Visiting Jack (I finally found some pictures!)

From the trip Kjersten, Cael, and I took to Spokane at the end of February. Since then, Jack's baby brother, Pete, has arrived. If I could get Steve to send me some pics of that sweet baby, I'd post those too!


Jack and his daddy looking at a book. That little boy will look at books all day long. I was hoping some of that would rub off on Cael. No such luck.


He's a thinker, that one...


Cael checking out Sweet Pea. He loved her. She, on the other hand, likes no one. Bad combination. Fortunately, he never actually caught her.

Weird picture, I know. What I'm showing you is Kjersten (that's her yellow-sleeved arm on the right) petting the dog. She is getting better. A tiny bit better.

Three toddler boys = no good photo

But the mamas sure are cute! This is the only other photo I have from Spokane. Carol and Bret are on the left. Cael in the middle. Jack and mama, Michelle, on the right. This is the best I could get. Notice the cute shirts? Notice the patient mamas? Thanks guys!

Buddies in the bathtub...

Isn't Jack a ham? He's so funny. He jabbers all the time. I mean the kid says complete sentences. Of course, no one understands a single syllable. I swear, if I could just listen a little harder, I would know what he's saying. His conversations are so animated and seemingly complete, I can't wait until we can decipher. He has LOTS to say! Cael came home from our trip jabbering quite a bit more. Thanks for encouraging him, Jack! We had such a good time at your house!

Our Trip- Part 1 (Off to Spokane)

We didn't know if we were going until Wednesday night. My van went in for brake work on Tuesday. What should have been $150 and few hour fix turned into a $1000 fix and they'd have to order parts and we'd have to order tires. As annoying as that was I am so grateful to have it in for repairs. Its problem could have caused serious damage or injury on our trip. I am thanking God that we decided that pesky little brake problem should be repaired before our departure!

Anyhow, that meant borrowing my dad's CRV and driving it along with our Subaru to Spokane. That also meant traveling with Eddy most of the trip (he took the bus home a few days after we returned).

11 hours. Really! That's how long it took to drive! (Well, and stop to nurse the baby, change the baby, take George potty, feed baby again, get a snack, change baby again... You get the idea!) George managed to finish potty training on the trip. Yippee!!! The kids were a breeze on the drive. I never heard a whine, complaint, fussing, anything... even Cael. He literally did not fuss once until we were pulling into Michelle's driveway that night.

Snacks on the way (in the Wal-mart parking lot a few hours into the trip)

We're very grateful that Michelle and Steve allowed us to stay with them. The six of us and our gear take up a lot of space! Jack is delightful. He's almost 6 months and will be scooting soon.

Jack and his mama...

Cael and Jack (first "play date")...

George "snowboarding" on a plastic swimsuit form from Costco. It's a wonder he didn't kill himself on that thing. Crazy!Jack and his contraption... (apparently babies don't get hurt no matter how hard they bounce- or this little boy should be in traction given how enthusiastically he jumps!)