FOUND

Wedding ring is now safe and sound. Alex was the HERO yesterday. It was laundry day and he was helping me sort the clothes and was feeling especially helpful. He ran and grabbed my hamper and he and Analeigh sorted all of those clothes too. When Alex got to the bottom of the basket he noticed something down there and lo, and behold it was my ring!! I was right there, but he yelled "MOM, YOUR RING!" and we all did a little happy dance. Woo-hoo! Yea for Alex...for finding the ring and for being such a big helper with the laundry!
*Funny note-Alex ran and grabbed the camera and had me put the ring back in the bottom of the hamper so he could take a picture and I could put it on the blog, haha.
**Another note- I had done ALL of the laundry last week (since losing the ring) and had never found it there...weird

There it was, right at the bottom

More pics - Grand caverns and Natural Bridge

Highlights of the past week and a half of fun

Mom Dad Jessica and Jadens trip out here:
Day 1 - Mom Dad Jessica and Jaden arrive in the mid morning, naps, Pool, boys went to Scouts

Day 2 - Drive through Shenendoah National Park (skyline drive), picnic lunch, Dad bought fishing license, kids went fishing with Papa at our neighborhood lake

Day 3 - Toured Monticello, Very Hot and sticky, picked peaches at Carter Mountain on the way home, went to Woodgrill Buffet for dinner

Day 4 - Drove to Virginia Beach to stay at Ft. Story resort, room not ready, torrential downpour, went down to Va Beach for seafood dinner

Day 5 - The Beach!! Cloudy in morning, beautiful the rest of the day, dolphins swimming just off shore, babies slept in the ocean breezes, decided to head for home when we started to fry, changed clothes at beach club, lost wedding ring, Jessica left for her brother-in laws house, had McDonalds for dinner and drove home


Day 6 - Church bright and early, realized ring was missing, searched frantically, Analeigh gave a talk in Primary about Family Home Evening, lasagna for dinner, went for a walk down to our neighborhood lake and played Yahtzee

Day 7 - Cleaned up the house, laundry, vacuuming, Alex had a birthday party to go to, Mom and I went to get supplies for making half moon window curtains, ate at Chick-fil-A, went to Karate to watch Alex, Jessica came back that evening, Mom Jessica and I stayed up and played Sleeping Queens while Dad read the Monticello booklet, Scott had a rep dinner at a fancy French restaurant

Day 8 - Went to Grand Caverns, lunch at Smokin' Pig (bbq pork sandwiches), boys went to Scouts, mom dad analeigh and i went to the pool

Day 9 - Drove to Natural Bridge, ate picnic lunch in parking lot, went to see Natural Bridge, snakes fell in river from 200 foot drop right next to us, I freaked out, kids thought it was totally cool, BIG black snake, gigantic spiders, walk to waterfall, creaped out jaimee the whole way, saw George Washington's signature carved on the rock wall, ice cream after, kinda creepy wax museum, Pool

Day 10 - Kids want to fish with Papa ONE more time, run to grocery store, everybody gets packed up, our fun ends!! Grandma Papa Jessica and Jaden have to go back to Utah! :0(
We LOVE you guys and are soooo GLAD you came!!! Come back soon!!

Guess who's 32 today?!

This GUY!!!

We LOVE you Scott/Daddy!!! You're the best!

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Baseball
This spring we signed Alex up for a baseball team. Scott enjoyed playing baseball when he was young, so he was excited about having Alex try it out. There is a fantastic league here that is totally FREE. The sponsors cover all of the cost. Practically unheard of. We were especially happy about that fact.

I think Alex had a pretty good time with it this season. It was kind of a slow game for him. He has been playing soccer for so long that standing out in a field waiting for a ball to (never) come to him was not exactly his idea of a great time. But he made some great hits and learned a new sport and got better with each practice and game. We will see next year if he wants to play again or not.

Here are a couple of pictures from the end of season picnic.

8 Months Old

Here's our girl #2 --- 8 months old and such a sweetie!!

She can wave, and babble mama and dada and even anna...i think it will be a while before we get an "alex" out of her

She chews on her blankies to go to sleep

She will even chew on her brother and sister's socks if she finds them laying around-haha

She army crawls everywhere

She pulls herself to standing in her crib and to her knees everywhere else

She absolutely loves to swim! When we get in the pool with her she just kicks and kicks and babbles away. I think if I let go of her in the pool she would stay afloat with the amount of kicking she does--but I'm not gonna chance it!