I was recently challenged to participate in the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness for ALS and encouraged to donate money to ALS research. I accepted the challenge to take a video of myself dumping ice water over my head … Continue reading →
Back in April, we decided to add a four season sun room to the back of our house. We signed a contract with a local aluminum construction contractor and waited (and waited, and waited) for them to finish the job. … Continue reading →
Our Jenna has become more mobile in recent days (Hurray!). She learned that she could belly crawl from place to place, but had to be adequately motivated. Usually the only thing that would motivate her is her aquarium toy, which … Continue reading →
Easter is always a special time. Again this year, we were pleased to have Nana Reid with us to celebrate the holiday. The kids enjoyed opening their Easter baskets and we all had a wonderful time together before, during, and … Continue reading →
Carol celebrated her 40th birthday on April 18th. Her mom was able to come into town for the weekend since it also happened to be Easter weekend. There was quite the shindig. There were decorations, cake, a special birthday dinner … Continue reading →
Carol and Grant took a beach trip together in March. Jenna and I stayed home because Jenna was a bit under the weather. Crescent Beach was nice, and both Grant and Mama had a good time. But the water was … Continue reading →
Here are a few pictures of the kids together in March 2014, at the park and in the bath.
Continue reading →We stayed home for Christmas this year instead of traveling to the Midwest. This was the first year that we hosted anyone for the holiday as Nana and her friend Bill drove up from the Keys to spend Christmas Eve … Continue reading →
We spent Thanksgiving in the Keys this year with Nana. We weren’t sure if we were going to make it because Grant came down with an ear infection the day before we were planning on leaving, and Jenna was catching … Continue reading →
Mama was playing a game with Jenna the other night that made Jenna laugh and I immediately went searching for the video camera. Here is a video of their game:
We always like to go to the Trinity United Methodist pumpkin patch to get our pumpkins and gourds for Halloween. This year, Grant told us he wanted to be a ghost for Halloween so we found him a ghost costume … Continue reading →
We had Jenna baptized on October 20th while Nana was in town. Jenna was baptized in the gown that Nana made 20 years ago for Alyssa to wear. Each of her four grandchildren have now been baptized in it. The … Continue reading →
We recently went to a birthday party at one of the local pools. It was great to see that Grant is learning new things in the swimming lessons that he has been taking for the last few weeks. He is … Continue reading →
We decided to take a trip to the beach yesterday since the forecast only called for a 30% chance of afternoon showers. That was the lowest chance of rain that we’d had in several days so we thought it was … Continue reading →
Here are a few videos that we captured of Jenna recently:
Continue reading →Here are some recent pictures of Jenna… With Mama and Dada: Sitting up and playing: Sitting in her high chair for the first time and her first “solid” meal (very wet cereal):
Continue reading →At 3.5 months old, we got Jenna’s picture taken at Olan Mills. Here are some of the pictures:
Continue reading →A special thanks to Carol’s Aunt Vicki and Uncle Don for sending us the last of the dresses that Carol’s Aunt Dorothy made years ago for the girls in the family. Jenna finally fit in the dress and she wore … Continue reading →
We recently completed our first major trip as a family of four. Major trip = requiring air travel. We traveled from Gainesville, FL to Atlanta, GA to Kansas City, MO by air. Then we rented a minivan (I never thought … Continue reading →
It was so nice to have Nana visit us this last weekend on her way back to Kansas from the Keys. We weren’t able to make a trip down to see her in Long Key this year, so this is … Continue reading →
The weather for Easter was beautiful this year. We went to church at Trinity and had our picture taken in front of the flower cross. After the service they had a short outdoor service for the kids and then organized … Continue reading →
March 21st was World Down Syndrome Day and as you may recall, I celebrated the day by participating in Lots of Socks. My brother and I shared two pairs of socks with each of us wearing a mismatching set. Interestingly, … Continue reading →
My parents were able to come for a visit to meet Jenna and play with Grant for a long weekend. We were glad to have them and we all had a lot of fun. We’ll be sad to see them … Continue reading →
Here is a video of Jenna right after she was born. And one of one of her first baths at home. And then a video of her “talking” the other night. Mostly the video is of Carol talking but with … Continue reading →
We were pleased that both of Carol’s sisters were able to come for a visit this last weekend to meet Jenna and hang out with Grant. We really enjoyed being able to spend Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday morning with … Continue reading →