my lil man

summer in montana

i'm so glad its summer! its a little after 3:00 and 77 degrees. the sun is shining, there's a slight breeze, ahh what a day. updates for us:

steven: steven's doing good. he still works in the early morning until noonish, bikes home and then spends the afternoon with apollo. right now he's making red pepper and leek soup for me, yummy! my favorite.

apollo: apollo is also doing well. he is going through a growth spurt right now, which means he is a little fussy and has random days where he sleeps and sleeps. of course, all this sleeping during the day has him up at night, which sucks for us, but we're getting it figured out. also, apollo is sleeping in his crib at night now. yes!!

kalina: i'm doing great. i don't hate work yet, which is sweet. i bike to work every once in a while, and i can't wait until apollo is done nursing so i can bike everyday.

the family: we got a kid carrier for our hikes. steven and i like it, and best of all-apollo likes it. every thursday we go downtown to "music on main." bozeman closes main street to have vendors and live music every thursday evening. it is a lot of fun. apollo loves all the dogs and people. and MAN ARE THERE PEOPLE. it reminds me of living in chicago, there's so much going on. and last saturday we got to see "shakespeare in the park." apollo did really well, and it was quite enjoyable. who knew you could get not only mountains but culture in montana??? amazing.

LETS HANG FIVE DOLLAR AMERICAN FLAGS (MADE IN CHINA) OUT OUR JAPANESE MADE CAR WINDOWS

IM GLAD AMERICA HAS TOILET PAPER.

photo shoot at the park.

happy fathers day steven. we think you're pretty swell.

apollo + yellowstone

thanks auntie kristen & uncle bill!

happy birthday apollo!

wish you all were here to c.e.l.e.b.r.a.t.e.! today was a very special day for the big one year old. we visited apollos favorite coffee shop where he received a free birthday drink! we then went to hyalite canyon to have lunch and a party. apollo got some super-awesome-wonder-magnificent gifts from his family. thanks grandma & grandpa vanderpoel for the radio flyer! and a special thanks to grandma & grandpa althoff for coming celebrate with us & for the gifts. and thanks for everyone who wished apollo to have a very merry day. 

he did. 

& thanks papa steve for supper and making apollo's birthday cake!