Manly Men

I love this picture of Isaac and Beau. Isaac is always wanting to be right in on his dad's projects. Here they are building some bunk beds together for a friend of ours. He was right in there helping with the screws and looking on proudly at his dad. I'm so glad Beau lets him join in on the fun and be a part of the projects rather than telling him to go away. He'll grow up knowing all kinds of skills and they'll have a great relationship together.

Pie Eating Contest

This last weekend was a family reunion with all of my cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents. There were about 70 of us there in attendance. It was so much fun to be able to see everyone. Get caught up on their lives, see their kids and show off ours. I also even played in a game of softball. I definitely need to improve my skills, but I had a blast playing. We also had a pie eating contest. Beau was a good sport and joined in, and not only that but he won. Here's him going at it!

Family Vacation - Day Three

Sorry no photos for today:) We spent the day at home relaxing, taking naps, reading, working on projects and having some kids over to play. It was a pretty relaxed day. With still 2 more days to go of vacation and a list of things that we promised the kids to do.. we had a glitch in the plans. Beau and I were supposed to go out on a date tonight - our own mini vacation. But the neighbors who were going to watch the kids ended up getting the flu and we voted to not get it, and try for another day. It only turned out that Beau got it anyway and has spent the night sick and throwing up.(His first time being sick in our 5 years of marriage. I can't even count on my two hands how many times I've been sick... finally it caught him.) Mirian has it too - at least a burning fever, but hasn't thrown up yet. Phew!!! What a way to spend vacation huh!:) So we shall see how the next couple of days play out. We may end up extending the family vacation a couple of days to recuperate from the sickness.

Ants!

Mirian is petrified of ants. She screams and flips out anytime one gets near her. Well 2 or three times last night she woke up screaming and running into mom and dads room crying because there were ants in her bed. She had actually taken a piece of bread with her to bed (not a good idea) but she was starving and her "ants" were bread crumbs in her bed. After brushing out every possible bread crumb, she still was able to feel an ant here or there in her sleep. Finally we gave up.. Dad slept with the ants and Mirian slept with mom. Ironically dad woke up with his back feeling better than it has for weeks, (since he did something to it weeks ago) and has decided our mattress is part of the problem. He is now determined to go out and get us the same mattress today so we can finally sleep good. Of course I've been wishing this would happen for years now, as I was complaining of the same thing every time I'm pregnant - terrible back pain. Yeah!!! A new mattress for us and all because of a few ants.

Photo by: Aneslin Subash