June 2013 – Part III, The Rest of June

June 17th, this day a weird storm floated over Rockford. It was gorgeous so I took a few pics of it, hope you don’t mind! See this image larger.

Look at these colors! See this image larger.

The clouds looked like otherworldly spaceships parking in orbit. See this image larger.

I’ve always wanted to take a picture of lightning with just my finger and a shutter, and sort of pulled it off here if you open this up bigger and zoom in toward the left. See this image larger.

June 22nd, Mr. Steve and Mrs. Jessica brough Holly and Hannah up to play with us for an afternoon. These are the people that I was making Lilly Looking Through with… It was nice of them to come visit! See this image larger.

Didn’t realize we had so many dam turtles. (I mean turtles that live at our dam.) I honestly thought these were fake until they started moving. See this image larger.

After a long day of play with Mr. Steve and Mrs. Jessica and the girls, the kids surrendered to a short nap. See this image larger.

June 23rd, the kids get all dolled up for church. See this image larger.

Now if I could just get a smile… See this image larger.

…hmmm, halfway there… See this image larger.

Perfect! And I mean, WOW, perfect! This one’s worth looking at bigger! See this image larger.

What a cute haircut! You look bright and springy! See this image larger.

June 28th. I don’t remember what happened that Ian and I apparently spent a lot of time together, but it looks like we spent the whole day together. (Even looking at the old calendar, I see nothing on that day that sticks out.) Anyway, let’s go to Dam Dogs! See this image larger.

Have I mentioned the family carnivore loves his hot dogs? See this image larger.

Ice cream for dessert. Try to get some of it in your mouth, kiddo! See this image larger.

June 29th was little Jake next door’s birthday. He’s an intense little guy, that’s him on the right side of the “throne” back there in the light blue shirt. He’s the one that screams so loud sometimes that I think he might be using echolocation to find his brother. See this image larger.

The kids really love this place. It is actually pretty nice for adults too, unless it gets really crazy busy. See this image larger.

This is the baby area of Jester’s Court… Nina rides on pink giraffeosaurus. See this image larger.