Around Steve and Terri's House

Hanging with the cousins:

Even the wee ones play with technology!

Of course, the big ones do too.

And the "medium" ones as well.

The new puppy - Cricket

Dad and Deacon

Will you look at this beautiful child?

Grrrr

Awww

Mmm...dinner

More technology

All four of the kids that live in this house!

See you soon.

Columbus Children's Museum

Nana with her two littlest boys

As I mentioned, it got cold - really cold - the day after we made it to Indy. The wind was killer. We forged ahead and went to the Columbus children's museum for a while. Unfortunately, also attending that day were all the kindergarten students from a school nearby. It was crowded and LOUD. But, the boys didn't seem to notice.

 




The toddlers, doing what toddlers do.


Then there was this.

Gibson colored for a while, LM cut paper for QUITE a while. And I took video, because when he cuts paper, his mouth moves. Cute. (Oh - and you can hear how loud it was...)

 

Then we walked across the street to an indoor play area where we also ate some lunch. This place was a lot less crowded and loud, which for the adults was more pleasant. 

See you soon.

The One About Feet

Important Work with Grandpa

When we were in Indiana, the first day was warm, until that evening when a front came in and the rest of the weekend was definitely cooler. But, that first day, we visited Grandpa and went about the important work of throwing sticks into the creek.

A little video of the ambient sound.




Fabulous memories.

See you soon.

Fun at the Water Park

This happened in early April, but as is more often the case than you care for me to complain about it, I was having upload issues with this group of photos - most were taken with the camera phone, because it's not a very "fancy camera" friendly place. Ahem.

So, anyway, we went with Kim and Mark and the girls to a Great Wolf Lodge in early April for an overnight. They go pretty regularly but this was our first time there. I knew LM would love it, and he did. So, I loved it too!

The three kiddos, with a hairy photo bomber in the background.

During snack time.

Proof we were having fun. Really.

And a little scary due to the placement of the sun. Oh well.

Goggles!

Funny face.

After dinner, at story time.

Fun family time.

See you soon.

Life

Sometimes it really sucks to be a grown up. Sometimes responsibility and expectations are daunting and not fun. Sometimes situations beyond our control are scary. It especially sucks when people are messing with my family's mojo. I try very hard to look for the silver lining, to find a solution around another way, and to not worry about things I cannot control.

But, sometimes it just sucks.

Even then, we are blessed. Really, really blessed. We have a roof over our head, food on our table, friends and family who love us and our family, and I have the best husband and son ever. So, if all we can muster is to count our blessings instead of dwelling on the suckiness, we'll be happy about that today. One day at a time.

See you soon.