When little boys get quiet...

...they are often getting into trouble. Thankfully, Joshua has been playing quietly without getting into trouble. He LOVES his Hot Wheel Cars and he's recently taken to lining them all up on the floor, or the stairs, or the kitchen table...he'll quietly talk to himself about what kind of car they are or what color they are as he does it. It's pretty adorable. Before lunch the other day, I asked him to clean up his cars out of habit before I realized I didn't see them anywhere. When I asked him where his cars were, he walked behind the kitchen table and pulled the blinds up from the bay window:

Someone discovered a new hiding place!

Apparently the cars needed some time in the sun :)

He was pretty proud of himself!

Summer evenings

Oftentimes on a summer Saturday or Sunday late afternoon/early evening, a group of Isgetts will gather at Bernie & Martha's to cookout and spend time outside together. The kids like to play together, and the adults like to sit around and talk, so everyone's happy!

The flash obviously would have made this

a much better picture, but Janie and Joshua

are still cute as can be :)

David served as camera man for the

afternoon, so that explains all the pics

with me in them. Leah obviously finds

watching the other kids much more

interesting than looking at the camera!

She only looked this time because

Aunt Lisa stood next to Daddy and

made funny faces and noises! And I

have to say--I think Leah is gorgeous

in this color!

I seriously want to gobble her face right up!

David trying to catch a sassy face...instead,

he chronicles the continued graying of my hair.

Cute little Ellie--I'm hoping Leah's hair

will be curly just like this!

My anti-camera children :)

The lighting isn't great in this picture,

but I love Joshua's grin as he squeezed

in between David and me.

I'm pretty sure this is the first picture

of all four of us together...and Leah's 9 months

old. Shame on me, but thanks to Uncle Brian

for taking it for us!

Family picture

So, you know how whenever you go to a theme park or some place like that, they grab you as soon as you walk in and take your picture? And then they have them all available as you're leaving so that sweet family-loving people like my dear mother will buy a copy? Well, here you go:

Thankfully, my brother and I were able to limit her to buying just one copy by reminding her that we could scan her copy for everyone else. She could have dropped some serious cash had we not stopped her :)

Red, white, and cute :)

Just took a few pictures of Leah in her patriotic dress yesterday afternoon:

She's a cute and sassy one, y'all!

My favorite faces

Just a few shots of my favorite little faces:

In addition to wearing Daddy's shoes,

Joshua also likes wearing Daddy's hat!

Leah's "Who, little ol' me?" face

I love how her hair is curling up

around her ears :)

This is the sassy face we see so often!

Seems concerned about something extremely

important...

Kisses from her big brother!

Myrtle Beach Vacation: Broadway at the Beach

On Tuesday afternoon, we thought it would be fun for Joshua to enjoy some of the kiddie rides at Broadway at the Beach. He was a little nervous at first for some of them, but he ended up having a blast!

Riding in the red boat (he picked the color)

My handsome smiley boy

He was just grinning from ear to ear!

Leah enjoying her fingers while watching

Joshua from the stroller :)

Joshua and Mommy riding Willy the Whale

(he loved this one because it went up and down

as it went around)

He was terrified on the carousel before it got started

But as soon as it started up, he was all smiles!

He loved seeing the family watching him and

waving to him each time we came around

Leah-bug showing off a little leg

(the skirt part of her outfit didn't agree with

the stroller strap!)

Riding on a motorcycle (this picture reminds

me of the one of him from the State Fair on the

4-wheeler ride)

He had a blast on all the rides! Thanks, Grandpa :)

Myrtle Beach Vacation: Aquarium

On Monday afternoon, we went to the aquarium. My brother and I grew up going to aquariums since we lived near the coast, so it was fun to take Joshua and Leah to one. There were so many animals and colors and neat things to see and talk about!

Mommy and Joshie checking out an exhibit

Mommy and Joshie (not smiling, of course)

Joshua touching a horseshoe crab in the touch

tank...so brave!

I don't think it occurred to him that he could

be scared--he just reached right in!

And he picked the biggest one to pet!

Joshua on exhibit in the tank :)

Daddy and Joshua (trying to escape)

Joshua (what is up with this face?) with a

sting ray sneaking up on him

"Is this look any better, guys?"

One of the big tanks with a diver inside

Joshua checking out the diver (the reflection

on the glass makes her look like her head is

on my body...oh well)

Same reflection problem, but Joshua's looking

at the camera :)

Leah happily rode in the stroller the majority

of the time, and then decided Grandpa's shoulders

provided a better vantage point!

She had a blast up there!

And Joshua decided she should wear his hat as

we were leaving :) Thanks to David for being

the photographer--we actually have some

pictures of me with the kids!