Trying to Walk

Grant officially took a few steps. He’s taken 2 or 3 a couple of different times. We’ll try to get a video of him sometime soon.

We’ve had a crazy time trying to cool our house down. (It’s been 80 in the living room.) We’ve gone through 3 window air conditioners and finally decided to keep none of them. They were either too small or required us to change the outlet to one with more power. In the end we bought a bunch of big fans and are trying to push the cool air up from the basement to the rest of the house. It’s been working pretty well so far; we’ll see when we have a hotter day.

In addition to the heat, we’ve been blessed with biting black flies. So we all have bites; Jackson’s have been bugging him; Grant doesn’t even know they’re there and Brian doesn’t have any. I have tons and they’re driving me crazy. We’ve used bug spray, but apparently not enough.

Brian finished up his poetry class this week. It was only a two week course but it kept him pretty busy. He only has two more weeks of teaching his freshman and he’s done for the summer!!

We decided to start a photography business called Avenue Photo <www.avenuephoto.com>.We had our first paying session this weekend and it went well.

We had a Primary activity on Wednesday. Jackson made a tie for Brian to wear to church today, and Brian wore it the whole time—what a trooper.

Friday night I got to leave the family behind and go to a Mom’s Club banquet. We had catered food, dressed up, and enjoyed a night of childless bliss. It was greatly needed.

Jackson’s been throwing tantrums lately. It seems like he needs a nap, but he hasn’t taken one in over a year. So hopefully it’s just a short phase that he will grow out of. He also never tries anything new to eat, instead eating chicken nuggets, French fries, pizza (with no cheese or other toppings), and cheese crackers with peanut butter. Does anybody have any tricks we can use to make him eat?