out of him. A bunch of neighbors and family came over for a picnic, it was fun! We planned on going to see Owen's first fireworks, but they got cancelled. Instead we put on our own display and alot of the other neighbors had fireworks. Owen didn't get to see these fireworks, but he may have seen some in his sleep (he did sleep through all the booms). On July 5th, we went to Pittsburgh with the Lee's to visit Pitt. Then we went to the Hiway Drive In to see WallE and the Incredible Hulk. Once again Owen loved the movies, (ZZZZZZZZZZ--he didn't see either movie).

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Picking Blueberries with Owen

Owen, Mommy, Daddy, Grammy and Pappy went to pick blueberries on Sunday after church. When we arrived there, we saw a fawn in the field, it was too cute! Owen helped Mommy pick 5 lbs. of blueberries. Daddy picked 5 lbs. also. When we got the blueberries home, Daddy wanted to make a blueberry pie.

Owen goes Mini golfing

On Saturday, Owen went Mini Golfing for the 1st

time. One of Mommy's students, Michael had a party

at his grandparents golf complex. Owen helped Daddy putt one of his balls on the green. It was fun to see all the kids and Owen was really checking everyone out.

Owen goes to his 1st Bicycle race

Today was the Tour of Pennsylvania Bicycle Race. The race is the first kind of Tour de France style race in the United States. The cyclists will travel from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh where the cyclers will go 500 miles in 4 days and the winner will win $150,000. Mommy, Grammy and Owen went to see the cyclists come through dowtown Latrobe. It was a pretty big deal and there were tons of people there. One of the cyclists was from Africa. It was neat to see something like this come through Latrobe.

Library storytime with Mommy and Daddy

On Thursdays, Mommy, Daddy and Owen go to Adams Memorial Library to Storytime. Owen LOVES the stories a lot. He also gets to socialize with some other kids after the stories. He loves to play with the shake eggs. Yesterday was extra special because the Girl Scouts were there to read their favorite book to the kids after storytime. Two of Daddy's students were there and read their favorite books to Owen. He sat there and listened to the stories and had a great time.

Walking at Twin Lakes Park

It is so nice to be off work for the summer. Today, Mommy, Daddy, and Owen went to Twin Lakes Park to take a walk. Owen got to try out his new hiking backpack--thanks Kim :) and he loved it. On our walk we saw ducks, geese and turtles. We also heard turkeys in the woods. We walked the entire walking path and Owen was asleep in the backpack about 1/4 of the way around the path. He obviously LOVED the walk!