Farewell #2

The problem with having 2 phones and a camera on a trip is its hard to gather all the photos together for an album.  Okay, it's not "technically" hard but it's all about finding the time. So until I  can find the time I'll just let you know we had a great weekend.  An unexpected highlight of the trip was dinner at the T-Rex Cafe.  How awesome is that place? The game was great.  Jeter got a hit and scored a run.  The Royals prevailed though on the backs of two huge home runs so there was drama and there was some offense. Noah was crazy into the game to the point he wouldn't let me take his picture when the Royals went ahead.  It rained during the day so we didn't get much pool time. The kids were up late two nights in a row but spirits were good and they were troopers.  Here's a pic until I can get it all compiled.

Proud husband

As the husband of a cancer survivor I've put myself out there. I've become accustom to speaking about our experience and cancer's role in helping shape 'our story.' With that said, it is different for Jenna. Talking about it brings back the anger associated with a 30 year old woman unfairly thrust into the 'survivor' role. I'm so proud of her speaking at Pantenes Beautiful Lengths today. It's takes courage to relive those memories in general but it takes crazy courage to relive them to strangers. I love that woman.

 

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Muffins with Mom-2014

Magga came up for one night but she got her money's worth.  Noah's birthday dinner and muffins with mom for Campbell.  I wish she'd been able to stay through mother's day but our house tonight is going to be crazy with sugared up little boys so I can't blame her. I hate that Jenna has to share Mother's Day with Noah's birthday but hopefully we'll manage to make it special for both of them.

Branson-Spring Break 2014

We were able to get away at the end of Spring Break for a few days in Branson.  It was the first time we've gone with the passes to Silver Dollar City.  In fact, I was the only one in the family to have never been to SDC. We stayed in a condo on Lake Taneycomo and it was both beautiful and relaxing. We watched people fly fish in the mornings and had dinner on the patio at night. We had an indoor pool  to keep the kids busy during the down time.  On day 1 we ate at Joe's Crab Shack and hit the Landing and wrapped it up with the Titanic museum.  Day 2 we went on a bike ride from Table Rock Lake to the Marina and had a picnic on the lake.  Day 3 we hit SDC and got our money's worth.  The kid's hit one area of rides hard and then Noah got up his courage to ride Thunderation, his first roller coaster.  He comes from a long line of roller coaster people so the pressure was on.  He was crazy nervous by the time we got to the front but he didn't bail, even though a kid his age bailed right beside us. The day ended with a thunderstorm at 430 so it was a mass exodus. Couldn't dampen our spirits though because the kids had a blast.

Guess who saw Rocky 3 last night?

Last night Rocky 3 was on and we decided to let Noah stay up and watch it.  It had the same effect it has on every warm blooded male since it's release.  He did pushups all morning. He looked for his jumprope to no avail but he still worked out with mom.  He wrapped up the day with a boxing match he didn't know I was recording.  My favorite part by far is him taking a "punch" and how hard it was to get up off the mat :) Love that boy.