Pool side

So sad news. About a month ago our hard drive crashed (on our worst vacation ever) and we lost about 6 months worth of pictures and videos of our sweet little men: irretrievable. I took the news rather well, but I guess maybe I've been avoiding the blog a bit so as to not have to face the reality of what's gone. The pictures I'm not too worried about. I've kept things pretty up to date on the blog and facebook. What I can't think about is all the video we lost. All those sweet little videos of them saying their first words. I still can't think about it without getting a little queasy.  

But it is what it is and no amount of queasiness will bring them back. I have learned my lesson and am backing things up like crazy! I plan on posting more on here and facebook so that should something along those lines happen again we won't have lost so much.

Ah, on that depressing note how about some pictures of our sweet little men?!

It has been a real scorcher of a summer here. One of the boys' favorite ways to keep cool is to play in the pool. Especially, if Daddy plays with them. 

{Oh how I wish this picture was in focus!! It captures perfectly the beautiful chaos of these three playing together.}

{Andrew and Dad}

{Gav and Dad: I LOVE their matching expressions!}

{Silly Drew splashing away}

{A rare shot of Gavin's face. He so anti looking at the camera these days!}

Nate wanted to get a picture with a boy on each shoulder. This is the best we got:

And then it went downhill from there real fast:

hahaha!

{Look at that sweet little mug!}

They had a great time pouring water on Daddy's back to keep him cool.

He of course was nice enough to return the favor

{Love his facial expression. He loved it!}

Hooray for wading pools!!