Independence Day(s)-Continued and Summer Misc.

As promised, here are more photos from our trip to Colorado.

Times are busy in the Cook household with new students coming to Creighton, the banking world going through major overhauls and Evan growing like a weed.  He is quickly learning vocabulary that is fun to interpret; up, please, thank you, da-da, ma-ma, more.  I am dreading the day that "no" comes.  He already knows the gesture by swinging his head and back forth so time will only tell.

Evan enjoys going to school every day, running around the house with his Tonka truck and mower, reading books in his chair and getting all of the bowls out of the cupboard.   He is growing up so quickly and already at the 16th month mark. 

Right now the weather is hot and humid so we are not spending a ton of time outside.  This is our normal summer after having a very comfortable one last year.  It did finally stop raining for consecutive days so things can dry out and the crops can actually grow.   Happy Summer!

Independence Day(s) 2010

Well, we made it back safely from Colorado after spending the holiday with family in Colorado.  It was great to see everyone again with most of Shawn's family not seeing Evan since Christmas.  The drive was great and Evan was such a trooper going to and coming back from Colorado.  Dad and Evan put the DVD player in the Pilot to work watching our new favorite movie, Hangover.

The Cook Independence Day party was a huge hit again this year with the normal crowd in attendance.  The night was was early again this year as generally everyone made their way home at a reasonable time.  We were lucky this year to have Mark and Ally join us in Brush to celebrate and experience what the Cook's can put together for a party.

We enjoy visiting Brush because it gives us a time to relax and kick back which we do not get to do a lot at home.  Evan was more than thrilled to spend time with Grandma and Grandpa Cook.  He learned that Grandpa can be a sucker for "up", meaning read one page of my book and then put me down so I can keep playing.

Here are some photos from the visit and a few from before and after the trip.  We are awaiting photos from Grandpa and Grandpa Cook which seemed to be the camera we used more.  They have some great shots including our annual apple pie photo.  More to come.