My chatterbox

So Grant is non stop talking these days.  Most of the time it doesn't bother me but sometimes I just need a few moments of peace.  Tonight when we came home from church he was just jabbering away and I was trying to get Luke to settle down.  I told Grant to be quiet and he said, "but God gave us mouths to talk with... so why can't I talk?"  How dare me take away the God given privilege of his ability to use his voice! : )

Air Show

This past weekend was the annual air show and Grant was so excited about it.  I think I've mentioned that he LOVES airplanes.  He was most excited about seeing the Blue Angels fly, which is the biggest attraction at Navy air shows.  Although, he loved it all.  I loved watching him look at everything, taking it all in.  He didn't like the noise so he didn't like taking off his heavy duty head phones.  We went on Friday afternoon for a little pre-air show demo that was reserved for family and friends.  The weather wasn't that great and so I didn't take any pictures of the planes in the air.  The Blues did their low show, which was great, and Grant was in heaven.  He'll be talking about it for months, I'm sure.
Luke testing out his ear plugs.  I was amazed at how long he kept them in.  
 "WOW, look at the Blue Angels!"

Daddy's airplane 

 Sharing his sucker.  Maybe this is why he stayed happy for a while!
We went back on Saturday for the real show and stayed a few hours.  I was surprised at how well Luke did despite being so tired.  The weather was perfect on Saturday, not a cloud in the sky.  Since Mike's Dad is a pilot, Mike grew up going to air shows and I think they are just as exciting to him now as they have always been.   I know he loved seeing the excitement in Grant's eyes this year.  I'm glad he'll have 2 little buddies to enjoy them with him for years to come.  

Taking a break to have some fun
Seeing the Blues this year was particularly neat because Mike knew several of the pilots.  One was in his old squadron and a couple of them he went trained with, at some point.

                                             Happy Luke
             Not so happy, get me out of this stroller, Luke

Back in business!!

So after over an hour on the phone with the mac help guy, the problem has been fixed and I am so thrilled that I can post pictures again!

So much to catch up on! I guess I'll start with Easter. I wasn't able to get many good shots on Easter. Luke can rarely sit still these days and Grant will only look at the camera for a split second before he looks away. I have so very few pictures of the boys together and the ones I do have are not very good at all. Here's the best picture I have from Easter morning.



Here's another one that I like. Of course Grant wasn't looking at the camera so I cropped him out.


Thursday after Easter I flew to Pensacola for Hannah's wedding.  It was a small, beautiful wedding on the beach.  The weather couldn't have been more perfect.  Mike stayed home with the boys and unfortunately got very sick with the worst stomach bug.  It took him 3 days to fully recover, poor guy.  My mom flew back with me on Sunday and stayed until Thursday.  We loved having her here and the boys enjoyed all the attention from their Mia.  She treated the boys to Chuck-E-Cheese, which both boys loved.

We also went to the Aquarium one day.  It had been a while since Luke had been and he absolutely loved it.  His new favorite word is fish, he says "ish", so he must have said "ish" a thousand times.   At the end of our visit at the Aquarium we let the boys play on this great outdoor play area they have there.  Grant loves to run these days so he just ran circles around the place.  It was a hot day so by the time we left his hair was almost completely wet with sweat.     

 Sweaty head Grant

                       We miss you Mia!