My Vampire Child

So, Tolan has 3 teeth on the bottom and no sign of his front teeth on top. BUT, he did have the canine tooth on the top right come in and now the one on the left is coming in, but still no sign of the front 2. Hopefully they will come soon or I will have a vampire child! I can only wonder - is this punishment for reading those all-consuming vampire books when I was pregnant with him???




If so, oh well. They were good reads and I'm sure his front teeth will come in soon enough.

Sea World

We left the island on Friday & got on the road around 11:30. We drove 5 1/2 hours to Thompsons, stayed the night and were on the road again for the next 2 days. We got home late Sunday night, unpacked the car and got settled in. Then we went to bed and got up at 6 am the next morning to go to Sea World. Crazy, I know. Justin's parents were in town and were taking all the grandkids to Sea World and Justin had the day off anyway, so we went too.

7 of the 8 grandkids

Unfortunately, the sunshine did not last and we ended up going home.

A Stop in Minnesota

On our second date, Justin asked me if I knew the Thompsons. I said, "Yeah, Erin and I were best friends. Why, do you know them?" And Justin said, "Yeah, they're my cousins!" That was one crazy coincidence... Although I had known them for years, I had never met Justin. Anyway, they now live in Minnesota so we stopped by on our way home from Canada. It was the 4th of July, so we were waiting on the beach of a lake there for the fireworks.

the kids & me with Erin & Jessie

Logan with Erin's son, Jadon. They became little buddies quickly, but refused to pose for a picture.

We also stopped in Oklahoma City to see the national memorial for the 1995 bombing there. I thought that it had destroyed 1 or 2 buildings. I did not know that it was actually 16 buildings. To the left, behind the trees are the 168 empty chairs that represent the victims. This picture only shows about half of the area that was destroyed.

Trip to Canada

Here are our pictures from Canada. My mom's parents bought the 7 acre island across the border from Minnesota back in the 60's and it has remained in the family since. My mom's brothers & their families go up every 2 0r 3 years. I have only been a few times & this was Justin's first. We had a great time. My parents and my brother Neal & his wife Kelli went. My uncle and his family along with all of their spouses & kids were there too. So there were 19 adults, 7 kids, a great dane & a golden retriever. We all had fun together and there was plenty to do to keep us busy.