Our Tough 1st Grader

Stone started 1st grade this week. Today, his 2nd day of school, we got a call from the school and they said he had cut his leg at recess and might need stitches. They had him bandaged up when Janna picked him up. I haven't been feeling well since returning from Sara's wedding in California, so I was home working. It didn't seem too bad, so we let him rest (which turned into playtime of course) and a couple of hours later we took the bandage off to check it out. It was deep enough and wide enough that we thought he probably should get it cleaned out a little better and stitched up. The doctor put in 3 stitches and it is all good.


Stone has only lost one of his teeth so far, which is weird considering he is almost 7. Both of his two bottom teeth have had the big teeth grow in behind them before he lost them. Tonight it was time to lose the 2nd one. I cranked on it for a few minutes and he was able to finish it off. It scared him more than it hurt him so he was a little timid but took care of business.

Home Sweet Home

We finally are home. Our 2 week trip turned into a 5 week trip for Janna and the kids when she fell off of her mom's bongo board and fractured her elbow. We put over 4,000 miles on our Ford Windstar on the trip. We were able to see my Uncle Terry and stay with him Saturday night on the drive home. The boys had a great time swimming, eating at IHOP, and watching the fish. Rusty even woke up early Sunday morning and walked the dogs with Uncle Terry.

Sawyer is growing. We haven't weighed her for a few weeks, but she is finally the size of most normal babies. She eats a lot and is doing pretty good sleeping at night. Her hair is still red, lucky her.

Congratulations goes out to Tim, Tanya, and Marisa. Tanya gave birth to their 2nd daughter, Natalie, this morning. We