"What should we name her?"

No, we do not have a new baby girl yet. Here I am at 39 weeks and the doctor says she won't be here this week, but we often talk to Owen about what we should name his new baby sister. For a while now he has been saying "Laura" after my dear friend of the same name who took pity on him at the pool and slid down the slide with him. Then he switched to "Kate," probably after his friends and cousins named "Kate." But yesterday when I asked him what we should name baby sister he said "Bob." This could be for a couple of reasons: one of his favorite stories/songs talks about all the pets being named "Bob," or Owen could be thinking of his wonderful Uncle, who he refers to as "Bobby." Either way, the point is I am 39 weeks pregnant, and apparently when she does eventually decide to come Owen will be calling her "Bob." Wish us luck!

24th of July

Every year we go to the Scipio Rodeo for the 24th of July. With Joseph studying for the bar most of the weekend, I headed down Friday morning and enjoyed the small town festivities like a parade, carnival games, kid races, a town dinner, and the Round Valley Rodeo!

Owen watching the rodeo intensely.



Owen and his cousins Will, Matt, and Nate



All the Koellikers. It's rare that we're all in Scipio at the same time, so we decided to take a quick shot.