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Isaiah is 11 months old today. Walking, practically running, everywhere. Constant babbling. Eating more and more table foods.

Declan broke his collarbone. Again. Poor kid is missing out on boy scout camp this week and was just informed by the orthopedic surgeon that he is pretty much done with normal activities for the next month.

Angus is off at camp and probably having a super time after having spent a week in NH wth Gramma and Papa. I bet he doesn't even miss us!

Arizona in the Summertime

... is HOT. 

Steve had to travel there for work (the week of his birthday), so Isaiah and I came along for the trip. Stayed near Old Town part of Scottsdale and had a great time discovering all that it had to offer. Did you know they have an amazing collection of public art? 

We would get up early, eat breakfast and head out for a nice long walk over to the park. Isaiah played in the grass and

 admired the water fountains, flowers, and birds and just generally exhausted himself before it got too hot. 

He napped in the Ergo as we

 headed back to hotel for some downtime and lunch. 

In the afternoons we needed indoor 

respite from the heat so we headed to either the library (super children's section), the mall, or ducked from one store to the next. Scottsdale has a free trolley system that pretty much took us anywhere we wanted to go. 

Late afternoons found us cooling off in the pool.

Summertime

Sorry for the lack of new posts, but boys are out of school and we are just plain busy these days. Angus and Declan are proving to be terrific helpers around the house, taking on new chores and jobs .. some for money and others just because they need to be done. 

The used booksale at the library was another huge success. --->

It has rained for 1.5 months so I'm afraid that the landscaping project is continuing to drag out forever.

Isaiah is walking quite well...

and has lots of smiles...