Family Reunion!

Last Wednesday the WV Cress clan descended on the IN Cress clan for a few days of family fun. Bobby, Kassie and Dylan showed up at Mom and Bob's on Wednesday and Chris, Shannon, Olivia and Kellen rolled into our house on Thursday. The boys and Kassie went to Dark Armies for some paintball action on Friday followed by everyone meeting at Pinheads for bowling and dinner. (Nick wants everyone to know that he bowled the best game of his life that night--a 175!). The next day we took the little kids to the sprayground at Dillon Park, which everyone but Andrew enjoyed. (He inexplicably disdains water.) On Sunday we took the kids swimming at mom's pool and then took Alex and Olivia to Bounce Planet to tire Olivia out for the ride home. We all had a really good time and Alex was very sad to see everyone go, especially Olivia who he said "But she's my best cousin!"

Nick's Birthday

Last Thursday was Nick's 36th (yes, thats right THIRTY SIX YEARS OLD!) birthday and we celebrated at home with the family. Nick had already gotten a Wii but I couldn't let his birthday go by without a little something so I got him a deluxe Risk game. This game is apparently every boy's favorite game from youth and it was a big hit. Since the year on the side of the box says from age 10 and up, I'm probably going to end up learning how to play it myself since it will be a while before the boys can play! Alex and I also made him a cake that actually ended up looking like a real cake so I was pleased. Happy birthday Nick, oh elderly one!

Busy weekend!

We had a really busy and fun weekend! Friday night we went to the Hamilton County Fair and pigged out on good fair food. I personally feel that the roasted corn is what they must serve in heaven with the elephant ears as a dessert--YUM-O! Andrew loved seeing all the animals and tried to make all the animal noises, although most of the animals seemed to say "moo" according to him! Alex got to eat his first bag of cotton candy, which he loved, of course.

Saturday Nick and I had a date night, while the boys were having a good time at Nana and Grandpa Bob's. Grandpa Bob even made homemade waffles for breakfast with his new waffle-maker, which Alex pronounced as GOOD!

Sunday we headed over to the Delp home for a fun boat ride and swim in Morse Lake. Andrew seemed to really like the cruise and Alex had a blast swimming with Evan in the lake like a big boy. Nick, of course, now has re-decided that we need a boat--we'll talk!

This week is going to be a lot of fun, too, with the arrival of the Cress family for our annual reunion. Chris, Shannon, Olivia and their new baby Kellen are going to be staying at our house so we'll have plenty of time to have some fun together. Nick has big Wii plans for all! It may be a few days before I'm able to post again...enjoy the pictures!

Summer days...

Not too much to report right now, which is why I haven't been posting. Andrew did have his 15 month well child check last week and is, as usual, off the charts on height. His weight was actually only at the 95 percentile--way to make it ON the chart, son!

Alex got a new bike last week and is doing pretty good pedalling. Let me re-phrase that--he CAN pedal really well, he just chooses not to. For whatever reason our eldest child resists any sort of teaching we try to provide. If we try to show him how to do something he immediately resists and says he doesn't want to do it. Its not that he wants to figure it out on his own, either--he just doesn't want to do it at all. Very frustrating for all involved but slowly and surely he is getting the hang of his new bike, which he calls The Rocket Bike.

Nick got a new Wii for an early birthday present last night. I was going to get it for his birthday but Mr. Instant Gratification had to go get it last night! It is a lot of fun and we can't wait to play some of the games with Alex.

I have been working diligently on MOPS stuff. Our first meeting is August 27 so I'm working hard to get all the meetings planned, the caregivers in place and the supplies bought. Hard work!

All for now!

Happy Fourth!

We celebrated Independence Day a little early this year since the fireworks in Westfield were last night. We had the Delp family over for the show, which you can see from our backyard. We also did the Hillbilly thing and set off some of our own, which the boys really liked (the big boys and the little boys!) Alex and Evan had a really good time playing and Katie (the new baby) was pretty low maintenance and slept through much of the night. Happy Fourth of July to all!