I always feel like I am trying to catch up now, it doesn’t seem like a week since the last post.

Tuesday, Brendan had an Echo. We see the doctor for the results this coming Tuesday.

Wednesday, the boys both came down with another little cold. It has been minor but it makes for some long nights with little sleep.

Thursday, I had a little surgery to remove a couple of benign cysts from my scalp. A few stitches and a sore head later, all is well.

Friday, the boys were doing better so they met their friend Landon at this mega-park called Playtopia. I didn’t take a camera, I had too much else to manage. I actually lost Trevor for a few minutes. Brendan fell down and I went to tend to him and lost sight of his brother in the giant play structures.
A few panicked moments passed before he turned up. He wasn’t far, just hidden in a school bus climbing thing. I hate that feeling! Bill was at the dentist.

Yesterday, Beth and Steve arrived from frozen Illinois and we had a cookout in 70 degree weather. Bill and I are fighting off the cold.

Today, we had a day all to ourselves with no appointments, no guests, no work, no plans. We decided to introduce the boys to a very old hobby of ours – geocaching!
We bought an updated GPS unit and connected it to our account at geocaching.com so that we could start hunting. We got on our bikes and rode down the canal where the map said that we could find two caches.

Brendan rode in the kid seat on my bike, but Trevor rode himself. He did 2.6 miles all total! We are getting close to a find here.

Spotted it!

Small mint container – a log to sign. We left Robin as a prize for the next hunter.

Trevor wanted to throw pine cones in to the water.

Next site – Some construction going on here.

Found it!

This one had a log and a few other items. Trevor pulled out a little snowmobile dude and we put in a Joker figure.

Awesome weather!

As if the ride was not enough, the boys really wanted to go to a playground. We tried another one that we have never been to before.

The digger was too big and heavy for Trevor to manage

Unless he had help

Tube slide!

Different technique

Somehow we convinced Brendan to go “on his face”

We have a big family reunion-style party to look forward to tomorrow. Trevor keeps asking “Can Daddy’s friends come back?” Beth and Steve give them a lot of attention. 🙂