A Weekend

This past weekend was pretty uneventful.  We had small group on Friday, went to breakfast at the new Big Boy in town on Saturday (Big Boy is a new thing down here and people love it) and Sunday we went to church and then just relaxed.  While both boys were napping, Sunday, Jed and I took advantage and jumped in the pool.  Usually when we take Evan one of the two of us is holding him and the other is trying to entertain him, its fun but a lot of work.  I jumped on the aligator we inherited from Jed's sister and layed in the sun for about an hour.  I didnt even apply sunscreen that how carefree I was feeling (anyone who's been to the beach with me knows that I'm a bit of a freak when it comes to protecting myself from the sun).  

 Oh so relaxing!

The boys did eventually get up from their naps and here are some pictures from the rest of our weekend.

 After I fed Seth some fruit and cereal Evan decided to help me out by wiping up the mess.  He was very gentle with his brother. 

 But Seth still didnt appreciate his brothers help.

Whenever I go out somewhere with the boys people always tell me that my "hands are full" and I guess they're right.  I wouldnt have it any other way though.

Lost and Found

Last night I went to Target with Seth to pick up a few things.  Well I guess somehow my wallet fell out of my purse and into the basket of the cart after I checked out and I didnt notice.  I got home and an hour later a guy named Pluto called me and said that his daughter had found my wallet.  I was shocked because I didnt even know I had lost my wallet.  So after I freaked out and loaded the kids up we head off to meet Pluto's daughter at Steak and Shake.  The whole way there I was torn between being relieved and worrying what was going to be missing from my wallet.  Well God is amazing because not only did I get my wallet back but nothing was missing, no one had used my credit cards or my debit card.  I'm so thankful. 

Today I went and switched my Michigan drivers licsense to Florida.  So its official I am a Florida resident, woohoo. 

Aunt Becky

 Aunt Becky gave Seth a couple of cute new outfits while she was visiting.  He wore them to church Sunday and got a lot of compliments.  He looks like such a little man!   Thanks aunt Becky for the adorable clothes. 

 This is Aunt Becky.  She was afraid that ticks would get in her hair while she was riding the fourwheeler through the woods. However notice the lack of concern for her bare feet.  She's a bit of a spaz but we love her anyways. :)  he he he  

I forgot to post this picture last time.  I was walking in the rain at a park in Tennessee when a bird pooped on me.  At first I thought it was a fat rain drop that hit me until I looked at my hand.  I didnt even know that birds pooped in that color.  YUCK! 

Weekend In Tennessee

Our weekend in Oneida, TN was good for the most part.   We stayed with Tom and Eve Z, good friends of the Cusi Family.  They build log cabins all over the US with, Barna Log Homes.  They built they're own home and all the other buildings on their property including the bunkhouse we stayed in this weekend. 

 This is the Z house, we spent a lot of time sitting on their front porch enjoying the cool weather, it was in the 60s and 70s all weekend. 

 My sister in law, Becky, and I took a ride on the four wheeler together, arent we cute :)

 Evan went on his first fourwheeler this weekend, he loved it.  Daddy took him around nice and slow.  

 This is the whole group of us in Tennessee this weekend.  We had a blast. 

 Evan making friends with Mr. Zdanio.

Jed, Gwen and Evan all hangout on the big porch.  Jed attempted to whittle but he didnt make much progress with Evan constantly begging to get back on the fourwheeler.  

We had a great time this weekend.  We were able to spend time with family and good friends, we got to explore some of Tennessee and we were able to relax.  This the best vacation we've had since our honeymoon, more than three years ago.  We're hoping to do it again next Labor day. 

THE SAD ENDING

Unfortunately our weekend didnt end on a good note.  The last day we were there Gwen must have been wandering around in the woods and she was shot by someone.  We didnt realize it until we were on our way home at a rest stop in Georgia.  We noticed some bleeding and took a close look and found that she had a round deep hole in her left leg.  We rushed her to the vet as soon as we got home and they confirmed that it was a gun shot wound.  The vet said that it looked like the shooter was aiming for her heart because it was only four inches below her chest.  It horrifies me to think that someone purposely tried to kill our Gwen.   Right now gwen has an infection and she's on antibiotics, we have to clean her wound twice a day and drain all the puss.  Its pretty gross and I would imagine painful for Gwen.  We're hoping for the best but she may need surgery to remove some dead tissue.  We're really praying that it heals on it own because the surgery would be very expensive and it would prolong the healing process.  Other than that Gwen is doing really well, she's walking around, eating and half heartedly playing with Evan.   We love our Gwenny and I'm so thankful that she's still alive.

Cousins

My sister in law, Becky and her family are visiting with us this week.  They got here Saturday afternoon and are staying with us until Thursday.  Thursday night we're all planning on driving up to Tennessee to meet Jed's parents for Labor Day weekend.  Right now we're watching Hurricane Ernesto to see if its going to ruin our plans.  Last night it was expected to directly hit us on Thursday night but now it might go right of us and come earlier.  Basically we have no idea what its going to do and we just have to wait it out. 

The kids are having a blast together.  Taylor and Haley have discovered how to play hide and seek with our dog Gwen and Evan follows the girls around laughing.  He thinks they're so entertaining.  We went swimming yesterday.  Taylor and I practiced our jumps into the pool, it was fun trying to teach Taylor how to dive and flip into the pool.   

 Haley, Maggie and Taylor

Evan giving Maggie a little hug. 

Harley

This weekend, Jed, Jay and their friend Sam, rented Harley's.  They were out all day, Saturday, riding around, unfortunately Sam's bike broke down and they had to wait 2 hours for Sam to get a replacement bike.  Jed finally got home around 10:30pm, he was covered in disgusting road grime, I sent him right to the shower.  Sunday after church Joy babysat the boys while Jay, Jamie, Jed and I went for a ride.  We were out for about 4 hours and at the end of the ride I was in so much pain I could barely walk.  I was sitting on a peice of foam about 1 inch think on a metal fender, I felt every bump!  I'm still sore today.  It was fun though, Jed had a little street bike when we were dating and this weekend reminded me of those days.   

 These two pictures were before our ride on Sunday.  Evan is a little too young to go on a ride but he thought daddy was so cool on the Harley. 

 Daddy and Seth bonding.

Seth and I did a little photo shoot this weekend. 

Russ Cutler, a good friend of Jed from NTBI, and his girlfriend, Michelle came to visit this weekend.   Russ use to live in Missouri but moved to Miami last week to go to air traffic control school.   Russ and Michelle drove up here Friday afternoon and we had dinner with them and another mutual friend, Brant Crane and his fiance.   After dinner we all went bowling but I had to leave early to pick up Evan and Seth from the babysitter.   It was a lot of fun reminiscing about bible school days. 

Today the guys played PS2 all morning.