Tegan the breakfast eater. She does it like, every day.

Nothing special to read here, just a normal morning at the breakfast table. Some days it’s oats, some days it’s eggs. And on special days it’s Cheerios and milk. Today it’s just toast.

He's got his lunch, must be heading to preschool.

My mom used to take a picture of us kids on the front steps of our house on the first day of school each year – so it’s only right that we get one of Tory on his first day of preschool. He’s been so excited to go, it’s fun to see the day finally come.

His friend Sophia is going to the same school too so he’s got a buddy to lean on. There are many new friends there to make too though and I’m glad that he’ll be able to branch out a little from his current circle.

Tory's first bike. Napoleon Dynamite style.

We should have done this at the beginning of the summer, but Tory finally has a big boys bike. Bought it brand new after failing to find a used one. You’d really think there would be more of these around.

He’s been riding it every day since. He falls off quite often but gets right back up. Maybe in a month or so we’ll yank the training wheels. If the snow isn’t flying by then.

Marcus, Kari, Tory, and Tegan look out over the Uintas.

Right after Grandma Pat and Grandpa Gary left Tracy and Marcus showed up. Literally. Same day. Again, not a whole lot of pictures were taken, but I did get a few of the day we spend hiking Bald Mountain in the Uintas. It was really fun having so much family around for a few weeks, and I hope they had fun too.

Tegan at the pool with GP (Grandma Pat)

Grandma Pat and Grandpa Gary came for a visit in late July. I didn’t snap too many pics while they were here – I was at my 20 high school reunion for much of the time – but Kari took a few. There’s some at the pool and some at the park. And one family shot.

Kari's excited to paddle 10,000+ CFS for the first time.

When Kari and I were living in Maine those many years ago we learned to whitewater kayak and have done it off and on since. In the last few years it’s been more off than on, so we’ve been very excited to meet some people recently who also love to paddle. They also have kids which makes it even that much more possible that we’d hang out and boat together. We all got together for a weekend up near Jackson to camp and paddle nearby rivers. Kari and I were very lucky to get to paddle the Snake together two days in a row. The photos aren’t great here, but you’ll see some sweet underwater shots. I’ll say it now, people don’t look all that good when photographed under water.

Tory collects rocks for chucking.

We make it up to the Uintas quite a bit every summer, this year a little later than usual due to our extended winter/lack of spring. We spent just one night and then hiked the next day. These hikes are still short, but I’m guessing in the next few years they’ll stretch out longer with some overnight hike ins.

Tegan the Wiggle Worm squirms with daddy-o. Yup there's more!

It’s finally summer here and that means the Mountain Town Music concerts are in fill swing. We’re pretty lucky here in Park City – there’s free concerts 3 or 4 days a week during the summer. This band was from South Carolina and were dang good! Shoulda bought a cd.

Pepe le Pew. Click for le quotes.