Whoops...

Reese was just walking along and *whack* he ran into the end of a wall... People always ask kids when they get hurt if the other object got hurt--in this case it applies! His face cracked the wall!!!

Another Playdate...

We were lucky enough to get to go to our old college town today and meet up with old buddies. The kids got to see some friends too and seemed to pick up where they left off last year... We didn't make them sit for the above picture, they were busy with their balls and then had to sit down to watch some other people fly kites and it was pretty much monkey see monkey do--one would sit, they would all sit and then as soon as one started to get up they'd all get up.
Fun day!

Girl Time

These girls all came for a very fun IKEA getaway weekend last weekend (just haven't posted about it yet) and stayed with us. I was fortunate enough to get to join them them in their excursion sans kids. We felt like we were 19 again!

Playdate at Oma's...

The boys and I are at Opa and Oma's for 2 weeks...
Today we had a play date with Ian. So we had a 6, 5, and 4 year old. They all had to wear boots and later bare feet. Lots of noise and giggling...

Blowing bubbles on the big rocks.

Bowling with the Family

We went bowling with the whole family--cousins and all! There were 10 bowlers (and of course we had coupons!). The kids are really enjoying it, so we think we should look into getting some used bowling shoes to save on the rental fee...

The Three Musketeers!

Just being boys again...

Playing--they thought these blocks looked better on their heads...

House of boys?

I just glanced up to see what time it was and had to look again as it was very hard to tell the time... hmmm. Wonder why?

That was quick...

After my previous post I grabbed my camera and got some photos of the boys outside--Reese was already out there and when I saw Carsten I knew I had to take a picture... When I asked him if I could take his picture and I was giggling, he said, "I look funny in this?". Cutest little guy.

Still Around...

This is for our adoring fans... nothing special, but this is us one year ago.
I've got to dust the camera off and take some new pictures--we've been busy. Oma came for a visit and Auntie Callie came for a visit. Today we are enjoying the sunshine (it's been missing for awhile). Reese is outside with his cap gun "shooting" bugs.

Bubble Experiment

Opa and Oma were here for the weekend and lots happened! Jim and I took the opportunity and went up to Seattle for the night and then bought a new car the next day... (new to us). I'll have to post pictures of it soon. We had a wonderful time away--need to do that more often... Opa, Oma???
Reese needed to do a science experiment for school and so we also used Opa for this one. He found a great idea online--making different shaped bubble blowers out of pipe cleaners and then seeing what shape of bubble was blown... I had homemade bubbles and they worked really well--floated forever. Fun.

(credit for this picture goes to Twila K...)

Just Playing...

Used my kids to test lighting, etc. for some fun family pictures of our cousins--Jason, Becky, and Wyatt...

Bowling!

We went on a field trip with Reese's school today... Bowling! It was the boys' first time and they enjoyed it immensely and wonder when we are going back??? Alicia--do you have any bowling coupons? We might have to plan some Friday Night Fun Nights at the bowling alley!
I forgot my camera and so the pictures are from Reese's camera and Jim's phone...

Recovering...

These pictures are from last week before the incident. These pictures were to show you that we don't suffer on a gluten free diet. These cookies were divine... peanut butter with kisses in the middle... mmmm...
We are doing okay here. We were busy before and now we are really busy with chiropractor, massage, insurance, looking for a new car, etc. The fun stuff. Thank you for all your kind comments and thoughts for us.

Update...

Sorry to leave you hanging--I've been updating Facebook and not the blog. So, the story. I was driving with my boys to town in our Suburban and not far from home a teenager turned left in front of us. He was paying attention to some pedestrians that were going to cross the street he was turning onto and didn't double check before he went in front of us. We hit his passenger front and our driver front and that sent us into a very deep ditch on the side of the road. We slid down that for a bit before stopping. Reese had the presence of mind to roll down his window once the dust from the airbags had settled and we all crawled out his window onto the street. The driver's side was at street level the ditch was so deep. We are all okay--the kids seem fine and my neck is very tight and sore. We are also extremely lucky and thankful it turned out the way it did. The Suburban is most likely going to be totaled and so I would like another Suburban, Excursion, or maybe a Hummer???

Not good...

We are okay.

Where have we been???

Having a little trouble keeping up with everything! So, here are a few pictures--mostly my adorable nephew Clayton from when we watched the boys for an evening...
We are all doing fine, just busy with school, dentist appointments, and life!

Projects

When my dad is here I always have a list of projects... This time was no different. We painted the legs and apron on our kitchen table and re-did a little end/magazine table. Reese wanted to help, so he helped sand and then paint--he was quite excited and waited patiently or as patiently as a 5 year old can.
Thanks neighbor JoAnn for the idea and the paint!
My next project involves my father-in-law and it is a door turned into a coffee table...