You will have to look closely (click on the picture) to see the hummingbird. 

Lillian enjoyed sitting on the bench at Grandpa and Grandma’s House.  I like how the second picture looks like she is having a conversation with someone. 

More pictures are here.

The annual Baylor family wiener roast was a few weekends ago.  We were afraid that the day would be incredibly hot but it really wasn’t too bad.  I think all of the trees that Phil and Sue have helped a ton.

Part of Sue’s side of the family was able to make it.

Now to the Baylor side…the cousin’s are all grown up now. 

Phil’s brother, Ken, and his wife, Sue.  Unfortunately, not all of the pictures turned out so we don’t have a picture of everyone.

Grandma and Steve enjoying the weather.

A few friends were able to join us as well.

Bill and Tanya’s kids, Brady and Lauren.

We had a water balloon fight and Mark gave Lillian one to play with.  He put a small hole in it to see how she would react.  She got a kick out of it and wasn’t always sure what to think when the water would go in her face. 

Dorene and Jeff had a marshmallow cooking contest.  Dorene won but they both enjoyed the end result of smores. 

I think everyone enjoyed themselves and we hope to have the whole family here next year.

There are more pictures here.

On the 4th of July, we went to Phil and Sue’s friend’s house, Lowell and Pam.  They have a gorgeous yard with multiple flower beds. 

They also have a dry creek bed that they put in.  The first picture is looking down the dry creek bed and the second picture is looking up.  It is very neat and I can’t imagine the piles of rocks that they had before finishing the project.  This year, Lowell planted a huge variety of Lilies near their garden.  There are even more varieties than I thought.

Lillian enjoyed playing in the grass and by one of the benches. 

She wanted to swing in the hammock but when Pam tried to put her in it she was a little scared.  So looking at it had to do.  The other pictures are just two of the many variety of flowers that they have.  Thanks for letting us see your beautiful yard, Lowell and Pam.

There are other pictures here.

We spent the 4th of July weekend at Phil and Sue’s house.  A majority of the time we were outside playing.  Hank and Lillian really enjoyed being outside and Hank was very tolerant of Lillian.  Lillian found a stick to play with that was just her size.  She sometimes doesn’t know what to think of Hank and I think the feeling is mutual.  He is either licking her like crazy or moving so he doesn’t have to be around her.

Lillian started pushing herself to standing.  She also was trying to catch Hank but he didn’t think that was a good idea.  Something must have been pretty funny or she might have been yelling.

Grandpa and Lillian decided to play bags.  I think Lillian won.  She was very good at putting the bags in the hole and just as good at pulling them back out. 

Not shown in the pictures, but after awhile she decided that climbing on the board would be more fun than playing with the bags.

Uncle Jeff was also there to visit. 

Hank relaxing like a good dog. 

The rest of the bags game pictures are here.

Lillian got to ride the tractor with Grandpa.  She really enjoyed herself and was giggling part of the time. 

Grandpa let her play with the steering wheel when they weren’t moving. 

Here is a video of them on the tractor:

Last weekend we went down to Phil and Sue’s House for a visit.  Lillian absolutely loves Hank but I think Hank is still getting used to having her around.

Hank was missing Lillian while she was taking a nap.

He wasn’t sure what he could do with her when she was awake though.  Sometimes he wanted right in her face and other times he didn’t want to have anything to do with her.  The second we would put Lillian on the floor to play she would crawl over to Hank; she knew that she wanted to play.

When she was on the floor at eye level or below is when he wasn’t so sure he liked having her around.  I think they will be best of friends in a few years though.

Here are the rest of the pictures.

Michele came to Phil and Sue’s to watch Lillian while we were at Phil’s surprise party and took some great pictures.  She was nice enough to give us a copy of them so I wanted to show off some of our favorites.  Thanks for taking great pictures once again, Michele!

While we were there we also were able to attend Brady’s first birthday party.  Brady is Bill and Tanya’s little boy.  The picture on the left is Lauren (Brady’s sister) and Lillian, and the right is Michele with the girls.

Pictures of Lillian with her uncle Jeff.  She seems to really like him and will watch him when he doesn’t even know. 

Sue had a small surprise 60th birthday dinner for Phil at Cliffbreakers in Rockford.  I think Phil was surprised but did think that something was going on.  The picture on the right is of the table, you can see almost everyone.

On the left are Linda and Dave, and the right is Hans and Cathy. 

The left is Ken and Sue, and the right is Sharon and Wayne.