LONG Time...

I have been absent for a while ... oops! We haven't been extremely busy, but I guess just busy enough that I haven't gotten around to blogging about what we've been up to! :)

We enjoyed a nice Labor Day weekend with an extra day that Jason was home from work, which is always great! We traveled to Columbus, Ohio, as we do every year, for the annual base ball tournament there. Jason's parents joined us for the weekend over there, and they had a great time with the kids and also getting to take in some base ball! The guys did a great job, playing 6 games in the span of 2 days, and had a wonderful time! The weather was gorgeous, and now that the kids are getting a little older and a bit closer to independent (Jordan still has a ways to go in that category), it was quite enjoyable!

Meggan's new "hanging down" earrings, as she calls them! A bunch of the girls at the base ball games were having one of the players' wives make them cute earrings, but since they were just costume jewelry, Meggan couldn't wear them. She was pretty sad, but we found these little 14k gold ones at Kohl's on Monday and she was SO excited!

Last week was rather uneventful, with the usual evenings of choir practice and gymnastics for Meggan and the other evenings just hanging out at home! We had a great (and busy) weekend, including a date together while the kids stayed at Dawn & Jer's house overnight and Jason got a tattoo! He has been wanting a tattoo for literally YEARS and finally found the perfect one for him! I think it looks great, although I don't see myself sitting in the tattoo artist's chair any time soon ... or probably ever. :)

Getting started!

The finished product! (For those of you who may not know, Jason is a HUGE fan of Superman and also, of course, of base ball. This one was perfect!)

I did have a strange feeling one night, albeit very short-lived. Jason was at softball practice (he's going to play on a co-ed team that will play on Friday nights for 5 weeks) and I gave the kids a bath quick after going to a park and having a picnic and playing for a while. I got them all dried off and with their pajamas on and got their teeth brushed. I walked out of their bathroom after drying the counter off and it was really quiet. It is an odd sound for me ... Jordan tends to be quite close by at pretty much all moments of the day.

The kids were both playing in their rooms, ALONE! This is not uncommon for Meggan really, but normally I at least have one at my feet or yelling "Mommy" to get my attention or something. I wasn't sure what to do, so I grabbed the camera and decided I would have to put it in writing. They are both growing up so fast! Jordan will have his birthday party in just 2 short weeks, and our baby will be 2 years old. Time sure is passing us by, but it's so fun as they get into this more independent and personality-growing stage of their lives. They are both so much fun and so smart (we might be a little biased on that one)!!! I just didn't want to forget that moment. :)

Meggan coloring and drawing!

Jordan and his car racetrack!

Hope it has been a great week for everyone, and I'll try and do better this week! No promises though. ;)