Grant's Moves

CU Natural History Museum

We went to the Natural History Museum at the

University of Colorado. Jackson loved all the

dinosaur bones. He kept running around saying,

“Hey guys, come over here!” showing us different

bones. Although Brian wasn’t running around, I

believe he was just as excited as he spent most of

the time taking pictures and we had to drag him

out of the dinosaur area. They also had an area

about the Mayan civilization. They had blocks

that were stackable creating totem poles, and

another area for coloring. There was a kid’s

corner where they had antlers, horns, footprints

and other fun stuff for the kids to play with.

Pictures from the wedding.

Eating lollipops that Grandma made.

Christmas

Grandma and Grandpa got Plasma Cars for the

kids. They go without any power, something

having to do with physics. The boys loved them!

Lost a slipper!

Playing the Wii.

Jackson and his cousin.

Christmas presents.

Colorado Trip

Christmas Number 2

Grant eating marshmallows

Bull rider Jackson

Jackson, Grant and Eliza, the Merritt cousins.

In Which Jackson Saves Brian's Life

I had a very mom-centered birthday. Brian was still gone, so I spent the day with my boys. We didn’t do anything special, and I was feeling tired of the single parent thing. So I ordered a pizza for dinner and, after putting the boys to bed, I watched a movie and ate my cake straight out of the pan with a fork. It was quite nice actually.

Brian got home on Tuesday evening and dropped me off at the church on our way home from the airport. I was in charge of Enrichment night (a quarterly activity for the women at my church). It went great, and it was wonderful to come home to sleeping boys, a smiling husband, and a clean house.

Friday morning Jackson went to the dentist for the first time. He didn’t know much about what happens there, and was very excited to be there. He wanted to take the bib off, which wasn’t surprising; I couldn’t keep one on him as an infant. And he got a little nervous after the hygienist reclined the seat, but after a new-monster-truck bribe, he was awesome. He has 20 teeth, which he told to a couple random people, he has no cavities.

Brian was stoking the fire in our wood stove one day this week. We’ve been using it to heat the house, but he forgot to close the safety gate that surrounds it. Jackson hurried over and shut it and said, “Dad, I just saved your life!”

Sugar Cookies