We Survived the Weekend

We survived the weekend - YEAH! It was a busy one and crazy. It started out with Tyler, Andrew, and myself traveling to Kansas City with Brian, Cori, Luke, Ian, and Frankie for a "birthday weekend", celebrating Luke's birthday and kind of Tyler's. We stayed at the Embassy Suites near the Plaza and spent much of our time swimming (3 times within 24 hours).

Andrew, Luke, and Tyler in the hot tub

We also ventured out to the Legends Mall by Great Wolf Lodge and shopped a little. The highlight was eating at the T-Rex Restaurant at the mall --- what a cool place. We were going to do Rainforest Cafe but it has closed, but this place was very similar. The kids had a great time and Luke even experienced a slush that was almost as tall as him.

Front of the T-Rex Restaurant

Look at that slush --- have to stand to drink it!!!

We traveled back early Sunday morning to see the last two games of Ryan's MAYB basketball tournament (that is why Ryan, Chris, and Grant stayed home). They played two games on Saturday and won both of them (32-17 and 33-12). On Sunday they won the first game 34-17 and then won the championship 40-19. The boys played great and we were VERY proud of them!!!














And .... lastly ..... baby food. Yes, Grant has started trying to eat some baby food. I have to say the spoon thing is not going real great --- he's still pushing his tongue out of his mouth and the food comes with it. But, he's loving cereal mixed with his milk in the bottle. Maybe it will help him gain weight a little faster. This is my attempt at making baby food. I'm hoping I will get better at this process, but am planning to do this to add to the nutritional value, eliminating all the preservatives in boughten baby food. We'll see how it goes! Also, as you can tell by the picture, Grant is definitely starting to move himself around on his own (no, we don't typically place our children under couches on the floor). Before we know it he'll be up on all 4's trying to crawl. They seem to grow up too fast!

Yummy, sweet potatoes (we hope)
Pureed in the food processor and then put in ice cube trays for freezing.

Trying cereal for the 1st time

"I'm in a tight spot now --- how do I get out of here?"