Watch your language!

As many of you know, Duane is working the night shift and gets home at 8:30 in the morning; just as we're crawling out of bed. Usually when I hear him coming in the door (which is downstairs) I'll talk extra loud to Kalvin to keep him from hearing the door screech open so Duane can sneak up on Kalvin.

This morning Kalvin and I were in the kitchen getting the cereal and bowls down when we heard a very loud noise that was either high pitched flatulent or one of Kalvin's balloons exhausting it's contents. Immediately, Kalvin turned to the living room where the disturbance originated and said, "What thuh?...". We found Duane hiding behind the stair case. Duane swears the sound came from a balloon.

Later in the morning, we went to a nature preserve about 10 miles away with two other neighbors and their kiddos. It was beautiful! I think it's where we're going to take our family fall pictures when the leaves change in October-early November. Family is welcome to come for a FREE photo session (CD included) when we take our pictures (you just take care of the plane ticket to and from here and we'll take care of the rest). ;)

At the preserve, Kalvin saw many animals, wild and tame in the park and out: horses (actually at a house across the road), 2 deer in someones front yard, an owl, a bee hive, a large turtle in a huge lily pond, butterflies, fish, fish, and fish. Sadly, we didn't get pics of all the creatures.

Duane captured captured Tristen's preciousness.

The toddler, "cheese".

Duane, putting his great eye for landscape photography into action. (This is part of the lily pond)

Although there is no perception of size in this photo, this turtle was the length of Kalvin!

I love how Tristen posed for the picture too.