A Visit from Gramps & Grammy Lynn

Sean's parents came to visit this past week. We had lots of fun. Of course we had to got to the Children's Museum, and a baseball game, and then just spending time together at home. The last picture is just a cute one of Ethan "reading".

Memorial Day Fun

On Memorial day we had some friends over for grilling. The Halls, The Lanes, Ali, and the Whites all came over.

Ethan eating corn on the cob.


Ethan, Julia, Micah


Lucas & Robert were hitting the big balls with bats.


Joe & Julie White who are expecting their first little one in October.


All of the cute little kids. This was the first picture we took and it turned out best.

Staples in Lucas' Head

Sunday afternoon while Becky was triming the lawn Sean was playing with the kids in the back yard. The kids were playing in the water. While they were playing Lucas tripped and fell and hit the crown of his head on a fense post in our back yard and cracked his head open. We went to the ER and they stapled it back together. He will see the family doctor next week to have the staples removed. This injury only slowed him down for about 20 minutes. Here are a few picture (don't worry none with the blood). They are just of the top of his head with the staples.

The Sun does shine in Seattle!!!

Last weekend we had BEAUTIFUL weather. One of the days it reached 91. The boys were excited to go slip-n-sliding. It was such a blessing to have warm weather.

3 Sick Kids and a sick Mom

Well.... it started last week when Micah and Sean had allergies but, perhaps it was a cold. Then we had to take Lucas to the doctor on Saturday and he had bronchitis and pink eye. Then we took Ethan and Micah in to the doctor on Tuesday. They each had bronchitis and pink eye. However, Ethan added in a double ear infection. Then mom went in on Wednesday and had what she thought was bronchitis also but no she just has an ear infection. After $150 in copays and medicines were are all on our way to feeling better. This is only the 2nd time since we have been married that Becky has gone to the doctor (except for ob appointments with the 3 boys). Our wonderful friends Rich & Elaine brought us dinner that was supper yummy last night because we were so sick. They are super great people. We are thankful for their friendship!!!!

Painting Rockets

I bought some stealth jet kits at Michaels for $1 each (one for Lucas & one for Micah). It included everything: the paint, glue, wood, and sand paper. Sean helped the boys put them together. Micah had a lot of fun doing it. Lucas got a bit bored with it.

More Baseball

While Pop-Pops and Grammy Jo were here this weekend they were able to go with us to a baseball game. After the game it has become a must to play on the playground next to the field (it seeem as though every field had a playground next to it).

Pop-Pops and Grammy Jo came to visit this past weekend so we went to the Everett Children's Museum. Ali came along with us also. It is a very fun place. The roof top was open this time so the kids got to play on a large playground and dig for dinosaur bones. The kids are very excited to go again in a couple of weeks when Gramps and Grammy Lynn come to visit.

Flower Cookies

We made sugar cookies in the shape of flowers. The boys had lots of fun!!!

The Count

Sorry no posts in a while. Not much has happened as of lately. Sean & I did get to get away for our anniversery last week. Ali watched the kids for us all day on Tuesday. We wandered around with nothing pressing to do. It was great.
The most exciting thing that happened today was that Lucas counted all the way to 59. I was in shock. He and Micah were playing hide-n-seek. Lucas said "I'm going to count to 59." I though ok sure go for it. Well, he did it without skipping a number. This is impressive to me because he is only 4 1/2. And to exit kindergarten (which he doesn't start until fall of '08) you only have to count to 31. Prehaps it has to do with his autism but, whatever the reason it was impressive to this mom.

Tagged

My friend Niki Spangler tagged me a little while ago and I am just now getting around to doing it. Mostly because I have had a hard time thinking of 7 random facts about myself. Sorry that the facts aren't that interesting.
The Rules
1) Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog
2) Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3) Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4) Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Fact 1:
Sean & I have been married for 8 years on Tuesday (April 29th).

