Playlist

We've added a soundtrack to our blog! Hopefully you are enjoying our current selections right now. If you don't like it or want to watch a video, scroll down to the bottom of the page to turn it down or off. Rock on folks.

Wordle

I just found a link to this website Wordle. You can create a collage of words- this is the one from our blog. If you click on it you can see it larger.

Happy Birthday Babe!

Happy Birthday to our #1 husband and Pop, Matt Bong. We love you, babe!

Blowing out candles with our sister-in-law, Vanessa (or BAH-nessa according to Isaac). Her birthday was on Sunday- Happy Birthday Vanessa!

The kids with the birthday boy this afternoon. Yes, that is a lamp growing out of his head thanks to my excellent camera work.

Blowing out candles with Pop...

D & I

My new favorite picture of the kids...

Delia at 9 months

Again, I can NOT believe how fast our little girl is growing! New skills include speed crawling, standing up all by herself, waving good-bye, blowing super raspberries. She loves to make noise, but no official first words just yet. She loves to dance and shake- sometimes on command which we think is just hilarious. She LOVES her big brother and wants to do whatever he is doing- she fearless and will take off to join in wrestling with Pop when Isaac does. She continues to keep us entertained and up at night.

Here she is trying to figure out how this hairbrush thing works...
Practicing her standing...
Playing well by herself in her room...
And hanging with Momma...

new kids videos

Recent videos of the kids...

Isaac working on his car...

One of Delia's favorite things...

Trip to Silverton

Today we drove up to Silverton, a little mining town 50 miles north of Durango, for a FUN outing! It's a spectacular drive- the best way to get there is on the train, but I didn't think the kids were ready for 8 hours in a train car, no matter how awesome the views so we drove.

On the way there my mom asked Isaac, "What do you think we'll see in Silverton?" "Silver, Oma," he tells her. This kid doesn't miss a thing.

My main goal was to look at rocks with Isaac... this was my favorite part of going to Silverton as a kid. Isaac wasn't really into the rocks, but I bought some anyway and the kids played with them when we got home. Iron pyrite, "Fool's Gold," always made me feel rich!

4th of July

Another good 4th of July for us... we spent the afternoon at my parents with friends and family. Isaac and Matt played outside a bunch while Delia and I stayed inside in the AC. We kept Isaac up late to watch fireworks for the first time- it was a pretty decent show and in the end Isaac liked it. Happy Independence!

Delia crawling EVERYWHERE inside...

Matt and Isaac playing Chutes and Ladders...

More Steaming Armadillos

We went to Matt's last regular season game of the season this week. Here's a couple more softball pict's...

The team didn't have the best season ever- hopefully the play-offs will be better!