SUMMERTIME...

...and the living is, indeed, easy.

While, technically, summer doesn't kick off for another three weeks or so, but we all know that Memorial Day is really the start of summer. And it was 172 degrees outside last week, so it seemed like a good time to take Nate and Will out to take a dip in the pool.

Will wasn't sure what to make of it at first.

But Nate dove in face first...

The sun was beating down hard during their first swim, so we subjected Nate and Will to that ritual of humiliation known as wearing hats.

That's Will in the blue hat, and Nate in the white, for those of you keeping score at home. Will can be seen demonstrating his new tongue-wagging skills. Nate doesn't do this, but he has more teeth, so he needs to be more careful with his tongue. Nate spent most of his pool time playing with toys.

And Will did his best impression of a golden retriever.

They didn't spend too much time in the water, but they did stay in long enough to snap a few more so-outrageously-cute-they-make-your-ovaries-explode (even if you're a guy) pictures. So until next time, our babies bit you goodbye from the tropical paradise that is southern Oregon.