OUCH

Every Mon, Wed, Fri Chris goes running at a local park & most days the kids go w/ him to either ride bikes around the trail or play while Chris is doing his 4 mile run. So on Fri while Chris is running Steph hears Logan laughing, she turns around to see what is so funny. He was laying on the ground by his bike crying. She turns her bike around to comfort him & see how bad he was hurt. (such a good sister) He managed to scrape his ankle on his pedal & also twisted his wrist pretty bad. Steph intercepts Chris to get the truck keys so they can go sit in the truck & wait for him to finish his run. She neglects to tell Chris that Logan got hurt (who knows why she didn't tell him). Logan was still crying when Chris got to the truck & found out about the bike wreck. After he got home we iced up his ankle & wrist/arm while we checked for swelling & brusing, which none happened. Of course we made sure he could move his fingers & bend his wrist. It's still hurting today & he's not using it much so I know it must have hurt it pretty good. But still no swelling or brusing.

Family Photos

Logan didn't turn in his picture money for school pictures. I found out this little fact the day after retakes. I know what the photo looks like because the teacher gave us a couple stickers & he got the missing child card. They aren't the best photos he's taken. So off we go to Portrait Innovations to have his pictures done & family photos as a bonus. I like that you also get your photos the same day (less than an hour) you take them. We haven't had professional family photos taken in a LONG time. Chris & Steph were not very happy w/ Logan but they were good sports for the most part :) Here's a small sampling of the 80 shots they took.

{personal chauffeur} & {fancy baby shower bag}

Stephanie has gotten a lot of practice driving today. The kids & I got our flu shot at the school flu shot clinic this morning. Since we were out so early Walgreens pharmacy (the pharmacy not the actual store) wasn't open yet so I couldn't request a refill I needed. Steph drove home from Walgreens. Chris decided to jump on the flu shot band wagon & I checked out places around the Lowell area & she drove the fam to Ozark Urgent Care (behind Sonic). They give flu shots for $15 if you need one :) Then she drove us to Walgreens since they were now open, then across the street to McDonalds for lunch, then home. Since I never made the grocery shopping trip today she drove Logan & I to Marvins to grab some things for dinner tonight. Can't wait til I can just send her to Marvins by herself to pick up things for me. And yes this is a photo taken as she drove to my parents one day, but it was handy on the computer for me to use.
This is a plain $1 bag from Wal-Mart that I jazzed up a bit for a lady at work having twin boys. I replaced the boring shoestring type handle w/ green ribbon. Stamped the tissue paper w/ baby feet, & added the words on front plus the ribbon too. The cards are edged w/ green & yellow (can't see well in photo) & they say thank you at the bottom. Since I never posted these photos I decided to toss them into this post.

Huntsville trip

Went to my parents house in Huntsville to see my mom for her birthday & decided to stop by That Little Pizza Place & pick up some pizza for lunch. She loves their taco pizza (so do I). As you can tell, it is a little pizza place, but if you are ever in the Huntsville area you should stop by & try them out. They are right across the street from Wal-Mart & Pizza Hut. This was also Steph's first time to drive to Huntsville. She decided to let Chris take over though after we stopped at the pizza place.

Decided to take some photos of the kids & their Nana & Papa while over there. We ended up on top of the hill mountain. I think between her camera & mine we got a few good shots.
This is on the way down the mountain, heading back to the house. Their house is in the little clearing you can see at the bottom, center. To get to the end of their driveway you still have to drive a little farther down.