Closing down another summer night:

Cutie.

Layla desperately wanted pictures with Jonas and Cora.  

Cuddling

She was NOT happy about cold kisses and cuddles from Layla.  :)

Oh MAN are they going to miss this pool in the winter.  

She is a CRAZY good swimmer!  No goggles, learning strokes, swimming the full length of the pool...

*with flash*

*and without*

Using sports setting to get a few "flying in the air" pictures:

Trying to make Cora laugh:

Bath fun:

Baking:

The DeGeorges are in town for their annual MN State Fair event with the Horsmans, so we all know what this means:  Lisa bakes them cookies.  It's tradition.  ;)  That, and I probably owe her about $3,000 for the amount of clothing she's given Layla over the years...so we'll just keep those cookies flowing, right??

She loves to cook and stir and mix.  

She asked if she could "just smell them," as she can't eat them (dairy), and she can't touch the dough (raw eggs).  Poor kid.   Yes, honey, you can smell the cookies.  :(

She's such a good sport about it, though.  And afterwards I gave her Oreos instead, so trust me, she's not sweets deprived!

The final stack.

Happy Birthday, Jonas!

Happy Birthday to Jonas, husband and father extraordinaire!  Not only that, he's one of the coolest guys in MN, for sure.  ;)  We love you tons, Papa!  Thanks for being so wonderful to us.

Here he is eating his birthday breakfast on our porch this morning.  Perfect weather, lovely location, great food, better company.

Summer evening play-fort fun:

Finn is having a hard time staying fully clothed these days.  Evidently it's over-rated.  

WAY more fun to climb UP the slide...

Singing her heart out, per usual.

Trying to get rain boots off his feet...which he put on the wrong feet to start out with...making things more difficult.  

What a look.