We went to the Natural History museum today in Raleigh. We got to pet some dead animals and learn what sound a wolf makes, plus we went down 2500ft in a submersible sub…. pretty busy day overall. Glad we are home though.

Farley got a shave and a haircut on Monday – his new summer hairdo, of course it cost quite a bit more than ten cents. He actually looks more like a Lab than a golden retriever now… except for the face – still the beautiful golden Farley we all know and love.

Sam and Alex on the swing in Virginia

Sam came back from Virginia yesterday and found a package waiting for him from Uncle Les and Aunt Laurie… obviously he was quite excited. Unfortunately he had to wait until this morning to open it since Dad was at work. Mom was extremely excited about Sam’s first present – she has read it herself and they were both excited Sam got his own copy, “Walking with Grandfather” … especially since Sam seems to have a friend visiting him from time to time. Sam also loved his 2nd present the Velociraptor skeleton… Sam and Alex just watched all 3 Jurassic Park movies a couple of weeks ago and Sam wanted to dig into it right away, but we are going to wait for a rainy day to get him started on that one… which means probably later on this afternoon.

Farley thought he was going to the pool too…

Just a couple of quick photos of the party…

A couple of photos of the boys after they got some sun today at the pool….

Sam had his 2nd Birthday Party today – complete with pizza at the pool with Reid and Drew. When we got home we cooked sliders on the grill and Sam got to open a couple of more presents. The bottom photo is the bike that Nana and Gung Gung gave him last week. Sam will have one more party in a couple of weeks – bowling with AJ.