Fishin'

Livi...not so sure about the fish

Nadia happy to have caught a fish!

Mason happy with his fish!

Livi liked the bubbles better!

Daddy happy with his fish, a 17 inch large mouth bass!

Gymnastics!!!!!

Nadia at her gymnastics "recital", they call it a fun meet!

Mason at the gymnastics fun meet! Some video of Kerrin doing gymnastics is coming, I just couldn't get it to load and it's getting late!

Happy Birthday to Mason!

Please forgive my singing! I wanted you to hear Kerrin playing the violin for her brother on his birthday! Boy, I love my kids!!!!!!!!!!

Mason turns 6!

Mason was a bit excited about his new Wii game from Nana and Grandpa!

He got MarioCart.
Concentrating on the task of opening presents.

Everyone wants to see the newest thing!

Mason reading the card from his friend Jack.

The party crowd!

The 3-D Pokemon card cake mommy made for Mason.

Piper Antics!!!

Swimming is fun, but I'm a little sleepy.....

OK, really sleepy....

Super sleepy.....

ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz.......

This is the end result of a day of sun, play and swimming!

She didn't even make it to the homemade icecream and brownies!

Not that she could eat them anyway!

Graduation... Finally!

Horray! He's done with the program! Yeah!

Right now he's thinking... "I'm glad I'm done, I hope we make our dinner reservation..."

The kids get their Dad back on weekends! Let's go camping!

This is Brandon in the procession walking in.....

This is walking up to the podium.....

Now it's offical!!!!!!

A day at the Salon for Mom, and a cute Piper video!

OK..........for my Mother's Day present I got to go to the Salon and get my hair colored!
I am an auburn haired gal!

See the red?

I had a wonderful relaxing time without kids at the Salon thanks to my wonderful husband! And now I get to have auburn hair to show off on Mother's Day!

Piper's new tricks!

Piper sits up!!!!

This was us trying to get her to sit up, instead she smiles and says, "bababa"!

She discovered that it is fun to make noise while daddy wiggles her mouth!

NOT FOR THE FAINT OF STOMACH !!!!!!!!!!!!

OK. This is your warning.....

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Procedure!!!


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Explanation of the videos. OK, so here's what
happened... I was drilling through 2 2x8's
and a 4x4 post. I was watching the side the
drill went in to keep the bit straight. (The
bit was an 18 inch long by 1/2 inch wide
speed bit.) I was holding the board on the far
side with my left hand. The bit didn't emerge,
it just popped out the other side. My thumb
was in its path. This was the result...............


Cleaning the wound.....










Checking out the wound.....










De-fatting the thumb.....










Stitching.....










A good view of the multiple tears / gouges.....

Finishing up.....

Yep, I know, I'm an idiot. I have the right, though,

to claim heredity (thanks Pa!) Like father, like

son. Our real issue, I think, is that we're too

foolish to wait for help. It's killing me to not go

out and build some more. Not as much as my thumb

is killing me, though. I have never been bright enough

to learn from the mistakes of others. Perhaps, maybe,

perchance, I will get the message through my skull

before the next drill bit does..... :)

Brandon

The Tommell boys visit and Yaya and Pa too!

Kerrin and Piper smiles! We went to the Krohn's Conservatory which is full of plants from around the world.

Picnic time at Eden Park in Cincinnati. We started out for the zoo, but apparently it was bring everyone in the world for free day. Mobs of people were flooding the gates like they were handing out $100 bills. The parking lot was full, and I've never seen it more than 2/3 full. Anyway, we decided that crowds were not our style, so we headed for the park. The kids had a blast scrambling around on the remains of a 40 foot limestone block wall that was about 25 feet thick. They especially liked to climb up about 12 feet and then leap into Brandon's arms. I know, really safe, huh?

Picnic at the base of the wall. The KKK (Kyrek, Kerrin & Keigan) ate about 15 feet above us, and tossed down things like empty Pringles cans on us. Oh, and used napkins, soda cans, etc. You know, the usual.

Near the top of the wall

Typical. This is in the conservatory (on the butterfly bench, oddly enough donated by a pest control company.....) Livi is protesting something, and Piper is amused.

Kerrin could be found cuddling her cousins all week long.

All the cousins at the base of the broken wall

Not sure what this is... Laurel put it in.

She's learning to crawl. She can't really go anywhere yet, but she can get herself into the proper position.