Cole and his Peeps

Rainy 4th of July

This year's 4th of July HOA Parade didn't disappoint. The fire engine made a showing and started the downpour a little early.


Cole loved playing in the puddles and rain caused by the fire engine.


It was Cole's turn to be the smallest one in line.


"Of course I'll take care of him. Can't you tell he's scared!"


"Cole, if you put your arms out to the side, it makes it scarier!"


"Close your eyes!"


"This is the life."


Lauren made it further this year in the hula hoop contest but didn't win. Maybe next year. She did manage to enjoy herself and the weather as we were leaving.

Nothing you can say....

will change my mind. I want to wear my sweater in July.

New Toy

We recently upgraded our camera to the Nikon D5100 (body only). Our D40 has served us well but has started to show signs of trouble. We and many others were getting a shutter release error where you can't use the camera. Although people claim the WD40 trick works, we figured it was time. Usually a good whack does the trick but not always.


The new camera takes video and has a live monitor so you don't always have to look through the eye piece. It also has 11 auto focus areas which means it should focus a lot better than the D40's 3 areas. The megapixel's also increases from 6MP to 16MP. The high ISO performance works really well making it a lot easier to catch Lauren's and Cole's indoor soccer matches.