Tristan's view:

The following pictures were taken by Tristan with his camera.  In his defense, his camera doesn't have a screen where you can see what the picture looks like, just an old fashioned eye peek.  I like this first picture because, although you can't see Jack's face, you can see his legs.  Now here's a boy that knows how to play hard...note the dirt, 2 bandaids and 5 bruises at last count.

Wow, Brian looks kind of scary from Tristan's point-of-view.  I'd do what he says if I were him.

Today's quotes from Jack

Jack upon waking: "Mom I have a spicy in my mouth and throat. The spicy is making it hurt to swallow."

(I'm assuming he has a sore throat.)

Jack after the trip to the grocery store where he got in trouble for yelling, running, punching and tackling Tristan in the check-out line: "The spicy in my throat is making me be naughty." (At least we know whom to blame now)

Jack to me while lying down in his bed that we made into a tent and we now have to refer to as Hawaii... as in... "do you want to go to Hawaii, Mom?" (Do I ever!): "Mom... feel my hair right here. My hair is sure making me hot." (I know... those buzz cuts can really be sweaty.)

A work in progress.  

Here is the kitchen.  We've finished painting the cabinets and the wall, but are still working on the playroom area.  I'll post pics of that soon.  The first two pics are of the kitchen after and the last is a before, sort of.  I forgot to take before pictures, but had one that you can sort of see the cabinets when I was taking pictures of the new floor.

Happy Birthday Jack!

Here's a video of the boys riding their scooters at the local skate park.

Here's a video of Jack riding his bike.

Happy Birthday Amanda!

We had family pictures taken when we went to Idaho. These are the best two. It's difficult to get everyone looking at the camera and smiling at the same time. Obviously, I prefer the pictures where I look the best, but I can't have Jack looking behind him in our family photo.