It hasn’t started yet, but I’m sure Russell will start asking where Preston is soon. Preston’s staying the week with Papa and Grandma. He gets treated like royalty for a few days, and then they send him home to mean old Mama and Daddy. I actually look forward to being a grandpa! lol
We had a nice trip up to Minnesota. We got there the day before the family reunion, and so we were very busy at the beginning. I was starting to think that we were crazy for coming. However, later on in the week we were able to relax and enjoy our time. Roger, Emmit, Preston, and I all went geocaching on day where we picked up a ton of caches. I even collected geocaching souvenirs from North and South Dakota that day! We are glad to be back home now, though!
We leave Thursday for Minnesota. In the meantime, we’re working on cleaning the house. I don’t want to dread coming home because there’s a huge pile of dirty laundry to do and lots of other things! I’m really looking forward to the trip. It’s been a long time since we all got to go on a “vacation”.
Today is Donna’s and my 7th wedding anniversary. That’s right; we’ve been married seven years! We really don’t have any plans for this evening. Though, Donna’s parents are taking Preston for the week (they were going to anyway, not just because it is our anniversary!). I think Donna is wanting to eat out somewhere or do something like that. Personally, I don’t care for eating out all that much, and I would rather have a meal at home… We will see! I’m sure we’ll end up doing something, but I don’t know what.
The kids enjoyed the Knights of Columbus’ Enchilada Dinner. Russell pigged out. Preston preferred the cake…
My mouth is finally feeling better; not quite back to normal, but much better. Preston’s, though, is still bothering him. He had his surgery last Thursday. He didn’t lose any teeth (not the visible ones, anyway!). They extracted the “mean tooth.” It was in between his baby teeth and his permanent ones, coming in kind of sideways… The poor guy has been crying and moaning in his sleep at night the last couple of days. Apparently that is a common reaction to the anesthesia. I feel really bad for him though. I think we’ve been a little too hard on him since the surgery too. He seemed to be doing so well and so we kind of expected him to behave the same way that he had been before the surgery. I think he was just covering up that he didn’t feel that great. We’ll both be better this time next week! (I hope)
Preston has been accepted at Notre Dame Catholic School :). Hopefully we’ll get some kind of financial assistance. We’d applied for a scholarship through the Diocese, but haven’t heard anything yet. I am excited about the possibility of providing Preston a Catholic education, and hope it is not stopped because of finances…
Yesterday we met up with my brother and his wife in Waurika for the 2012 Rattlesnake Hunt. We didn’t actually hunt for snakes (I hate them, personally). It is basically a big street carnival. Preston rode a kiddie-rollercoaster, a merry-go-round, and the ferris wheel. He had a great time with Uncle Ben! He even came home with a giant stuffed monkey, which he’s currently sleeping with!
Preston has been “cleaning” his room for about an hour and a half now. He’s not making a lot of progress… He’s mostly playing and singing. It’s hard to be mad at him, but I’m getting there.
Preston had his dentist appointment today. Poor guy, he’s gonna have to have oral surgery next month… Apparently he has an “extra” baby tooth growing in sideways underneath his other teeth. They are going to have to remove one of his other teeth to get to that one. That sucks; his teeth are so pretty right now…