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My oldest and wisest...

Here's Ethan. Man, I love this kid. So much fun. I've loved being able to spend so much time with him this summer. We have been able to do a lot of fun things. When we don't have something planned, Ethan still manages to keep himself busy. Here are some of his latest adventures:
1-You may notice in this picture that he is missing a tooth. We took him and his cousins to McDonalds for happy meals last week. While eating his hamburger, his tooth fell out. According to him, "I felt something crunchy in my mouth. I didn't know what it was, but I didn't want it in there, so I just swallowed it as quick as I could". Good thinking. This is the second tooth he has swallowed while eating!
2-You may also notice his new buzz cut. He hasn't had his hair this short in a long time. We didn't really have a choice, since Ethan decided to give himself a haircut. He took the scissors to his own hair! He has never tried to do that before, but he thought now was a good time to try it. He says Colby told him it would be "so, so fun", so what could he do? He took off a nice big chunk, right against the scalp. He even sun burned his little bald spot! We had to cut the rest of the hair short to match, but the sad thing is I didn't buzz it until last night, and he had cut it about 2 weeks ago. I made him walk around with weird hair for way too long!
3-And finally, a few weeks ago I was out running some errands and the kids were home with Zak. When I got home, Ethan was laying on the couch with tear streaked cheeks. He had hurt his foot and ankle. How? He tried to do a cannonball off the bunk bed! Once again, good thinking! He didn't break anything, but must have bruised it pretty bad, because he was limping for about a week.
If you ask Ethan about any of these things, he gets really embarrassed. It's actually pretty funny to see. He doesn't even like me to tell the stories, so he won't be so happy if he knows I put them on here! One thing that did make him feel a little better was being able to swap stories with his uncle Keith.
My brother, Keith, has had lots of crazy adventures. When Ethan told him about jumping off the bunk bed, Keith told him about when he jumped off the roof into a snow pile. Since the snow pile was only about a foot deep, it didn't turn out quite as he planned. After hearing this, and lots of other stories about Keith, Ethan was feeling a lot better about his experiences. I'm not sure if that is good or bad!! I would not be able to handle it if Ethan was even half as crazy as Keith!

5 years old!

Colby turned 5 years old last month! I can't believe how grown up he is! We decided to skip the party this year, and just do dinner out and cake and presents as a family. Colby got to choose whichever restaurant he wanted. His choice was McDonald's (much to my dismay). It was a fun night, though. We sure love you Colby! Thanks for being such a great kid!

A little late...and a little more homemade

I've mentioned these cookies before, and the tradition has continued every Valentine's day, my entire life, except this year. The chocolate wafers I've always used to make these cookies, were no where to be found this year. My sisters were all able to find them, but the stores I checked around here no longer carry them. What was I to do? Larissa offered to mail some to me, but I figured I could just do without this year (as sad as that would be). Then, thanks to my cousin, I realized I could make the wafers! What a novel idea! So, after a whole lot of work, and lots of failed wafers, I was able to make the cookies. They taste delicious, maybe even better then when made with the store bought ones. It was a little after Valentine's day, but these little guys are still welcome even if they are a little late!