Summer Begins!

  Tim is officially finished with his third year of grad school! (Only two more!) He had a week off before heading to SLC for another round of research, so we tried to make the most of it. 

We went to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and enjoyed the exhibits we didn't get to the previous visit including the one on space. The picture below is Ty and Tim on Mars.

 Thursday we went on a hike in the foothills.

 Ty was a good little stinker in the backpack, but also wanted to do some of the hiking himself.

 Thursday night we drove up to Longmont to visit Brad and Erica Holland and Megan and Phillip Coplen, friends from BYU and Virginia. We swam in their pool and grilled dinner, but I didn't take any pictures :(

Ty got a postcard from Aunt Aubrey on Friday. He, apparently, misses her:

 He's also had his share of happy moments, though:

 

 Blackberries are fun to eat, squish, and wear!

 Ty LOVES his stuffed animals, but his FAVORITE is his Blue Dog that sings the "ABC's." We give it to him every night as we put him into bed and he just loves it and snuggles his head up to it. A friend in Tim's Econ program gave it to Ty when he was born, and she wanted pictures of Ty with it so she could show her parents who are in China. I guess Ty has gone global!