Fact 2:
I have "flown" a plane twice. Two friends from high school got their pilots licences and I flew with each of them and they let me "fly" the plane.
Fact 3:
I have 2 sisters and no brothers. I have 3 boys and 3 nephews and no neices (on both sides). Boys sure are wild.
Fact 4:
I have walked on the Great wall of China
Fact 5:
I have one son with Autism.
Fact 6:
Each of our boys have a middle name after a family member
Lucas Allen (Sean's dad)
Micah Richard (My dad)
Ethen Glen (Sean's grandfather's first name & my grandfather's middle name)
Fact 7:
I hope to travel more when the kids get older.
7 People tagged:
Melissa Spaid
Yetta Garwood
Amy Medina
Jody Stanford
Sara Parsons
Anyone else who reads my family blog... I never know who reads this... it is mostly just pictures of the kidos.

Lucas 2nd Baseball Game

Wow... what a game of t-ball. Some kids use the t others are pitched to, some are older, some are younger, lots of parents on the field, everyone bats every inning. But, they sure do have fun. This is a great introduction to baseball for Lucas.
These are picture of Lucas running the bases. Sorry the pictures are not super clear they are taken from behind a fence.



The back of his uniform even has his name on it. He picked #5 (I think because that's how old he will be on his birthday).

This is Lucas & his friend Abe from church. It is fun for them to play on the team together!

Lots of Snow

Sorry for the delay in posting these picture but, we were having trouble loading them for some reason.
Anyway... last Friday afternoon (that's April 18th)it began to snow and snow and then snow some more. It snowed until we had about 1 foot of snow. That's right about 1 foot of snow on April 18th. Just as the flower are blooming the snow comes and crushes them. Oh well! The side benefit is that the kids had tons of fun playing in the snow with dad on Saturday morning and building a snow fort to throw snow balls at the "bad guys". The bottom picture of the boys was from Friday when the snow was just begining to fall. The snow melted fast. We are really looking forward to a warm long summer (that is our dream anyway)!!!

What's the Weather?

So... one Saturday it snows 5 inches. The next it is 70+ degrees outside (this is an exception to the norm and it is the only warm day in 7 months). Then today Lucas & Micah came running in to my room this afternoon looking like this (see below). So, I asked them "why are you wearing your swimmers?" To which they replied "we are just pretending to swim." Well, I guess in Washington you can only "pretend" to swim in April. We just have 2 1/2 months left until July 4th when you can pull our the summer wear. Come quickly July 4th!!!!

Baseball Begins

We have officially begun sports with the kids. Lucas is the first on to play an orgaized sport. He is playing with a special needs team. He plays with a kid from church who also has special needs. It is great fun because our friend from church is the coach. Micah really wants to play baseball too but doesn't understand that he's not old enough yet. Lucas had his first game on Sunday. No winners or loosers because they don't keep score for t-ball. Hopefully more pictures from his next game on this coming Monday!!! Thier shirts had not yet arrived as of their last game. So hopefully we will get more pics in his full uniform.

Strange Comments

Has anyone else who blogs been getting strange comments. Well, I have been getting them from random "people" that say something like please see here and have you click a link that is supposed to cause problems on your computer. Just wondering. I have been deleting them.

One of the things we love about Ethan

Ethan is a blessing to our family. He loves to be with us. But, he also like to just play by himself every now and then. He was quiet last week and when I wen to check on him this is what he was doing. Just playing with his little people. So, I had to take a picture.

Micah's New Robe

Micah didn't have a robe (both Lucas & Ethan did). So, Grammy Lynn made this one for him. It is yellow (his favorite color). Thanks again Grammy Lynn!!!

Ethan's Puffy Baker's Hat

Grammy Lynn made each of the boys a puffy bakers hat. Well, until Thursday Ethan would not put his on. Then the big brothers convinced him to put his on. We think he looks super cute in his also. Thanks Grammy Lynn!