Weekly Update 8-5-12

On Monday, Avery and I met for our weekly playdate at Hawaiian Falls. We had free buddy passes with our season passes for today. Andrea came with Ethan and Lilly. And Alec came as well. Calvin, a friend from work and his 2 kids were there. It was super packed today because of all the free buddy passes. We got there at 10:30 and couldn't find a table near the kiddie part. We sat under a hut with some lawn chairs near the kiddie area. Around 12:30, we noticed the lifeguards making everyone exit the kiddie area. Someone had pooped on a bridge. We kept trying to figure out how we missed some kid doing that. At that time, we decided it was time to pack up and go. Kendall had her 15 month well visit today at 2:00. She weighs 22.5lbs. (50%). Dr. Khouri said she is perfect, but I already knew that. She did have to get 2 shots. Talan always gets protective at this point. He always tells the nurse that he doesn't want Kendall to get shots. She in turn asks if he will take them for her. He always says no. She takes them like a champ. She might cry for a minute, but she gets over it pretty quick.

That night we were going to the Ranger game. I was on a team at work that had won a contest. Randy and the kids joined us. It was super hot and our tickets were directly in the sun. We sat in an air conditioned grill until about the 3rd inning scoping out the 1st base side to see where people weren't going to fill in. We finally found a section along the right field foul pole that was almost empty. We ended up sitting there in the shade for the rest of the game. It wasn't bad in the shade. We had an awesome view of Nelson Cruz which always makes Talan happy. The Rangers lost 15-8 (horrible), but Nelson Cruz hit a home run for Talan!!!

On Wednesday, we didn't go to the lake for recreation. There were some scratches on the bottom of the boat. Randy and Troy figured out that the boards on the trailer were rotted and the staples were scratching the boat. They took the boat off the trailer and redid the boards and carpet. The boat rides much better now. Kendall and I took the boys pizza for dinner at the lake. On Thursday, Talan had swim lessons and soccer practice. Randy and Troy played softball. After the softball game, Randy, Troy, Paul and Talan went to the deer lease to do some work. Debbie brought Kendall up to work to have dinner while I closed bar at work. The boys filled up the feeders and checked cameras. Talan keeps talking about Troy being the "spider killer". The spider webs were crossing over the "road" and Troy was put in charge of knocking the down with Paul's cane. Talan also said that a nasty spider was crawling on Paul's leg. If you know Paul, you know he HATES spiders. Randy swatted at the spider until it either died or ran off. Randy said Talan was a trooper, they didn't go to bed until 3:30am.

On Saturday, Talan had swim lessons. After we went to Ken and Sam's housewarming party. They have a beautiful new house. We left and took the kids to David and Melinda's. Randy, Troy and I went to see The Dark Knight Rises. It was a great movie, however, I spent a lot of time starring at the exit door and watching people get up and walk around. A few weeks ago, a crazy guy shot up at theater in Colorado. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Aurora_shooting Unfortunately, this incident will haunt people for a long time. On Sunday, Randy and I both had to work. Mom and Dad met Randy to watch the kids for the afternoon. They went by to see Grandma. I wish she was well enough to know them. I wish she was well enough for them to know how awesome she is. I just hope we can get some pictures of them with her so I can tell them all about her. I hope them going over to see her gives her some joy. We had a great dinner at Mom and Dad's. Of course, we came home and watched Falling Skies. Only a couple more weeks before the season finale.