leavin' on a jet plane

Skye, Jon, Kaelyn, and Kylie lived with us for 5 days this past week while their belongings were in transit to Cleveland. It basically doubled the size of our normal household. We have had even more of a crowd around over the weekend with Aaron's Grandpa Averett's 90th birthday party on Saturday and Kylie's blessing on Sunday. Zeke didn't seem to mind the extra people around, although he had to compete with Kaelyn for Grandma's toys and he lost completely to Kylie for rights to Grandma's lap.

Kaelyn and Zeke hang around at the birthday party

4 generation photo with Grandpa Averett

Sweet baby Kylie in her blessing dress

Zeke having a toga party in Skye's poncho

Skye and Jon left yesterday for Cleveland. We're sad to see them go. We miss family home evenings, playing board games, and Skye being available to rescue us from one emergency or another (everything from broken-down cars to moderate injuries). But we're excited for them too. And we like to dream that next summer we'll be able to go to Ohio to visit.

quiet equals messy

While Aaron and I were busy yesterday afternoon, Zeke settled in with his books in his room. After 20 minutes with no sign of Zeke, I went to go find him. There are times when it's just too quiet. When I saw the open bathroom door, I knew. I just knew. And sure enough, there he was, surrounded by shredded toilet paper and a scattered box of pantiliners.

Happy Anniversary

Today is our fourth anniversary. And, according to the etiquitte experts who know what we need this year, the chosen gifts are fruit, flowers, linen, and silk. If you're interested.
We're not doing anything great and special today, but it's still a special day. It's a wonderful thing to celebrate a companion to be with forever. Having a friend right there makes the trials easier and the happy times even more fun.

Calling All Readers!

I've noticed a little interactive memory post popping up in a lot of friends' blogs. You've seen it: the one where readers leave a comment about a great memory they have with that particular blogger. Although we are interested in hearing about how great we are, we're more interested in who is reading our blog. As far as we know, Dynna and Skye are our only readers. So, leave us a comment or drop us an email and tell us what you think about our blog and what you'd like to see more of (or less of, if that's the case). And feel free to leave your memories too if you would like.