Super Swing

Grandpa K. designed and built this awesome swing for his grandkids. We call it the "super swing". We finally got to try it out last weekend while we were at Grandma & Grandpa's house for the annual pumpkin-carving party.
Ethan

Taylie

Brenna taking a very tame ride

Even I got a turn. I was afraid for Grandpa's back, swinging me around, but he said it's not really any harder than swinging the kids. It was so much fun!

Here are some clips of the super swing in action.

Virginia

Taylie and I went to Virginia for 5 days to help Stacy with the new baby. I should have taken a picture of Taylie on the airplane, because she was really excited about that. She did NOT like the boring layover in Vegas, but she loved sitting by the window, seeing the Grand Canyon, and ordering her complimentary beverage. Taylie is going to do some of the typing in this blog post.
Me and Luke love to hug!

Little chefs in the kichen cooking and cleaning.

" Oh no here comes trouble !"

Taylie and Mikah Man

Megan and Micah. Notice how Blue's Clues is on in the background. Yep, we watched a lot of Blue's Clues. I'm not a huge Steve fan, but Joe is definitely worse.

Taylie loved holding Micah! Here she is kissing his little toes.

We did spend about an hour or two each day doing something fun out and about.

We went to a nearby beach (not the ocean, but still fun). Taylie and Luke played in the sand and hunted for seashells.

Taylie waded in the water.

We went to one of those places where they have tons of bounce houses. Taylie bounced her heart out. . .

while Luke played with this little video game.

We walked around Colonial Williamsburg until Taylie's terrible behavior got so out of control that I had to lock her up for a while.

Actually that's a lie. And you know what happens to liars.

Yep, liars go in the stocks too.

Anyway, I hope we were helpful (I did wash sheets, do dishes, and scrub bathrooms) but even if we weren't, we had a great time!

Welcome to the world, baby Micah!

Tooth Troubles

I was tickling Brenna one day a few weeks ago when I noticed something strange. I made her let me look closer and my concerns were confirmed. She had a permanant tooth on the bottom, maybe 1/3 of the way in. The problem was, she hasn't lost any baby teeth yet. Her teeth weren't even loose. Taylie said she might be like a shark: she'll just grow a whole new row of teeth behind the old ones. And maybe she will. But a good thing for a shark might not be a good thing for a Brenna.
I took Brenna to the dentist and sure enough, the baby tooth in that spot had to be removed. Our poor girl was a bit traumatized by the numbing shot, and she did not like the numb feeling at all, but she was so brave! The tooth fairy forgot to visit that night, but the next night she managed to make it. The dentist said that she may have to have other baby teeth removed as well, but I hope not. Losing them naturally costs a lot less!

Blake Eats Pancakes

Exciting Weekend

I spent last weekend in Texas, attending the wedding of one of my best friends from High School. I realize now that it would have been a good idea to get a picture of the bride and groom, but for some reason that didn't occur to me at the time. I guess it didn't occur to Mom either, since she was my 'date' to the wedding and she never said anything. I did get to meet the bride, though, and she seemed really great.
Here I am with Scott (Left) and Jon (Right), two of my best friends from way back when. I didn't get to spend much time talking to either of them, since they were both involved in the wedding party and I tried to (which means I stressed about it) not be intrusive. I had a really good time though, and I'm very happy I could be there. Jon seemed really glad I came. They were seriously the best friends a girl could have.

James had an eventful time while I was gone. I flew to Texas Thursday morning. That night at about 10:30 TX time I got a phone call from Ethan telling me all about his soccer game. He was the goalie. Here's what happened: Ethan blocked a goal (his coach told me later that he blocked about 10 goals before the fateful one) and his thumb got very badly dislocated. People who saw it tell me that it looked really gross, not even like a hand at all. I wasn't there so, lucky you. there are no pictures. Anyway, some of our neighbors took the other kids while James took Ethan to the ER. They put him to sleep for a minute while they set the thumb, and now Ethan has to wear this cast for 2 weeks. He may need physical therapy but we won't know until the cast comes off.

It was an eventful weekend for all! I hope my next trip is just as fun for me, and a whole lot more fun for everyone else.