More two year old pictures. Tess is big into swimming now, so we spend a lot of time talking about "swimmin at the beach." Normally, we have been going to the little swim beach near the marina, but last weekend we brave the crowds and went to Sandy Beach to watch the Hobie Cat regatta. It was fun and beautiful.

Pops refurbished my old trike so Tess has been practicing on a shiny "new" trike that looks pretty sharp. She still will ride for about 30 seconds, then tell me its "your turn" so I've been hitting my lips with my knees and peddling around on a trike.

In other news, I was appointed to be a part-time magistrate, so if you commit a crime or have a small claim, you'd better hope the "real" judges aren't sick, on vacation or somewhere else in the district.

Eric's colt named Clay is going to have to change his name to brown. Eric's been teaching him manners. He had been spending all his free time working on the corrals by the house and they look great. He was in a ranch rodeo recently and an Extreme cowboy race in Glendo and had fun.

My Mom's a slacker

and is just now posting photos from my second birthday party. The party was actually a week or two after my real birthday - but a party is a party and I had fun - especially singing.

Two weekends ago I went to UTAH with mom, and grandma and pops for the Curtis Family Reunion. I got to sleep in a sheepwagon restored by my GREAT uncle Don which was great fun. I also saw LOTS of my cousins of all shapes and sizes and generations. I called them all "guy" or "kid" and played at 100 miles an hour when I wasn't crying, nothing in between. Mom made a quilt with her cousins, and there were all sorts of wild toys and great dutch oven meals that Curtis's are famous for. I even discovered punch bags and spud nuts which are Utah treats. Riding 700 or so miles in the car wasn't as bad as my mom had expected, she drove fast. You may not know it but 2 year old can see lots of elephants and alligators out the window between here and Utah. I was fascinated with the stuffed penguin at Little America and thought we all needed to sit on the floor and stare at it for awhile.

Mom and Dad have been busy with work, which means I get a new pair of shoes! I love shoes!