A new post...finally

OK, so I've been slacking lately. We've had a lot going on these past 2 months.

First, I hit the big 30 at the end of August, and we had a little birthday party at our house... It was really nice, and took the edge off of the "oldness".

Madison had her tooth pulled, and looked like a 7 year old for about a month. We did go ahead and have a semi-permanent partial put in. She's doing well with it, and when she really does lose that other front tooth, we'll take it out to let the real thing come through. It does look a lot different now that she doesn't have the black tooth. Here's some pictures of the old and new smiles...

Shortly after that, we took a vacation to California for my brother Jeff's wedding... We flew to Las Vegas, and spent a day there. Then we drove for hours to the metropolis of Twentynine Palms, California (Jeff's wife Christine is from there) for the wedding festivities, then drove back to Las Vegas for another night before coming home. It was all in all a good trip, but it's a little difficult to enjoy all the fun of Las Vegas with little kids. The time change kind of got to them, we were 2 hours ahead there, so they were exhausted and ready for bed at about 7 -8 o'clock each night. They didn't make it to stay awake for the wedding dance. I think they had fun on the adventure though, and loved flying on the airplane. Now I have a new sister-in-law, Christine Zoucha. She & Jeff went to Italy for their honeymoon, and just returned last week... Back to the real world I guess.

September 28, 2005

Waiting for the airplane at Eppley Airfield....

September 29, 2005

Breakfast buffet at CircusCircus Casino....Evan enjoys a powdered donut hole.

October 1, 2005

The wedding, at Roughley Manor Bed & Breakfast in Twentynine Palms...

The last of us takes the plunge.

For those of you who don't know, that's my sister Abby, me, my brother Jeff, and my sister Tracey.

October 1, 2005

Jeff & Christine take their vows...

October 2, 2005

The kids & I at the top of the Statosphere in Las Vegas....

October 2, 2005

And the best part of the vacation for Maddie, riding a gondola at the Venetian...

Other great news: Griffin made it home the day after we all made it back from the vacation.. He got to come home on October 4, a week before his due date... Ryan & Abby are glad to have him home, and Ava is enjoying getting to know her little brother. He's doing great, only on a few meds, and no oxygen...

Madison holds Griffin this weekend at Grandpa & Grandma's house. He already weighs almost 7 pounds!!!

And, as we all get ready for the big Halloween night, here's our kids with the neighbors, Ellie & Addie Warnes on their front step..

I'll update again, after Halloween...

See you all soon....Jen