BRACES!!

The much anticipated day has finally arrived! Hannah got her braces on. Just four across her front teeth. The ladies at the orthodontists office got a kick out of Hannah's imagination. She'd thought up just about every scenario possible. They just laughed!! They hurt for the first few days, and now she has trouble chewing because of the brackets, but all in all, doing pretty well. She's sure growing up fast!!

WII Casualty!!

Tanner got his first set of stitches. He was playing the wii, tripped on the chord and took the corner of the entertainment center in the head! He was so brave!! The numbing medicine didn't take very well, so he felt the last two stitches go in. He cried just a little. He told Dr. Brower that he wanted black stitches because it's Steelers colors. He just laughed. So the nurse brought in a bright yellow bandaid once he was put back together. GO STEELERS!!!

FIRST GYNMASTICS MEET

Last weekend was Tanner's first meet. They performed for a judge and everything!! He was so dang cute and did a really good job. They had to do a floor routine and a routine on the rings.

In his little division, he took 3rd all around; second on floor and third on rings.

Saluting the other gymnasts

Here he is in the middle of the rings routine.

These are the cute boys in his little class. It's been so fun to watch him get stronger, more coordinated and focused. And he likes doing it!!

KITE FESTIVAL

We went the the kite festival at Sandy Downs. When we got there, we thought we'd be able to pick up a couple of kites for cheap. The cheapest kite was like $13.00. Justin told the kids to "huddle up" and told them that we could buy everyone their very own kite for less money than that. MOAN!! GROAN!! WAH!!

So off to Kmart we went and sure enough, everyone got a kite for about that same price!! Nice huddle Just!!!

Some assembly required.

Everyone is SO happy to be at the kite festival.

GAME ON!!!

Mike and Abbey against Hannah and Tanner.

Abbey's idea of blocking is punching or pushing the other two to the ground.

Mike had more fun tormenting the kids, making them chase him ALL over the yard.

DOWN! SET! HUT!!

I had to through in this picture. I was right in the middle of a lesson. Mike came home from work and sat down on the couch. Pretty soon I could hear him breathing louder than the music. When I turned around, Tanner had crawled up on his lap and they'd both fallen asleep. Pretty cute.