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Memorial Day Weekend

For Memorial Day weekend we decided to go up and visit Joseph's older sister and her family in Michigan. We were able to meet Joe's sister's fiance and Joe was able to go golfing. We were also able to go and see the new Indiana Jones movie (the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) and we were all pretty disappointed with it. No where near as good as the first and third movies.

Jase loves playing with his 4 cousins, especially Caleb, the only boy (until later this summer when the 5th baby comes, which is a boy). the three girls love Meghan and Meghan is a trooper for all the being held, played with, and passed around that gets done with little babies! Here are some of the fun times we got on camera...


Jase and the riding lawn mower (this is how he acts with all powered items, ride on it, run away, run around it, jump in front of it (well not the lawn mower) now you why we are glad we have hardwood floors and only have an area rug to use the vacuum sweeper on)



All the cousins loved Meghan and loved making her smile and laugh. Jase loved playing with all the Star Wars toys with Caleb



We were able to meet Joe's youngest sister and her 2 kids and Joe's mom at Binder park zoo for a few hours. The African "safari" was really neat to see. Feeding the giraffes is always a a huge hit with Jase.

We had a great time and look forward to the upcoming wedding and seeing our family again - this time to include swimming and another zoo!

A girl?

My Gramma sent some clothes for Meghan and she included some bigger clothes for the next couple summers. Jase was adamant that there was something in the box for him. Then he found a couple dresses that were "bigger" and he really, really wanted to put the one on, so I let him. With his shaggy hair, he could almost pass for a girl...

Good thing I cut his hair short last night :)

Bike riding is fun!

Last year I wasn't able to bike much and Jase missed the fun rides around the neighborhood and to the park. Well now, Meghan is enjoying it too, except for when Jase pulls her thumb out of her mouth and wakes her up...

I remember the spring that Jase turned 1 year old, he always fell asleep when I would take him for a ride (and they look so precious and uncomfortable in that trailer).

Meghan likes to eat...

everything, including veggies (I'll enjoy this while it lasts)!


Here she is happily eating spaghetti and garlic toast (this is the first time we let her feed herself spaghetti); she couldn't be happier...



Here she is trying to "eat" or at least chew on my nose - let me tell you those baby teeth are sharp...

And the contest winners are...

Maren and Misty!

Maren and Misty both got 6 out of 7 questions correct and since I'm feeling so generous today, you both win!

The answers to the questions are:
1. What year did Joseph and Heather get married?
a. 2002
b. 2003
c. 2004

2. How old is Jase?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4

3. How old is Meghan?
a. 8 months
b. 9 months (she was actually closer to 8 months when I started the contest, but now is closer to 9 months)
c. 10 months

4. What is Joseph's major at Purdue?
a. Architectural Design
b. Accounting
c. Building and Construction Management

5. How many countries has Heather been to (excluding the US)?
a. 2
b. 5
c. 8 (Canada, Mexico, England, Scotland, Germany, The Netherlands, Austria, and Switzerland)

6. In which state does Joseph oneday hope to live?
a. Colorado (although Hawaii wouldn't be too bad either)
b. Hawaii
c. Georgia

7. How many teeth does Meghan have (broken through her gums as of Thursday at noon)?
a. 2
b. 4 (but as of Saturday the 5th finally poked through)
c. 5

Friday night explosion...

Joe and I were watching the NBA playoffs Friday night (actually I was watching and Joe was sleeping) when we heard an explosion. It took me a minute to realize that it wasn't storming and it wasn't thunder. Upon leaving the house we saw multiple people running to a car that had "exploded" in front of a house 3 doors down from ours. Turns out 3 teenage girls were "huffing" in the parked car with the windows rolled up when one of them decided to light a cigarette. The girls had burns and lacerations on their face and arms, and a lot of explaining to do to the law officials, their parents, and friends I'm sure. I hope they learned that "huffing" is dangerous and that this experience may have saved their lives, albeit a hard lesson for them to learn this way.

You can read about it here

It is hard to know whether to feel sorry for them (which I do as everyone makes bad choices) or to be amazed at the stupidity of lighting a cigarette in a car full of flammable fumes...Darwin awards anyone???