Little Miss Emery

Emery had her pictures taken at Sears on Saturday. She did so well I thought I would share a few with you. Enjoy!

The Sea"daddle" Zoo

We spent a wonderful Sunday with Phil's brother, Pete, and family. It was Pete's birthday and he invited us to join them at Woodland Park Zoo to take in the animals and enjoy a picnic. It was great to spend time with them as Mack is off to college in a week and we don't see them nearly enough.

The new Flamingo exhibit.

Looking for some wildlife.

My butterfly Brennen.

Emery the butterfly.

All my caterpillars.

Rylan and Aunt Tami.

The whole family.

Emery and cousin Shea.

Brennen and some of the Samuelsen relatives.

Emery and Shea.

Just monkeying around.

Uncle Pete and Rylan.

I love this picture of Shea, Rylan, Mack, Brennen, and Uncle Pete.

Burning some energy.

Taking a Hippo ride.

Taking the easy way around.

Emery enjoying her first trip to the zoo.

Mack and Rylan.

Beating the drum in the African Village.

Allergy Update

Rylan had his 3 year-old well check and most of the appointment consisted of discussing his cracked and bloody feet along with his rashy skin. The poor kid seems to be having a terrible time with the grass (hence the feet). We (the Pediatrician and I) decided it would be good to visit the Allergist before his regular fall check-up to see if we can make him more comfortable. We actually managed to get in to see Dr. Scott (our beloved Allergist) that day. We had a lot of discussion about his meds and that fact that he already receives the full arsenal. There isn't much more we can put him on except for a drug that is linked to Lymphoma and Leukemia. Ummm....no thanks! So we are back to allergy testing to see if we can identify his triggers. This has failed us in the past because he is so young. He will be tested for about 15 things on August 13th including grass, cat and dog (which we already know but want to see how severe it is), trees, dairy, wheat, eggs, and a few others. It should be tons of fun for all of us. We will keep you posted!

Visit to the Playground

We recently spent a fun day at the park feeding the ducks and running around the playground. Emery was in the Baby Bjorn smiling and "talking" to her brothers the whole time. She would kick her feet every time they would run by us. The boys had a great time and spent the better part of 45 minutes feeding the ducks.