Oct. 10th

We have had a good last couple of weeks. We went to Alamosa for Dylan's birthday. The sand dunes were unbelievable. You have to see them to appreciate them. It is amazing that it is just sand. The tallest one, which we didn't climb, is 750 feet tall! The boys had fun climbing up them and rolling back down. They also had a great time swimming at the hotel pool. It had an indoor water park. Saturday night they swam for 3 1/2 hours. And yes, they did sleep in the next morning. We drove back a different way and saw lots of fall colors. The trees looked so pretty.

Kristian found out the day before we left that he had to read a 200 page biography for the following Monday. So he did a lot of reading on the way there and back. He managed to get it read. I was so proud of him. I picked him up a book about Houdini, since he loves doing magic tricks, I thought it would keep him interested.

Last Friday Dylan went in for his 4 year checkup and he is doing great. He is 42 inches tall and weighs 38 lbs.! He had to get 3 shots also. Since he has a late birthday, he doesn't have to get all the shots for school this year. But he will have to get 3 more next year. He didn't cry at all. Just gasped and held his breath the entire time. When she was done he let out a HUGE sigh of relief. But said he wasn't getting any shots next time!

After his appt. we went to William Sonoma to pick up some pancake molds, then I took him to Toys R Us to get something for doing so well with his shots. After that we met Tracy and the kids for lunch. We were celebrating her birthday. I ran by Target and then headed home.

Kristian had spent the day at a friends house. So Mike and I picked him up on our way over to Tracy's that evening. She was watching the boys for us while we actually went out on a date! We went and saw the Bourne Ultimatum and then had dinner at PF Changs. We had a really good time. On Saturday we went and put new tires on the suburban, had lunch and I ran by the store for a few groceries. We picked up the boys on the way home. We had a quiet evening at home on Saturday. Sunday I caught up on laundry and house cleaning and got ready for Monday morning. Mike worked out in the shop. He is coming along on the '56 wagon. I think he spent most of the day measuring things. He is getting ready to make a very important cut and wants to make sure it is exactly right.

Dylan is still loving his four wheeler, or four liller, is the way he says it. I still worry about him, but Mike has it set up to go as slow as possible.

Well I guess that is it for now. Hope everyone is doing well. I wanted to add more pictures, but the site was having trouble. So I hope to add more next time. The pictures are of the boys at the hotel water park and then attempting to take a serious picture!