It never ends

So lets just say that it has been a banner week for us. Jeff was not able to come home (its been 2 weeks now since we have seen him), we had leaks at the duplex and now we have a fire to add to the mix. Yes I said fire! Jeff called me Sunday afternoon and says do you want to know the really bad news or the worser news, yes those were the exact words. How do you respond to that? I just said tell me the worst news first then maybe the bad news would not sound so bad. Basically it was a grease fire that caused a couple thousand dollars worth of damage. The good news is the homeowners insurance, the bad is we have a deductible that has to be met. So life continues to be an adventure .

So we (Bay and I) had a good weekend except for the fact that I miss my husband like crazy. My sister and her family were in from Montana. We went up to Portland to Chapman school to watch the swifts. What are swifts you say? They are small little birds that make their home in this chimney each fall. Check out the video. There are hundreds of thousands of them that swirl in a tornado like fashion into the schools chimney each night to roost.

I took bay to his first aquatic center...no I did not put him all in the water, just his feet and he loved it! He got so excited his chin began to quiver, it was so cute. He liked the warm water on his feet. I can't wait until he is old enough to go in the water more next summer.


We also had a family treasure hunt that my parents planned that was awesome. We had all the grandkids in town and it was hilarious! My dad buried a treasure chest in the woods and my mom did all the hard work of putting the whole thing together and buying all of the awesome props and toys for the kids. What a fantastic idea.

Bay...My little pirate

Arrrg! Shiver me timbers

Kira, Xander, Grandpa, Bay, Kalvin Matt and Talmage

Bay also had his first lollipop. Okay so not the real thing but he gummed up the wrapper really good it was sooo funny. He is grabbing everything all of the time, he is such a good baby. I just cant wait to see what Jeff thinks when he sees him, he will be amazed at how much he has changed in the past 2 weeks. We sure are.