Truck-touching

My nephew, Aidan, had a birthday party at an event called Touch-a-Truck in Jackson. Emergency and military vehicles, big-wheels, and heavy machine equipment park in an empty lot and kids are invited to climb inside, ask questions, honk the horns, and explore. 

Easter 2015

Easter passed a while back, but I've been busy, so the pics are late. I got lucky and put the kids in blue, which just happened to match the Bunny.

We attended church and took the obligatory bricked-wall-background photograph with sun-too-bright squishy faces and fancy clothes.

Then I took the kids in my parents' back yard to take a few amateur pictures. I forgot to have Zac photoshop that ugly power line out of there, but he'll do that before I print these.

And pics from home.

Random Update

Jac was baptized March 22. While I'm not super religious, I've been talking to the kids about God and Jesus and reading a devotional book to them once in a while. Jac has been showing interest in Christianity, so we talked to the pastor about him being baptized. He was quite proud of himself and didn't even feel nervous about going under the water.

Last week, Zac had some job training in Louisiana, so we spent the week with Sean in his new house. I was able to trade baby clothes with Keara and visit with her for a while, talking about babies and living in the woods.

I made it to 20 weeks this past Sunday and while things are good with me (my placenta is no longer covering my cervix, yay!), he has two choroid plexus cysts in the middle area of his brain. While I'm told it's nothing to worry about, I'm worrying. With the technology today, compared to what it was when Jac and Leah were babies, it's so updated that things can be detected now that couldn't be then. I could actually see the shape of Eli's heart and see it beating instead of the black area that flutters. I like the details, but it still freaks me out knowing something is there that shouldn't be.

Zac and I have been considering Mom's request of living together yet again, but this time in a house that Zac and I could take over as our own. So, the house would technically be ours and they would be living with us on our terms, but with a comfortable arrangement that we can all be happy with to avoid confrontations. The decision is still up in the air. There are pros and cons, of course, but it would be nice to have a yard, maybe a garden (finally), more space, and knowing my dad is being taken care of with homemade food and a quieter environment. Jac wants his own room and a house note for a three-bedroom or four-bedroom would be cheaper than rent for a three-bedroom. I'm still not sure. We've flip-flopped back and forth with my parents so many times already. I don't think I can do it again. I don't have to have a backyard. I can take my kids to the park or something like we used to do. I still want my beach and if we're thinking about moving again, I want an ocean or mountains to look at.