How we spent the afternoon

Yep, that's a cast. Henry has a tiny fracture on one, possibly two, of his metatarsals. Not exactly sure what happened since he was under daddy watch, but it involved a fall off of a handicap ramp on Sunday. He did not want to walk on it yesterday. He was better this morning, but had a definite limp and was not running around like usual. I really debating on calling the Dr, but I'm grateful my friends encouraged me to do so. I was really thinking they would just send us home with a pretty picture of his foot and not a cast. Oh well. He was running in the parking lot after we stopped for dinner, so I'm sure it won't slow him down.

From the video vault

Somehow in our last move, we lost the cable that allows us to transfer videos from our video camera to the computer. Well, I finally bought a new cable, so I'm going to post some video highlights from the last... well, year. Enjoy.

Christmas Chapel 2009, just in time for Christmas Chapel 2010

Aubrey's first dance recital Dec. 2009

Aubrey May 2010 Dance Demonstration

Henry's 2nd birthday

Henry's Baptism May 2010

A little behind.

Yes, it's been a while since my last post and I STILL haven't posted about the ever important 5th birthday, but this is my crunch time. Holiday cards and photo sessions galore. Fun to be busy, but I still want to enjoy this season myself, so blogging is going to have to take a back seat for a few weeks. I'll be back!

Our weekend in Denton

We had such a fun time last weekend visiting friends, going to an airshow and celebrating halloween. Once the weekend was over, we not only had some tired kids, but had to roll right in to celebrating a certain someone's 5th BIRTHDAY! Now you can understand why I am just now getting around to blogging about our trip. The birthday will be next.

We have been wanting to get together with our friends, the Burkes, for a while. Anna and I grew up together and our kids are fairly close in age. When she comes to town to visit her family, we rarely get to spend much time catching up. So, when we found out there was going to be an air show near their home, we decided that would be a fun reason to head up their direction. Oh, and did I mention the reason we wanted to go to the air show? One of our former Navy squadron mates (a pilot with Brian during his first tour, my direct supervisor during my first tour, and then Brian's Executive Officer on his last tour), is now the Commanding Officer of the Blue Angels! He hooked us up with VIP passes to the show, which included taking a photo with the team. Unfortunately, being the Boss of the team means you don't get much time to visit. We had about 20 seconds to say hi, exchange a hug, and pose for the photo before being escorted away so he could attend to the next group in line. Both Brian and I went on deployment with Greg (on separate occasions) so it's safe to say we know each other pretty well. We hadn't seen one another since we lived in Japan, so it was bitter sweet to see him but not get to catch up. However, his wife Kim was there and we loved getting to reconnect with her and hear all about their crazy life.

All in all, I think everyone loved the show. Poor Henry had been up almost all night the night before, so both of us were running on empty and he didn't get a nap. I felt sure the day would be a disaster! To my surprise, he handled himself pretty well. It helped that the kids had buddies to play with, and airplanes are pretty cool!

Thank you Anna and Sam for a wonderful stay, and thanks Boss for an awesome show!

The Boss, Greg, Blue Angel #1

Brian and I with Greg's wife, Kim

The Burkes and the Blues

The Baumhovers and the Blues

Trick or Treating 2010

We starting off with a little pumpkin carving. After a mishap with a kitchen knife (it snapped in two), this is how a Baumhover carves a pumpkin...

Then we set off to prowl the neighborhood. It was our first Halloween in this house, and I couldn't believe how many people were out! It was a fun night despite two very tired kids. We had just returned from a crazy fun weekend, which I will post about soon. Aubrey was really into it this year and would loudly say trick or treat, and always said thank you. Henry wasn't quite sure what was happening, but he caught on quick and followed Aubrey's lead.

Even mom and dad joined in on the fun. Amazing what you can pull out of the attic 2 mins before leaving the house. A Musketeer and his side-kicks.

And a witch. I wish I had a recording of Henry running around the house screaming what I was dressed up as. Let's just say it didn't quite come out as witch :) Brian and I couldn't stop laughing.