Driving Lessons

We looked out the window this afternoon to find Uncle Charles out mowing our yard. 

When he was done, all three of the boys got driving lessons, and they all had SO much fun, 

as the pictures and videos below demonstrate.

Wesley went first.

Davis stopped being terrified of the machine noise when Wesley rode,
and quickly jumped in to take a try.

Parker finally decided he wanted to come outside and try as well.

And then while the grownups were chatting, 

the boys started loading their bikes and cars into Uncle Charles' trailer for fun. 

Thanks for taking good care of us Uncle Charles and for being so sweet with the boys.

School is Cool

Parker had a big research project he's been working on for the last three weeks. 

He was given an African-American scientist to research - Lonnie G. Johnson. 

The man works for NASA but Parker liked him because he also invented the Super Soaker! 

Parker had a research packet to fill out and he had to put together

a power point presentation and talk it through in class without notes. 

It was worth 5 different grades - He got a 100 all across the board.

 

Off to a Bang Up Start

Tuesday was the start of the Rotary baseball season.

Wesley's team the Twins won 8-5 and he got to play catcher! 

Parker's team the Padres lost 1-3 and he got a shiner!

It actually happened during the warmups before the game when he went for a grounder 

and it bounced up and caught him in the face. He rallied and gave the game his best. 

 

Grandma Update

My mom started her second round of the chemo clinical trial last Friday and will have her chemo infusion this Friday. Over the weekend most of her hair fell out. She spent part of yesterday morning at Moffitt. The ladies at the little boutique called Magnolias were wonderful with her and shaved off the remaining hair before fitting her for some soft caps. She also picked out a new hairdo (wig) at the American Cancer Society. Her coumadin level has not come back up since her port surgery so they upped her dosage yesterday; please be in prayer that it will have returned to therapeutic levels when she retests on Monday.

Baseball Boys

The 2014 Spring Baseball season starts tomorrow at the Rotary Sportsplex. 

Parker is playing for the Minor Padres. Wesley is playing for the Rookie Twins.

They looked quite sharp in their uniforms for team pictures this evening.

Good Friends and Good Fun

It's been too long since we've seen our very good friends the Wrights who live in Jacksonville. 

This weekend they were able to travel down to visit us. The grownups had lots of wonderful time to visit and the boys had lots of fun playing together - whether it video games or the trampoline in the backyard. Jonathan made us a wonderful barbecue chicken dinner on Saturday night and this was my special dessert treat. 

We even had a fire in the fire pit and enjoyed some yummy s'mores! 

This was our "secret project" - a Lego castle sermon illustration for Daryl for Sunday morning (to illustrate about the kingdom of God). The thing came with 996 pieces, and had three different instruction books for assembling the pieces. Parker did one book, Aunt Tanya did one book and Daryl and Wesley worked on the third book. 

These guys made some interesting music during the Lego assembly and had fun goofing around. 

The weather was so beautiful Sunday afternoon following church 

that we all hung out in the backyard again. 

Eventually it was time to say goodbye for now. Davis was SO upset to see them all go. Love these dear, dear friends. We're working on a date soon to take the family up to Jacksonville to see them again. 

Losing More Teeth

Monday afternoon we went back to the pediatric dentist. 

This was Wesley before…..

And this was Wesley after….two more teeth gone, this time from up top! 

He did great with his procedure and didn't have any difficulties with bleeding.
The teeth went into the tooth fairy pillow in the living room again
and Wesley was thrilled to find some more money inside the next morning.