Fun with Justin

We had Anna's favorite buddy over for some water fun on Monday after Story Time at the Library. Anna is supposed to be more "calm" these days until after her surgery, but since she feels fine, that is literally impossible! She must have had a little too much fun since her hernia was popped out more that night after playing with Justin and going to the Ice Cream Social. So, the next day, she laid flat for most of the day and it went back in more.

The kids had fun in the little baby pool and playing with the water table and water guns. Brandon had fun squirting them with water from the hose and then brought them hot water from inside to warm up their pool.

The highlight of the night for Logan was getting to shoot this black powder gun. He had to push and push the trigger to get it to go off and then it gave him quite a kick and boy was it loud.

Scout Camp

Tyler, Logan and Noah

It was family night at Scout Camp, so a couple other mom's rode over with me for the visit. We took the boys SUBWAY and they enjoyed that. It was soooo hot and muggy and buggy on the trails and at the camp. It seems like the boys are having a great time and had plenty of Scout Stories to tell.

Logan is off to Scout Camp, etc.

Logan last year at Scout Camp..my how he has changed.

It is Scout Camp time again. I will go visit on Wednesday for Family Nite and Logan will return on Saturday. He was getting very excited!

Speaking of excited.....Barry and Brandon left today for a bus trip to Wisc. for a baseball game. Since Anna and I couldn't leave town, my dad and Barry's dad took our tickets and went, too. Should be a fun day. Brandon was WIRED, to say the least! So, it is GIRL DAY today, as Anna calls it. We will be having lunch out at Panera's with my mom and shopping a little, too.

Brandon is hoping to stay busy this week with his cousin, Nolan. He should be arriving mid-week for a few days. The boys are the same age, although Nolan is MANY inches taller.

Anna's Surgery.....and the boys' procedure

Quite the week here at the Schmidt House! Logan had some icky dental work yesterday, but came out fine. Then today, the boys had a gazillion warts removed. Brandon was quite the screamer...poor thing. They are both doing fine and are only a little uncomfortable. They are still managing to fight, so they must not be doing toooooo bad! Some of Brandon's are still numb, so it should be REAL fun before too long. I am sure that the pain will be worse tomorrow. They are excited that they can't shower for 48 hours, but that also means NO swimming, which they love. Today we are just hanging out the rest of the day and making cookies, slushies, etc.

Anna and I went out of town today to a Pediatric Urologist/Surgeon. She has an inguinal hernia and it has to be removed. She is scheduled for surgery on July 1, but the doctor doesn't want to wait that long, so they are trying to move things around to get her in soon. She is a real trooper and I am sure she will come out better than I will do while she is in there! LOL. It is outpatient surgery, so that is good. She will be able to go home that night and not sleep at the Hospital. The hospital is 45 min away, so we are praying that nothing goes wrong between now and the surgery. The dr. only sees about 10 cases of girls a year with this problem. It is very common in boys, though.

Poor Sheldon...and Brandon

Brandon spent $20 on this turtle and the container for it in Gulf Shores. I took this picture of Sheldon in our condo while he was spunky and moving. Sheldon made it the 6-7 hours through Alabama, but then it became clear that Sheldon wasn't just sleeping anymore. Poor Brandon. He is so disappointed to have to have a funeral for his little pet. Logan is growing tadpoles and one died while we were gone. Luckily our fish were spared and they are fine.

Fun

We are home now and I need to post some pictures as I can. With our condo rental through Gulf Shores Rentals, we got free things daily.
We got free tickets to The Track, which had games and go-carts, etc. You can imagine Barry's thrill level when he found this out, but I think he had just as much fun as the boys. The last picture is cute. Rare to see Brandon that close to Anna without her screaching. So, there she is sucking her fingers with Brandon ON her lap and favorite blanket and Logan close behind as they watched TV inour room.

Spent morning at the pool today while Dad and Barry went golfing. We didn't feel like getting stung by jellyfish today, but will visit the beach tonight sometime.

Monday and Barry's 38th birthday

We rode a ferry to Dauphin Island. This confirms the fact that I will NOT go on a Cruise Ship. I didn't like the fast ferry in Hong Kong and I didn't care for this ferry today. We went to the Estuarium/Aquarium and Sea Lab and saw a lot of things there. Anna cracked me up. She wasn't shy at all about holding the horseshoe crabs or sea cucumber.

Barry turned 38 years old today! Hard to believe. We have known each other forever....literally. We went to Lambert's last night.....HOME OF THE THROWED ROLLS.....they really try to fill you up there!

More

It is no secret to you all that I enjoy taking pictures. My Dad did take a couple of these, though. He has the same camera as me and enjoys it, too.

Sunday

Sunday