April 2024 - New Driveway

We extended the driveway and poured a sidewalk to the outbuilding. It's so nice to be able to park 2 cars in the driveway now! Here are some before / during / after photos:

Audrey has the most amazing hair. With her double cowlick it goes straight up and we love it. She did get a mysterious haircut and no one will fess up. Everyone lost screens until someone owned up to it and it totally backfired. No one came forward so after 2 weeks we lifted the punishment. At one point, Tyler came to us and said he knew who did it...he said he asked Nathan if it was him and Nathan said, "Yes!" We reminded Tyler that Nathan is 3, doesn't know how to use scissors, and would say yes to literally anything so don't throw him under the bus haha.

Tad got glasses!

Liam learned how to ride a pedal bike!

Audrey fell off a chair and split her chin open but Auntie Meggan (Hulme) came to the rescue and glued her back together again.

Tyler was just diagnosed with Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), which is a genetic disorder that affects tooth development and jaw growth. His teeth are small, brittle, misshapen, and discolored. We met with a specialist who confirmed that he will need crowns on ALL his teeth when he's older. Yikes. After his appointment where we learned all of this he chose a fake mustache as his prize from the dentist :)

In other dental news, Kyle and I both got invisalign to straighten up our teeth.

Misc Fun:

Nathan's preschool class photo turned out so cute!

Nathan goes everywhere all day with his "puppy and dino"

Funny Quotes:

Playing a word game.

The word is “Geppetto”

Hint: The name of the guy who makes Pinocchio.

Tyler: Jeffrey?

Liam: I don’t think Tad should be in our family. He’s too mean.

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December 2024 - Christmas Fun

We were so happy to have Marmie and Grandpa fly out for the Swingle Christmas party. Emily is the best party planner of all time and had really fun games, prizes, and yummy treats despite her whole family being sick. Craig and Chelsea gave us a fun Christmas lantern aquarium pass for Christmas and it was amazing! They had entire habitats full of lantern animals from all over the world. Tyler and Alexa had their violin Christmas recital at a local care facility, which was such a great idea on their teacher's part. Sadly, I had to join via FaceTime because I was out of town. But they did great! We were excited to hear Ian Beagley play viola on Temple Square. He and Alexa also put together another amazing family recital. It gets better every year! Ian played viola; Alexa played violin and sang; Tyler played violin; and Tad, Liam, Lincoln, and Sawyer played the piano. One of my best friends from high school, Katie Cutr...

June 2024 - Cincinnati Sweeny Reunion & Outbuilding Renters

We had tons of fun at the Sweeny family reunion just outside Cincinnati. We found some good flight deals so the kids were excited we didn't have to drive haha. The house we stayed in had an indoor basketball court, outdoor sand volleyball court, a pool, and lots of space for games. We had a great time. We flew in early so we spent one night at Grandma and Grandpa Sweeny's house. It was the first time our 3 youngest have been to their house so that was fun. We saw lots of baby bunnies running all around their neighborhood, and I was grateful to stop at Yellowwood to see Uncle Ben's grave and Carolyn Guss's house. Nathan entertaining himself during our layover One of the days we hiked Hocking Hills and it was other-worldly. So beautiful. Nathan was obsessed with Anne and only wanted to hike with her :) We also spent one afternoon at a local science museum It was so nice to have everyone together. It's been 6 years since I've seen Adam & ...

Good news!

I'm excited to announce that we went to the doctor yesterday for another ultrasound and I now have all my privileges reinstated!! Tear is healed and baby looks good, so we are very grateful. As promised, I took Alexa to the park to celebrate. We went swinging and ran around looking for flowers (dandelions). She has to stop and touch every flower she finds :). She insisted that her puppy come along. Maybe because she's a lazy bum and wanted to use him as a pillow!! We didn't get any really good ultrasound pictures from the tech (I should have made special requests!), but we saw lots of baby! This was the ultrasound (20 weeks) where they check every little thing developing - every section of the brain, spine, chambers of the heart, kidneys, diaphragm, fingers, toes, blood flow, placenta, cord, measurements of head and waist (baby is 4 days bigger than the due date), etc. etc. It's so fascinating to see all of that already developed and so teeny tiny...

La felicidad que se encuentra: Kyle, Jenny, Alexa, Tyler, Tad, Liam, Nathan, and Audrey

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