go beavs

Yes, in fact, for the second year in a row, our Beavers won the College World Series!
Go Beavers.
That's baseball friends. And The Beavers are the Oregon State team (Ryan's alma mater) for those of you who, like me, don't know a damned thing about sports. Ryan isn't much into baseball either actually (he's more a football man), but this is something like only the fourth time in history that a college team has won a world series two years in a row. I know. I know. What could be more exciting, right!?
In celebration, he and Naiya donned their super Beavers fans garb and had a romp in the backyard.

the second day of summer

On the second day of Summer the good Earth gave to me... a baby and a clover kitty.

not picking

Today went much like the day Ryan and Matthew spent building the fence. This time they picked berries on Sauvie Island in 100° heat while we, once again, sat in the shade.

locomotion

Naiya has been rolling over to almost-but-not-quite-sitting-up. This is as close as I can get to showing what it looks like in still photographs. While I was converting these pics, she sat up to full upright on her own for only the second time (that we know of). Of course my back was turned. I just glanced back and there she was, smiling at me, balanced on her little bottom. She promptly moved to crawl for me and fell over.

not building a fence

On what I believe has been the hottest day of the year, Ryan and Matthew built the fence in our back yard. Naiya and I sat in the shade - not building a fence.