Dylan's Playdate with Jack

Dylan is at his first playdate without Mom or Dad, and he has taken to Jack's drums pretty well! Let's just hope he doesn't like it TOO much. We are not getting drums.  Ever.

Oh, there you are Peter!

We had family movie night tonight.  We gathered together in our room, with Dan and Dylan on the "Big Bed", and Kaitlyn and I on the twin bed we brought in for me to sleep in while I'm still healing up from surgery.  Because the kids (mostly Dylan) are still so obsessed with Peter Pan, we decided to rent Hook.  We popped popcorn.  We ate string cheese.  We cheered for Peter and the Lost Boys and explained parts that needed explaining.  They loved it.  We loved it.  This is one of those nights that you want to have more of. 

A Pain in the Back (ha ha)

So I know this is supposed to be more of a website about the kids, but oh well, I'm taking a turn.  For those of you who don't know, I had surgery on May 10th to remove some of the spinal hardware that had been in my back since my injury in 1999.  The doctors were able to remove everything but eight hooks that were too embedded with overgrown bone for them to be removed.  The picture below is what was removed.  I think I'm going to make a robot out of it!

And for those of you that have a sick sense of morbid curiosity like I do, I thought maybe I'd share a picture of the incision with you.  It's a little icky, so viewer discretion is advised...

Just Funny

Sometimes you need to dress up in a button-down shirt or a fur stole, sometimes you just need to wear some of dad's undershirts and make funny faces.  Really, you never know until the mood hits.

Artists at Work

Who needs pants to paint?

Totally oblivious to me even taking pictures.

I completely LOVE this painting!

Happy Easter!

Opening their first Easter baskets from Aunt Sissy

I had to show off the matching bow I made for her hair. 

Go D-Backs!

My mom and I took the kids to the Diamondbacks Opening Day and for not ever having been to a ballgame, or even watched one on TV for that matter, I think they did pretty darn good! We brought our own snacks, but of course we had to get hot dogs! I think the kids were most excited about Baxter the Bobcat. He came to the section next to us and the kids were dumbfounded.  I must admit I'm a little dumbfounded as well as to why the mascot for the a team named after a snake is a bobcat.  Go figure.