Here’s a few shots from our weekend away. Total we were gone about 36 hours but it was just enough for my phone battery to die and stay that way until we left. It was amazing to get the boys out in the dirt and woods and be, well, boys. Kristin and I rode four wheelers until we were sore and we made a big fire. A perfect way to spend a weekend away from home.
Most likely there will be more pictures and a better story over at Kristin’s blog, but I wanted to get these on here.
So I’m not technically ‘Over The Hill’, but I can see it. Today marks the day where I am officially closer to 40 than I am to 20. The ‘hill’ is in sight and it’s not that far off. Thanks for all the Twitter / Facebook wishes. You people are nice.
Also, a quick side note, because today is also the national holiday of loving people and giving chocolate. Kristin and I have a tradition of delaying Valentine’s Day until the next weekend when restaurants are emptier and babysitters are more available. But on that Valentine’s Day note, I will have you know that there really is no more perfect woman than Kristin, so I apologize to all you folks out there that think you’ve found ‘the perfect person’. You haven’t, because I did.
This little man is five today. Now, I know that every parent out there thinks that their kid is the cutest, smartest, best kid out there, but I’m just here to let you all know, this is actually one of the front runners for the actual cutest, smartest, best kid out there. There isn’t a more sweet, caring five year old I have ever met and I’m glad I get to see this one every day.
Happy Birthday Aiden Cole.
What part of the world are you celebrating Christmas in this year? Have a great one.
You know those times when something or someone is so cool that you don’t even really believe that it’s real? Like it just seems like a set up or something? Like they are acting? That’s how Cooper is. It is absolutely unreal how funny of a personality this thing has. The things he says, the way he acts. It’s pretty ridiculous to watch. And today he turns three.
We aren’t celebrating until Tuesday when I am home, so he doesn’t really know that today is his ‘beth-day’ but he knows it’s close. He knows there’s some special train track toys and some other stuff waiting for him (because he saw it when we bought it) but he is waiting patiently for us to tell him it’s his day.
So (almost) Happy Birthday Coop. And if you haven’t seen this… You need to.
…Not in the “controversial, worshipping Satan” kind of way, but in the “let your kids dress up and go Trick-Or-Treating in your neighborhood” kind of way….
Blue has a wart on the bottom of his foot. I’ve never had one so I don’t really know what to do with them but the other day Kristin got some of that stuff that is supposed to freeze them off with no pain or “discomfort”. I mean they sell this stuff over the counter, how bad can it be right?
So, we sit Blue down and tell him that he won’t feel anything and just to hold still so we didn’t get this weird freezing stuff all over the place. Kristin dips this thing into a cartridge thing and pulls out this smoking, giant, Q-Tip looking thing. It wasn’t instant, but about five seconds in to the forty-second process Blue started squirming around and saying that it was ‘hurting real bad’. Now, normally he’s a pretty tough kid when it comes to playing outside with friends, but he’ll have a heart attack if we try to do anything ‘medical’ on him. I think it’s a control thing, but he swears to me that it hurts. So he makes it through the whole forty-second process and is now completely upset at us for putting him through such a procedure. I mean the box says “painless” so it can’t hurt that bad right?
In an attempt to make things fair, I asked Blue if he’d feel better if I did it to myself too. He agreed that I should try it so Kristin did the same process on me, only on the back of my hand and without the wart. Instantly I felt like that scene on Fight Club where Brad Pitt pours acid all over Edward Norton’s hand and makes him stare at it to cope with some inner pain or something. That thing burned like nothing I have ever felt before. I waited the entire forty-seconds and tried to show Blue how brave I was and how it wasn’t really that bad, but also letting him know that I understood the pain that he was talking about…. then I ran to the bathroom crying. No, not really, but that picture above is the result now three days later. Yesterday the blister popped and today it’s just this open sore thing on the back of my hand.
I’m not sure if there’s a moral to this story or not. All I know is my hand is jacked form some painless thing that I’m sure somewhere on the box says “don’t put on normal skin, dummy”. But Blue felt better about things, so I guess it was worth it.
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve done a Positive Post Tuesday post. Not because I haven’t been positive, but because I just keep forgetting. Well, yesterday I heard someone talking on the radio and they challenged everyone listening to not say anything negative on their Facebook status and it reminded me about this whole talking positive thing. For those of you that don’t know, it’s easy. All you have to do is write something positive on your blog and link to it in the comments.
So where to start. It’s been insanely busy these past few months and from my end that’s a totally positive thing. Finishing out the year with Billy was great. I still talk to those guys regularly and it’s awesome to go from one organization of good people to another organization of good people and there’s no weirdness or feeling of abandonment or anything like that. Just smooth transitions and we’re all still friends. The MercyMe tour is off to the races and it seems like it’s going well. It’s awesome to be out with the Fee guys too, though we still need to get our flag football on before they leave.
Another amazingly positive thing is the way Kristin and the boys have handled this whole last few months. I don’t know how she does it but somehow Kristin keeps on top of all the home stuff while I’m out running around like a maniac. I don’t know many other people that could handle that and she does it gracefully.
So in a nutshell, I guess this Positive Post Tuesday is about work, friends and family. Now let’s hear yours. Write about something or someone on your blog and throw the link in the comments.
Well it’s late but it’s still Sunday, so here we go. Welcome to Stats Suck Sunday, where everything is random because no one’s really reading. Here we go.
How’s your Sunday looking?
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