I've neglected to post anything for a bit, I guess I would say that either I've been busy or not much has happened in our lives recently! Probably the former, as I went back to work at the school this week for registration, and Rhonda leaves tomorrow to go and visit with my family in Regina, Saskatchewan. Yes, that was italicized, and I am supremely jealous but alas after two months off I had to be working at this time... But it is nice that she's able to get up there and spend some time with my family, and I'm grateful that she wants to do this, lots of people wouldn't want to spend so much time with their in-laws! My mom Nancy is still recovering from her liver resection surgery in May and the trip was initially to help them move into their new house, but as new houses are often late, this is no exception. Hopefully they don't end up just staring at each other the whole time and get crazy, we'll need Rhonda to be set to jump back in when she gets home! The house just won't be the same without mom around!

Happily, I was able to get one project done for her this week that she has been waiting patiently (most of the time) for the last 4 years for, the trip and transition are in for our new sliding door. I won't bore you with the details, but it has taken a lot longer than it should have for this to be accomplished!

Other than all of this, our lives have been going well, and the boys and I are looking forward to building a pushcart this weekend while mom is away. We'll be sure to share what we create sometime soon!

It's begun...

We were at Raging Rivers Waterpark on Saturday with Solomon and Thad, and had a really great time. We left Eli and Ez with grandma and spent some time playing with the older boys! We both were glad that we only had to pay for one ticket (thanks to the reading program at school) because the waterpark wasn't all that big! We did all have fun though, which is the main thing.

Anyhow, while we were standing in line for one of the slides, Sol and I had the following conversation:

Sol: Dad, you have a bug on your forehead.

Me, swatting at my forehead.

Sol: No dad, on your upper forehead.

At which time Rhonda begins laughing uncontrollably, and continues through the rest of this conversation.

Me: Sol, I only have one forehead!

Sol: No dad, you have three, see? One, two, three. (points at my middle forehead, and then my two corners.)

Me: Thanks a lot!

Rhonda: That has to go on the blog, hon!

I suppose this is why they say "turnabout is fair play," for all the times I've made fun of my own dad. However, this time Sol was totally serious, at least until he figured out that he'd said something funny, at which time he didn't really understand but he and Thad had a lot of fun counting my foreheads for the rest of the day. I'll try to find a good picture to attach so you can decide for yourself how many foreheads I have!

Dustin

Second day, second post!

It's officially the second day of this blog, and I thought it would be good to leave another post, since we're a lot less busy now that our uncle and auntie have gone home:( The boys were sad this morning that there was no auntie Jenna in the livingroom when they woke up, and that they couldn't go downstairs and jump on uncle Jesse, but were able to get past it and spent most of the day playing with toys that had been neglected for the past week, while we've been so busy! I will share a picture or two that will speak volumes to some and nothing to others, but these pictures are what my day consisted of today!

The light switch for the dining room was moved today, from the wall where no-one looks for it to the spot where everyone does! This after at least two years of this being a thorn in Rhonda's side, so she's very happy with the work!

It was a rainy day today so we weren't able to go to the waterpark, but will try to go on Saturday if it works out, the boys are eager to use their Raging Rivers passes they earned at school last year! With another rainy day coming tomorrow, we'll be sure to get some more work done around the house!

First Time Bloggers

Well, here it finally is! I've decided it's time Rhonda and I joined the world of blogging, hopefully I'll be able to convince her to add to this as well! For now, let me begin by saying a big thank you to all our family and friends who journeyed down this road before us and have helped to pave the way! To you all - Let's hope we've learned from your mistakes! Just Kidding... Sort of :)

We're enjoying a cooler day in St. Louis today, after at least a week of upper 90s it's nice to be able to turn off the A/C and open the windows! We just finished a super week of hanging out with Uncle Jesse and Auntie Jenna from Regina, SK, after they finished up their 2 month tour of Europe! It was tons of fun, and I'll include some pictures from our time together! Highlights were definitely going to the Lake of the Ozarks for some waterskiing fun, and hitting the City Museum yesterday! The boys had a super time and got to reaquaint their aunt and uncle with what it's like to spend a week with four boys, energy, crankiness, smiles and laughter, book reading, and all!

Thanks Jenna and Jesse for including us on your trip home, it was great to have you here!