I have a new Monte hat. (Thanks, Jen!)

Another favorite pastime... the fake cry!

Our current favorite pastime: spinning bowls! Sorry we haven't blogged in so long. We will try to catch up soon!

Tunnel Fun 2!

Tunnel Fun 1!

Cormick and I had such fun in his tunnel today! Woo!

Ride 'em cowboy!

Who needs toys when you have a basket?

Splash Pattee

Splash Pattee (aka Brittnie's backyard) is our new fave summer hangout!

Bonner Park splashy place

Bonner Park is another sweet hangout. The sprayground place is pretty fun. I am still kind of nervous about the fountains, but I'm getting better.

Costco

Cormick and I always enjoy shopping with our moms.

Splash part 2

Here I am at Splash again with Mom, Brittnie and Cormick.

Splash Montana!

Missoula has a SWEET water park called Splash Montana. I got a season pass for my birthday from my grandparents! Thanks, guys! Here I am, having fun in the sun.

So, this summer I've been doing lots of fun things! Here I am, taking a ride on my grandpa's boat.

This fool taught me how to send blog updates from my phone (a.k.a. the only camera I ever use anymore). Now I shall post 1,000 pics from the last month! Thanks Brittnie!

Testing mobile blogging! Please stand by!

And we're walking!

A not-very-high-quality cell phone video... and yet, a fantastic memento of Ben's first steps! Good job, Peter!

ONE YEAR OLD!!!

I turned one year old today!!!

ONE YEAR!!!

Seriously... can you believe it?
My parents threw me a raging birthday party. It was at Grandma & Grandpa Scott & Patti's house. It was a beautiful day, and MOST of my friends and family were there! Woo! (Edited because Auntie Molly complained when I wrote"all." We were sad to be missing Molly, Paul, Angela...probably some others...but we tried to enjoy the event anyway!)

Cormick and I thought, hey, why not hang out in the garden?

The cuteness is not fair.

Cormick says, Ben, let's go explore this yard! C'mon!

But now I need to give my mom a hug!

Indeed! This grass stuff is awesome!

This picture will be in the next Abercrombie & Fitch catalog.

Grandparents!

Me & Grandmary

Two beautiful people!

Oh, boy, the main event! Time for cake!

The singing made me rather nervous. Why, people... why are you singing?

Fire... interesting.

Strange.

As with all new foods, I am very hesitant.

Wait... this might be delicious!

Yum!

Ugh... the sugar high is over... I am crashing!

All in all, it was a fantastic event! Thanks, everyone, for coming!

The playground!

First trip to the playground! Very exciting!

Not sure, Mom... I don't see what the big deal is with this swing.

Kinda bored...

Whoa... what is this stuff?

It feels weird, Mom.

I want out now.

This is a sweet tunnel!!

Randoms.

Here are some random pictures that didn't fit in anywhere else...

I have decided that eating is hilarious. I laugh often while in my high chair. Sometimes, I spit out my food while this laughter occurs.

Our friends Raelynn and Steve came to visit from Colorado. They brought their daughter Eva. She is adorable! She and Ben really hit it off... wooo!

Oh my goodness! Brittnie styled my hair in a crazy, poofy updo! It's getting rather curly these days...

HAAA! My hair is CRAZY!

Love this toy from Grandma & Grandpa McKenzie!

I'm already beginning my music career.

American Idol: The Finale!

Well, Peter and I are dumb rule-abiding concert-goers. We did not try to sneak our phones or cameras into the finale. Dumb! Everyone had them! And it was seriously the most amazing concert ever... Mainly because of this guy.Adam Lambert... how I love thee. Let me count the ways. I love thy eyeliner. ("guyliner.") I love thy rocking tenor voice. I love most things about thee. I accept that thou art probably gay. That's ok. Anyway... he was the one I was most excited to see. The fact that he didn't win ALMOST RUINED THE WHOLE NIGHT FOR ME. I will NOT mention "the other guy." He bores me to tears; I'm getting tired just thinking about him. But it was awesome to see Adam, not to mention all of these fine performances:

Norman! An earlier contestant! I LOVED him! He is hilarious.

Adam sang with KISS. It was fantastic.

The finalists. (They are really bad dancers - even I could do better.)

Ugh. The other guy. But I liked this song with Keith Urban.

Who's that on the red carpet? Oh, that's Adam Lambert's girlfriend.

Allison. I LOVED her too. Singing with Cyndi Lauper.

Adam singing with Queen. He could be in the band... he's awesome.

Other people we saw:

The Black Eyed Peas
Queen Latifah
Rod Stewart
Jason Mraz
Carlos Santana
David Cook
Lionel Richie
Steve Martin

There may be others that I'm forgetting...

Anyway. Not much else to say. It was the raddest show ever.