Matching Tattoos

I gave all three of my men matching tattoos last night. Of course, William and Hudson's read "MOM" while Dave's read "MD+WD". William and Hudson were pretty excited that mommy was drawing on them. Dave was a little more hesitant! W&H made sure they didn't wash off in the bath last night so that they could savor them as long as possible.

Your Prayers

I covet your prayers on Friday, as I will be having knee surgery. It is nothing major-- just a scope on my left knee. Fairly "routine"...or as routine as a general anesthetic/surgery can be! It's outpatient, so at least I won't have to endure any hospital food...

Thankfully, Dave will be able to man the kids, etc during the weekend. But please pray for a quick recovery so that I can take care of the kids next week!

Salt Lake City, etc

We just got back from a FABULOUS trip to Salt Lake City and Idaho Falls. The boys got to meet their great Grandma Dennison, which was very fun. They warmed up very quickly to their grandma, and of course, they loved riding on her special chair with her! We got to visit with 2 of Dave's aunts as well. And what's a trip to the mountains without visiting the sites? We had a great time exploring the city of Salt Lake and the surrounding mountains. It was such a great trip!

William riding on Grandma's chair. He LOVED it!

All of us with Grandma Dennison

Hudson was the driver!

Watching the "trick" ski jumpers practice.

Hudson and Dave getting ready for the Alpine Slide.

Me and William rode together (and we beat Dave/Hudson, by the way)
The largest copper mine in the world-- in SLC. It can be seen from space!!

The tires on the trucks that carry the debris.

a visit to the Morman temple.

Yes, as a matter of fact, I am...

a Twilight fan.

If you haven't read the series, please do. You won't regret it. If you have, aren't they fabulous?

Dorks

How dorky are all these men? This is just the start of an evening of a live draft for their fantasy football league. And this isn't even everyone... They all had laptops, working on making their picks. The funny thing was that they were all so serious about it. I had to laugh (and take a picture, of course, for blog fodder!).

A Very Special Visitor

Dave's mom, Pat, came to visit over the weekend and boy did we have fun!! Of course, William and Hudson were thoroughly spoiled, read to, played with, and fussed over. But this time, Dave and I got spoiled a bit too! Pat bought us a brand new bed. We have a nice mattress/box springs ensemble, but we've never gotten around to buying the pretty bed part of the bed. It has yet to be delivered, so pictures to come of that...

It was a very fun, action packed weekend full of picnics, a trip to the pool, a ride on the mini-train, shopping for new shoes for the boys (thanks to Grandma, they walked out of Stride-Rite with 3 new pair of shoes for the fall/winter!!), lunch at Chick-Fil-A, dinner out at a nice restaurant, a nice break from reading kids' books, etc...

William is already talking about seeing Grandma and Grandpa at Christmas. Grandma told him that she is going to buy him a tent so that he can play with it on the deck outside, so I get to hear about that for the next 3 1/2 months!