Watching Daddy cook the fish 
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Our Trip to Blue Haven
On top of Johnson's MesaWe had a great time at Blue Haven. Chase was very excited when he discovered that there are a lot of lizards and snakes there! The joy!! The boys have had fun playing by the creek and riding the 4-wheeler. They found it amazing that mommy could actually drive the 4-wheeler. Mark and the boys went fishing and they caught 7 fish! Mark cooked the fish and Chase and Mark ate every bit of it. Dylan tried a teeny, tiny bite then he declared it was good but he did not want anymore. Dylan was very hesitant to try the fish so Mark was pretending to cry while he was holding Nate. Nate thought that Mark was really crying and it broke Nate’s heart. He started to cry so very hard. He already has such a sweet heart.
We took a short hike on Tuesday. We tried to find some of the old places that we used to hike to but it had been so long that we had forgotten the way. Cade and Dylan weren’t so sure about hiking but Chase and Nate loved it! I showed both Chase and Dylan around camp. I can’t believe that Chase will be old enough to go to camp in just 2 years!!! Chase is excited about it and I know that he will love it. Dylan has already asked me if he has to go. I am not sure if he will like it. He will be old enough to go in 3 years so I am hopeful that he will get excited about it by then. Camp is such a special place to Mark and to me.
Some parts of camp that I thought would never change have changed! I took Chase to the meadows to show him the spot where Mark proposed to me. It is GONE!!! A ropes course now takes up the area. Although the ropes course looks truly spectacular, it made me sad that the meadows were gone because it was such a special place to me. The first few days that we were there we were amazed at how dry Camp was. It was drier than I have ever seen it. It was really sad. The creek was dry in a lot of places and the baptistry looked just awful. When you walked on the ground everything crunched. The campers will not be able to have fires and hikes will be limited if at all. It finally rained some on Wednesday and a little on Thursday. It sounded and smelled so very good. Even the little bit of rain helped things. Hopefully it will rain a lot more!
On Thursday we took another hike to Echo Point. This time we let Cade “lead” the hike. He loved being the leader and did not complain. We were a little paranoid at Echo Point. We kept Cade far away from the edge. It has always been a fear of mine that one of the boys will have a disastrous fall. We made it back safely to the cabin! Thursday evening we went to the top of Johnson's Mesa (we drove that one!). On Friday we headed towards home. We stopped briefly in Lubbock to say hello to Alison (Andy was in the hospital since his appendix was just removed!). We spent the night in Abilene. On Saturday, Mark took the boys and our niece Ashley to the car show that Mark’s dad was participating in at a local dealership. Ashley is super cute! Some photographers were taking a picture so Ashley made sure that none of the boys were in the picture! She laid her poodle skirt out carefully and smiled very sweetly! She is cute and she truly has a sweet, sweet heart! We also visited Mark’s grandmother while we were in Abilene. She is not doing well. She has been eating and drinking very little for the last few days. Prayers for her and for Ann would be appreciated! We had a great time, but it is wonderful to be almost home (we are still in Abilene as I post this). Cade is staying with Charles and Ann for the week if he can make it, and if I can stand him being gone for long, and if Charles can survive his “spirit”. He will probably be back home in 2 days!! Just kidding!
Blue Haven
Hermit's Peak
Nate eating in his backpack
Picnic on our hike
The boys drinking coffee - yes, coffee (blame Mark!)
Don't Throw away the Laundry!
When Cade was a baby we took a family trip in our trailer to San Antonio and to the coast at Corpus Christi. The coast was swarming with mosquitoes so if we weren’t on the beach we were in the trailer. It came time to leave so we drove to the dumpster to throw out the trash. Mark ran outside, grabbed the trash bags out of the trailer, threw them in the dumpster, and ran back into the car. He still managed to get attacked by the mosquitoes. We drove home and then we realized that Mark threw out the laundry not the trash. Some of those clothes were brand new!
We were headed into town on Wednesday in order to do some laundry at the Laundromat since the dryer at the cabin bit the dust. We stopped at the dump site in order to throw away the trash. I was teasing Mark by telling him to not throw away the clothes. He grabs the trash out of the back and goes to the dump site when Chase starts to tell me that Mark grabbed the clothes! I look over and Mark is throwing in a bag of clothes!!!! I yelled at him to stop but it was too late! He had to jump in the dump site in order to retrieve the clothes. I can’t believe he did that right after I was teasing him about it! I think I need to be in charge of dumping the trash next time!
It's Okay
We have worked very hard at helping Cade realize that mistakes happen and that it is okay. He tends to get very upset about mistakes and very dramatic. We might have taught him too well. Anytime he makes a mistake or misbehaves he will immediately say, “It’s okay”. Like when he pees all over the toilet seat and the walls and the counter (yes, the counter). Or when he is wiggling and wiggling in his chair until he falls over, chair and all. Or when he is not paying attention and he knocks his baby brother over.
He has also started to repeat what he says over and over, especially if he found it funny. He will add a silly fake laugh into the repeated statement. He will preface his statement with “I said” or “Like”. He is too funny!
Teeth and More Teeth
Nate got his upper right tooth on Tuesday and his lower left tooth on Wednesday! He still has 3 big bulges on his gums! I can’t believe that he is getting so many teeth at once. He is already grinding them together – yuck! How can he grind them when he barely has any teeth?!
All About the Daddy
Nate has really enjoyed spending a lot of time with Mark this week. He has become super attached to Mark and prefers Mark over anybody else – including me!!! He will reach out to Mark and if I try to take him back he will cling to Mark like a koala bear. If I take him then he will start crying and will want to go back to Mark. It is seriously hurting my feelings! I am supposed to be #1 and Mark is supposed to be a close second. It makes Mark feel really good. It is also a reflection of the fact that Mark is a wonderful daddy. He plays with his boys, provides for their basic needs, loves on his boys, and spends a lot of time with his boys. He is always trying to be a better father. The truth is that my boys have the best daddy ever! Nate still needs to love me more!!!
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