I Hope Everyone had a very Happy Holidogs!

That's right, the wienermoblie was back at church a couple of weeks ago, and more festive than ever!

*Note the liscense plate.

Bedtime Story

I just love these crazy kids!

(L to R Madeline, Charlie, Jacob, Parker, William)

A Little Tired

I put Parker in the backpack while I made dinner a few nights ago. He totally digs it. After awhile, I noticed he wasn't quite as active and a little heavier. I went to the mirror, and sure enough, he was out!

Of course Jamie wasn't home yet, so Jacob took the picture for me. Not bad for a 4 year old.

Our Thanksgiving Report -- It was ERrrrific!

We spent Thanksgving in Virginia with family. Parker had his first Grandpa King butterhorn roll and LOVED it! (But really, who doesn't?)

It, however, did not love him. We figure it was a reaction to the eggs. His face was totally swollen and he had hives everywhere. The picture below was before we took him to the hospital and it got worse by the time we were there.

Jamie and I took Parker to the ER while everyone else (we were with Jamie's parents and older brother and his family) sat down for Thanksgiving dinner. Thank goodness for family, we could just leave Jacob and go. At the hospital, they gave Parker a little more Benadryl and a steroid shot and we waited a lot. Then we waited some more. So we spent 4 hours in the ER on Thanksgiving night, while the turkey got cold.

This is after we got home and he started to look a little more like himself, but still sad and a little pathetic.

Parker was a trooper through the whole thing. He was happy to hang out with Grandpa.

Love Those Crazy Boys

Before the crazy of Thanksgiving, we spent some time with my sister, Lauren, and her family. She has four boys, the youngest is Jacob's age. This is my two boys and the two youngest of hers. I loved that Parker was playing like he was one of the big kids.

Mitchell (4) cracks me up. He was using tape for something and in true 4 year old boy fashion, it ended up on his face.
Collin (6) was so cute with Parker.
Mitch and Jacob (and Collin's face lurking around the side), they are too cute. We just love cousins and though we are sad we don't get to play more, we love the time we do get to spend with them.

The Skyscraper

We went out to eat with my sister and family. They took us to a tasty deli where Jamie just couldn't resist the challenge of "The Skyscraper". It was three pieces of bread, two kinds of meat, cheese, cole slaw, and Thousand Island dressing. As you can see, it was ginormous!

Fortunately, he said it was really good, because he had a lot to go.
When he finished, and he finished, all he could say was, "Yeah I did!"

It was a proud day for us all.

Fun With the Kings

We spent Wednesday afternoon with Jamie's older brother (Nate) and family and had lots of fun. This is Jacob with Nate's oldest, Ashley. They are in front of the cute train we rode at the mall. It wasn't on a track, we went down the mall corridor to an opening, and turned around and came back.

The mall also had a merry-go-round. When Jamie and Jacob went, they were making a different face everytime they came by. Jacob's favorite was the time they pretended to be asleep. These two keep me laughing.
Jacob also loved helping out with the gingerbread house. Grandma and Grandpa bought a cute kit for the kids to put together. Jacob is like his dad, always on.
Jacob had a great time with John and Ashley. Grandpa's busted licking the frosting off his fingers.

Other than a trip to the ER and having to get on a different plane to come home because of a leaky engine, we had a great time!