Pox update

Drew is feeling much better today and actually would pose for a few pictures. We are starting to get used to him looking this way. We are well on our way to recovery and am really hoping Nora gets them when she is a bit older. I know that is wishful thinking.

Chicken Pox!

Drew woke up with a little blister Wednesday morning. I thought nothing of it and headed off to home school group where we fraternized with lots of our friends for many hours. That night, Val felt something on his head and then another, that is we we figured it was chicken pox. He only had a few the next day and a high fever. So we went to consult with Dr. Park who assured us this is a classic case of the bawk- bawk pox. I don't mess with rash and high fever...poor Drew is my little guinea pig. So now he's got the pox. His leg is hurting a lot so I actually took him to the hospital today. I started reading on line and felt that this was an abnormal symptom. He's really limping and we are carrying him everywhere. But the Dr. assured me it was normal and that maybe I should have vaccinated him, hrrumph.

Anyway, he is doing fine and is quite the trooper. He feels lousy and has watched more tv than ever but is still trying hard not to scratch and being sweet. He is a model patient.

Now we are just watching Nora, although it would be nice to get it out of the way, it really will be hard because she is so little, warm baths and Sesame Street won't quite cut it.

We have decided to not take pictures right now, he really feels punky.

Fall is here? Wait it's 90 degrees today!

Nora on her first pony, she didn't last long but enjoyed it all the same.

The Copelands are my dad's cousins. They used to own a working farm complete with corn and cows. Now, it is a smaller scale (just like all family farms these days) with vegetables. They have a farm stand and Pop and the kids and I enjoying picking out green beans, peppers, apples, mums and other treats. We also enjoyed seeing Elane(pictured) and Donna.




Fall is here, and baseball is heating up.


This is a picture of our homeschool group. Lots of nice people and fun.


At the stables...

Trying to get just one

Uncle Peter and Aunt Emily's new digs

A couple of weekends ago, we went to visit my bother, Peter and Emily and Toby in Ann Arbor. They live in a new home, a co-housing develpment which is really pretty cool. There is a main building that houses a kitchen, dining room, play room, tv room, reading room and a guest bedroom (where Val and Drew slept.) Emily usually has meals here on busy weeknights (someone cooks four nights a week) and says they have been wonderful (lots of ethnicities). The people were all very nice, Val played basketball with a few while Drew and Nora played with kids (but mainly their favorite kid, Toby) There was even a concert one night that the kids loved. We spent a lot of time here, there is a play structure, kids toys everywhere and trails that lead through wildflowers to ponds. Perfect for young ones. I think they made a great decision to move there, Emily is already very involved and Peter, well, he deals well (he is very busy starting a new tech business).



You can see the condo's in the background. They are environ friendly.

Peter gave us a tour of the Ann Arbor campus. This was Drew on the stairs of the library, funny huh?


Toby being silly.

Lake Lemon

I think Val and I spent almost every day one summer at Lake Lemon near Bloomingtion. We went down a couple weeks ago and nothing had changed, besides the company which made it even more fun. We went on one of the prettiest days of the summer and found our old secret spot undisturbed. We had the place to ourselves.





Yes, Nora is on a big girl swing at 20 months. She had the coordination and determination of a three year old!

Drew and I jumped in and swam way out. The bottom was full of slimy plants and a dead fish floated by. Now that is real swimming.

Don and Sue's High Sierra Pics

Ok, I am really pushing the envelop on my technical skills here. These are some of Don and Sues pics and they were great but probably too hard to see.