13 July 2005
praise: we had a wonderful week at family camp. bedroom accessories for landon's new room (coming this fall).
prayer: dave's brother, jon, had a stroke last tuesday. he is doing fairly well. still some issues-please continue to pray. (
http://www.daveandnic.com/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=210) my uncle ended up only having a double bypass because they were unable to do the third one. he was told that he needs to radically change his lifestyle. salvation would help.
playfulness: so much-so little time. i should really be cleaning my kitchen (again-ant problem). i feel like that's all i do anymore, clean the kitchen to keep the ants away.
we were over at some friends house on the 3rd and i was telling her of a dream i had the night before in which someone gave me bedding and accessories for landon's room. she startled and said "that's funny, because i was going to ask you if you wanted my son's stuff-we just re-did his room". as a result, landon has vehicle themed sheets, comforter, lamp, shelves, and picture frames for his new room. they will look very cute with his car bed. they'll still look cute when we put in his bunk beds.
we finally have all of our plumbing converted to copper-it's amazing how much more water pressure we have now!!!! my washer doesn't take as long as my dryer any more. =)
the kids and i stopped by the mcdonald's that i used to work out, and i was surprised to see the morning manager that i worked under (10 years ago) still there. when i told her that i had two kids in the back of the van-she said she new she was getting older and needed to retire, but knowing that i have kids re-emphasized it.
landon was so excited to go to family camp. every morning for the week before we left he would get up asking if we could go that day. one of the things he was looking forward to was the stop at the "cupcake store" on the way up. adults would know it as "great lakes crossing." it has a play place in the food court with large cushioned plastic food for the kids to climb over and run around.
while at family camp-one of the funniest moments was when we first arrived in our room and landon was investigating. he tried to open one of the doors to another section (where his cousins were) and asked, "is this where the kitchen is?" when we told him that we didn't have a kitchen-he started to cry. on the way back home from camp, we told him we were going to our house that has his car bed and he added "and our kitchen?!?" yes, he loves to eat.
another funny-i gave him a water bottle on the trip up to cobeac-which he squirted in his lap. we reminded him that he shouldn't do that because he would get soaked. after doing it accidently again, his comment was "i want un-soaked!"
yesterday, i asked landon if he was going on a growth spurt again (because he has been eating a ton). he answered yes. i then asked "when are you going to stop growing?" his response was very serious - "i'm going to stop growing when i'm four."
landon's been enjoying the video tarzan recently. today, he started to crawl around in a crouched position with his hands balled up into fists. what a goofy kid!
the other day, auburn saw landon's big toy dog for the "first" time. i say first in quotes, because she has seen it before, but this was the first time she had any idea what it was. she had recently had an encounter with a real dog. when she saw the toy, she froze and wimpered. we pulled it out and she cried as i helped her pet it. it took about 10 minutes before she was okay with it. now she says "dau-dau" and grunts if you ask her what a doggy says.
one of auburn's newest enjoyments of life has been wet wipes. she loves to carry one around and clean everything in site-even her brother!
in this picture she is cleaning landon's new house. the following pic is landon peeking out his window.
on the 24th my sister and her kids, my mom and the kids and i went to the detroit zoo (it was jordan's birthday). it was very hot-but we enjoyed it.
phillip and auburn in the stroller, then jordan, landon and jenna.
inside the polar bear exhibit.
auburn likes to peek out her window after she's done with her nap.
landon in uncle jon's shoes (when we were in ohio for the family reunion).
final comment for today's blog-landon declared today- "i love to be home!" i'm so glad he feels that way. it must not be such a "horrible" place after all!!!! =)
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