Month: July 2008

To back up just a bit, Billy is an imitator.  This is fun and new for us, since Ricky never was one to want to do what we were doing or eat what we are eating.  He has always been his own thinker and still very much is.  Billy won’t play the “repeat what I […]

Last Sunday we barbequed some very well done chicken and invited the fam over to celebrate Ricky’s birthday. By the way, no one mentioned how fun four can be! Tonight as he was getting tired, Ricky had a minor meltdown because it wasn’t his birthday again this week! I guess that means he liked the […]

Billy is a much, not necessarily better, but more interested eater than Ricky has ever been.  If he sees you eating it–he wants it.  Especially M&Ms.  He knows where Grandmama keeps her M&Ms and he’ll go to that shelf and point and grunt for us to give him one or two.  He will usually try […]

We didn’t do much exciting that final Saturday we were there. We did start getting ready to come home! Then we headed out Sunday morning. Our first stop was at one of the Mount St. Helen’s visitors’ centers. I believe it was called the Forest Learning Center. They had a great little museum/hands-on-learning part as […]

Tuesday, July 1 we went to the beautiful home that Kevin’s dad rented for the reunion. It was huge! Marble floors, granite counters, an amazing view. We lucked out and got the mother-in-law’s suite. We had a nice bedroom with an adjoining bathroom which we shared only with Aunt Wendi, and there was also a […]