Whew! Life has really been flying on by. I need to post some pictures! Here’s some from the last couple months or so. Many of them are from my iPhone because I just haven’t been carting my camera around with me very often. I have been staying busy with the kids, as usual. I’ve also been working on a website/project which is built around storytelling. If that interests you, please check Library of Impressions out.

Ok. I’ll start from oldest to most recent. There’s a lot of pictures…

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Ezra and Micah playing in the backyard.

Ezra in the backyard digging…

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Ezra learning to walk around the backyard.

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Ezra in deep thought.

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Ezra being cute.

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Micah digging for worms.

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Micah playing with dirt and worms.

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Micah finding some worms.

Bath time with Ezra.

Uh oh…dandelion.

Neighbor’s house with some vines growing.

Roof

Top of our house.

Ezra gaze.

Ezra man.

Daddy and Micah

This is me and Micah just minutes after waking up. He wanted to take a picture.

Bed Head Brothers

Bed head boys.

Daddy and Micah

Bed head Micah and daddy.

Coffee cups

Coffee mugs.

In...and out

One of my favorite pictures ever. What goes in…must come out…

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Papaw and Micah.

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Papaw and Micah hanging out on our back wall.

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Ezra walking around the backyard.

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Grammaw, Micah, and Ezra playing in the backyard.

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Ezra and his soccer ball.

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Papaw snuggles.

Swimming with Grammaw and Papaw

Micah swimming.

Swimming with Grammaw and Papaw

Gramaw and Micah enjoying some pool time.

Swimming with Grammaw and Papaw

Enjoying his time in the pool.

Swimming with Grammaw and Papaw

Laughs all around.

Swimming with Grammaw and Papaw

Ezra was a bit more timid, but he eventually got there, too.

Swimming with Grammaw and Papaw

But he’ll always play with a ball.

Swimming with Grammaw and Papaw

Getting braver.

Swimming with Grammaw and Papaw

Ezra and mommy.

Swimming with Grammaw and Papaw

Ezra getting braver and enjoying the pool party.

Well look, it's two people I love!

Love those smiles.

Naked potty training day one and molar number four coming in. This is the real deal, folks. // #💦💩🚽😬

Naked potty training was quite the experience.

Two parks. Two kids. Two tired parents = One successful Saturday.

Ezra soaring high at our neighborhood park.

Visual proof that local coffee shops are like little glimpses of heaven on earth.

At a coffee shop in Omaha.

There’s nothing in this world that Micah seems to love more than dogs and puppies. He picked out “buddy” and LOVES him.

What shoe-d we do today? // #ezrayuuto #aksarbenliving #childhoodunplugged

Ezra hanging out on the couch.

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Mommy and Ezra at the water park.

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Ezra really enjoying his time at the water park.

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Micah plays with a few of the fountains at the water park.

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Micah smiling at the water park.

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Ezra showing mommy he’s having fun at the water park.

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Micah timidly playing in the water.

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Micah leads mommy through the park.

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A bat at the zoo.

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A parrot at the zoo.

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Barely caught this picture. Seeing it made me laugh out loud!

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Early in the summer we found a dove who made a nest and laid eggs in our plant. They later would hatch and eventually leave the nest. It was fun to see the progress throughout the summer.

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No more $20 haircuts – we decided to start giving haircuts to the boys ourselves.

Go, set a watchman // #ezrayuuto #aksarbenliving

Ezra looking out the window.

Ezra seems happy to be outside today. It's about 300% humidity, though. // #ezrayuuto #omaha #childhoodunplugged #makemoments

Ezra smiles on a walk near the Missouri river.

Walking along the Missouri River this morning. // #igersomaha #omaha #missouririver #bridge #omaha #bnwomaha #makemoments #momentswide #xmarksthespot

A bridge to Council Bluffs, Iowa from Omaha, NE.

Bean bag.

Micah chilling in the bean bag.

Bedtime? But there's still plenty of daytime left! // #MicahMasato #aksarben #childhoodunplugged #windowwatching #windowwatcher

Looking out the window before bedtime.

Took a brief walk over to the park today to cool off on this hot summer day. // #igersomaha #OmahaParks #omaha #micahandezra #aksarbenliving #stinsonpark #summerfun

Enjoying the fountains at our local park in the hot summer heat.

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Micah playing some online games on the iPad.

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Wine glasses on a homemade wine glass holder my wife got us for our anniversary. It’s made from a wine barrel.

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Grilling outside at a local park with some friends.

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Ezra and his friend playing on the playground.

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Ezra trying to decide whether or not he should go down the slide.

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The iconic desert dome at the zoo here in Omaha.

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Ezra and Micah in the wagon. Kind of looks other worldly.

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Sarah taking some pics of her own.

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Chilling in the wagon that Grandpa and Grandma Simpson gave them.

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Sunscreen time.

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Watching the monkeys

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Some birds at the zoo.

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“Look over there!” and then the children look the other way. Typical.