Busy setting records**

Michael and Natalie set new land speed records as they ran into the water at the beach!

Josh set a record for balancing on one foot the longest with a frog on his foot. Go Josh!
We set a record for most frogs in our pool! Super frogerrific!
We were just froggin' around.
Natalie and Michael set a record for the most consecutive days of taking a bath in a bucket out on the porch.
**These records were officially voted on by the Wiffler family board of adventurers'. If you have a record to set, feel free to post your comments. The Wiffler family board of adventurers will let you know their vote.

Summertime = Family time

In the past few weeks we have been able to hang out with a lot of family members! It is a great time of year to catch up with everyone.

We had an excellent visit with our Colorado family - the Gartners. It was a wonderful couple of days and Natalie and Michael cannot wait to spend more time with their cousins (-:

"The 2 wheel bikers" - Natalie and Barrett.

"The wagon riders" - Greta and Michael

Here is a picture of my mom, Eric, cousin Oregon Jeff, and Auntie Debbie during a recent retirement celebration (Dan and Eppie). It was great catching up with Jeff, Janell and especially Bryce! We cannot wait to see them again!

The highlight of the celebration was a 15 minute downpour which left nice puddles to play in. In this picture, you see Lizzie and Bryce playing with Natalie (and Uncle Ken admiring the mess).

Michael mowed the whole park with his new lawn mower- thanks Uncle Eric and Auntie Amanda for giving Mikie this lawnmower! It is getting very, very good use.

We were very fortunate to have a visit from cousin Taylor. We were delighted to hang out with her for a couple of days (at the MOA and underwater aquarium). Taylor, come again soon!

Michael is a big snuggle bug and quite the charmer. He has won over the heart of his Grammis. He lovingly gives kisses and hugs to make sure that his Grammi's still love him. Below is a picture with Grammi Pat.

I celebrated another birthday on July 4th. My mom had an excellent party, however, I don't have pictures. It was a wonderful day with all our family and friends.

Also, Uncle Eric, Auntie Amanda, and Lizzie stayed for a few days - it was a good time all around. Thanks for your help!

Once again, we look forward to seeing everyone again soon! Love you!

Summer time is family time (-:

Growing takes a lot of work....

Mikey is growing every day and it takes a lot of energy. One pancake down...

Second pancake with a little banana....
All done....

Then a much needed bath....

Natalie is also growing a lot. Her bones hurt because she is growing so fast. For Natalie, growing requires lots of sleep. This is a picture after she rolled out of bed at 9am and she is giving Josh Michael's Fathers day card.
Here are a few highlights from the past couple of weeks. A squirrel in the bird feeder...
Throwing sand in Daddy's face...
Feeding the chickens....

And last of all, Natalie is attempting to ride a wheeley. Needless to say, I did not encourage or acknowledge that she was doing this, however, she did yell to me, "Bing, bang, boom. Momma, I got my front tire off the ground." The scary part is that she really did get her front tire off the ground. Nice...

Hugs and kisses! We hope you are enjoying this wonderful Fathers Day!

New tricks for Natalie

Oh yeah...Natalie's new tricks....
It was quite a morning at the Wiffler household. Natalie asked Josh to pump up the tires on her 2 wheel bike. Once the tires were pumped up and after about 30 minutes of instruction with Josh, here is a video of what she could do. We are simply amazed and the video is only a small snapshot of her skills. Go Natalie!

All dressed up

Natalie's is all dressed up in her new gymnastics leotard...

Natalie's biking outfit....
And yes, it is the parents of the 2 kids you see in this blog. It is a rare appearance, however, Josh and I got dressed up for a nice evening out. The kiddos ran the house while Grandpa and Carol stayed with them. Thank you Jim and Carol for coming up and watching Natalie and Mikey. We had a fabulous night out!

Mikey versus the Backyard

Round 1--> Mikey versus the Tower.

Mikey won, but it was a close match. Mikey managed to climb the bars up to the tower all by himself.

Round 2--> Mikey versus the slide.

The slide won and Mikey got a bloody lip.

Round 3--> Mikey versus the sandbox.

Mikey clearly won this round. He showed the sandbox who was boss. He threw all the sand around and he made sure the sand didn't stay in the sandbox. Nice work Michael!

Stay tuned for future matches featuring Mikey versus the Backyard.

Swinging, swinging

Natalie is a very good big sister. She loves to push Mikey really high.


Swinging, swinging, on our rainbow set.

Some days are hot.

Some days are cold, on our rainbow set.

Tire swing, rope swing, underdog or two.

Don't you wish you had nothing else to do, but.....

Swinging, swinging, on our rainbow set.

Some days...

(these are the new words to the tune, swimming, swimming, in our swimming pool..)

Mikey is trying really hard to make the scooter move, but he hasn't been successful yet.