Daddy's Back

Grammy and Pop Pop and the boys

Jacob gets some love-love from Grammy

Listening to his heart?

The first sunburn of summer

We are glad that Dan is back from his stage combat workshop! He passed muster in all weapons areas and they also honored him the Noble Blade Award for "Strength of Body, Sharpness of the Mind and Generosity of Spirit," and overall embodiment of the spirit of their craft. It was a really nice tribute, to his hard work. Of course, when I heard that I just thought, "that's my man" :-) This is a really good professional development step for him.

We miss having Grammy and Pop Pop with us. We had a good time during that last week with them and I was able to get a few more pictures before they left on Thursday. Since they got home, they've ironically suffered through storms, a power outage and a nearby tornado (EF0, but still, it was a tornado!).  That's Arkansas stuff! They are fine, though, and we look forward to seeing them at Christmas. When they dropped the boys off at school the morning they left, Dad was saying goodbye to Micah and had everyone in the office crying. It's hard, and probably will be more difficult for the boys as they get older, but for now, they accept it as just how our family is. We love to Skype and that helps. This week we got to Skype with Gramma Lynn and Papa Roger and see their new chickens in the backyard. Micah is already talking about what we are going to do when we get up there this summer!

Jacob had his two-year checkup at the Dr. and he is a healthy boy! He is still at the top of the charts for both height and weight and we are still stymied by this! The Dr. gave us a referral for a children's allergist where Jacob will have a skin test to determine what he is allergic to, so we can help alleviate those problems and possibly his asthma. We're not looking forward to that process, but we really do think this will help him in the long run. That appt. is July 18 in Little Rock.

Micah got a bit of a sunburn at the water park this week, but it didn't seem to bother him much, as you can see :-) He is a water-loving boy and always has been. Jacob, on the other hand, hates anything to do with the sprinkler and looks askance at the kiddie pool in the backyard as if to say,"for reals, mom?" when I try to put him in there. So far, I've only been able to submerge a single toe before screaming ensues. Tomorrow we are going to the lake in the morning so we'll see how that goes. He doesn't like water, but he does like sand and there is a beach there, so I think he will enjoy the trip all the same. For Father's Day we plan to grill and have some friends over for steaks and a movie (for the kids). That's how we roll these days. We are making a list of things we'd like to do this summer with the kids, like visit the Little Rock Zoo, and hopefully we'll get to do some of those. Hope you all are staying cool and enjoying your summer, too!