weekend visit 2

a nice picture of my parent's house from across the street.

ledger getting in a few more minutes of play before the inevitable night-night time.

i asked him to smile for a picture.  i'm not entirely sure if thats supposed to be a smile or the start of making a very angry face...

a snapshot of ledger a moment before he begins writing the great american novel.

weekend visit 1

jaidey showing off her beautiful teeth.  she had just been to the dentist and was feeling good about them!

auntie jill giving her favorite nephew a big hug and hearing all about what he's been up to.

aves used some of the stuff we had gotten for our lunch to make some fantastic artwork!

that night we put him in his pajamas and was loving them.  i asked for a picture and he struck a pose- work it, ledger!

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whatever needs fixin, he's got it covered!

the chair obstacle course was a huge hit!

every once in a while he will get the urge to do some drawing- today was one of those days!

even though he's done with his bath, he still isn't done playing with his bath toys!

the legs on the end tables in the living room were a little loose, so i tightened them up.  well, ledger saw daddy using tools and wanted in!  our handy fix-it boy ledger is on the case!

reading time!

how many bowls of macaroni and cheese would you like, son?  'two please'

its true, kids totally love playing with boxes!

he's got his elmo backpack on and is ready for whatever the world throws at him!

visiting shawn

oh, this was by far the highlight of the trip for ledger: he got to have a juice box at shawn's house!  this was thrilling for ledger because he had never had one before.  in fact, this may have been one of the first times he had ever had juice in his life!  and, boy, did we hear about that juice box for days afterward too...

he was loving the big boy swing!  usually at home he goes on the baby swing, but he was feeling like a big boy on the regular swing.

helping vince out, ledger decided he would do a little lawn work while we were there...

a play date for ledger and diana

shawn and ledger tinkering with the cars and running them down the track.

shawn is really good with his fine motor skills, so he loves to draw, ledger on the other hand, wiggles the crayon in the paper for a minute, then wants to run around again!

even though the boys are so different, they can certainly agree on one thing: everyone loves swings!

green little boy

all weekend ledger was on his usual quest to find all the 'green little boy' signs that he could!  he is so obsessed with these things.  the whole weekend he asks to go on cart rides just so he can look for more green little boys around the park!  i'm starting to think maybe we should get him one of his own...

showing us how the green little boy is posed...

what?!?  a yellow little boy?!?  this totally blew his mind...

flea pancakes

opting to walk to the flea, we loaded ledger into the stroller and headed off.  he thought it was so fun to sit back and let us push him around- well, right up until we got to the flea market, then he wanted to run around and pester everyone!

waiting in line for some delicious pancakes!

the sandy memorial

mema and papa got ledger a cute little bike to try out!  he wasnt very sure of it at all.  he got on it for a minute, but his interest quickly shifted to other things.  we will try again next summer...

that little guy loved his little stethoscope!  it doesn't really work, but that didn't stop him from checking everyone's heartbeat- including his toys!

everyone having a great time at the memorial day potluck!

ledger ready to dig in to his sandwich, strawberries, and chips!

it was a smaller crowd this year, but that just gave us more time to hold nick's new baby!

sunday lunch with the family.

ledger wanting to play with ,mema's padpad.

we went to fellowship church on sunday to hear jaidey play her violin before the service.  she did a great job!

gatecon- day 2

after dr. elizabeth weir had spend the night face-first in the rice krispies treat, jon had to clean her off somehow.  so, he did it the most logical way possible...

the main attraction: michael shanks!  one of the main four from stargate sg-1!  i've seen him a couple times before, but its always a great time to listen to him tell stories.

clearly jon is having a blast... right?

stopping back at the car to drop off our merch, jon takes a minute to catch a picture of yours truly.  can you blame him?

'don't worry jon', i told him, 'just look as natural as possible...'  nailed it.

gatecon after party

the nice hotel room we got.  the hotel itself was pretty crappy, but the rooms were sure nice!  we stayed up and had a blast hanging out for the rest of the night.  between the rowdy people in the parking lot to the crazy animation on tv, we had a fantastic time!

before we went to medieval times we had a little time to kill.  having never been to one, jon and i stopped in the huge ikea store.  that didn't last long, after about twenty minutes we were both like 'yup, its a store.' and then we moved on...

a knight to remember 2

all the knights parading around the arena, getting all of us to cheer for our designated fighter.

they started off the show slowly, playing a few games; the horses did a few jumps and tricks, the knights would show off their skill by picking off rings from their lances, and throwing flowers to the young kids in their seating section.

then we got to the good stuff- jousting on horseback!  as their jousting sticks would shatter on impact, one of them would fall off, which gave way to some hand to hand combat.  sparks would fly as they struck each other's swords, fighting until the king declared one of them the winner, eventually leading, tournament style, to the final victor.  our guy made it to the final round, but lost in the last fight, and it was thrilling!

the final knight who won the tournament then faced off against the big bad guy to save the princess.  sure it may be a bit of a stereotype, but who cares- it was a blast!

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the building itself looks pretty cool!  not sure what exactly to expect, i was already on board for whatever they had for us.

hanging out in the lobby, watching the king knight the birthday boys and girls.  beware of creeper jon...

ready to rock- medieval style.

everything is so clearly authentic- especially the bowl and plates.  they shipped them in from china back then too, right?

we were provided crowns to wear while we watched.  of course, jon and i opted to wear them as small as possible, which provided us with endless laughs...

the tasty food they served: half a chicken, a couple ribs, and half a potato.  all without silverware.  nice and messy!