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Kites, Cakes and Eggs

Monday, 29 March 2010 02:20 Philip

Oh what a busy weekend we had! We started Saturday by hunting garage sales. It is still very early in what we call the "garage sale season", but we had fun driving around.

Then we went to our church, Hermitage Church of the Nazarene, for Kite Day. This was the 27th annual Kite Day held at our church, and it was a beautiful day for flying kites. We quickly setup our kite, which had a picture of Batman, and launched it into the air. Keegan was so excited to see the string unravel and the kite take off. This is about the time his excitement for the kite ended. I handed him the handle and pointed in the air complimenting him on how well he was doing. Then he decided to see how fast I could run. He let go and pointed to the kite yelling "DADDY! DADDY! DADDY!" as I took off running as fast as I could to catch the now uncontrolled kite. As I mentioned his attention to the kite was waning and he quickly took Natalie to the playground. How loves a slide and the slide at church is super fast.

Sunday started by going to church to see a musical drama called "One Voice." Then after Keegan's nap he helped Natalie make a desert for dinner at church. Keegan, as you may know, loves to help Natalie cook. This time was a little different because Keegan was wearing an apron made by his great-grandmother Nana. He was not quite sure what to think of it at first. He generally takes a moment to analyze new things like foods, places, people and even clothes. But after a few Keegan Cooking moments he was thrilled to wear it and just as thrilled to be cooking. The cake Natalie was making was her famous Candy Bar Cake, but this time instead of candy bars in the icing she used Oreos. You can see in the picture Keegan was a big help. In this picture he is helping Natalie add the Cool-Whip into the mixer. I want to let everyone know two things. First, we washed Keegan's hands before letting him near any of the food. Second, there are pictures of Keegan covered in icing and I just wanted to note that the cake was finished and boxed by that point.

Finally, we went back to church for dinner and the annual Easter Egg Hunt. There were lots and lots of kids filled with the excitement brought on by the knowledge that there were thousands of CANDY FILLED eggs. With a little drizzle and lots of laughter and joy the kids took to the grass and field hunting those brightly colored eggs. I promise you that while we were hunting these eggs we were filled with the joy of the TRUE meaning of Easter. We are blessed that God would send His son to live and suffer among us. It is with His grace we will be able to enter His Kingdom.

God's Blessings be upon you,
Philip

P.S.: The busy weekend turned into a busy week. It is now Saturday of the next weekend and I am just now finishing this. My, how time gets away from me. Tomorrow is Easter. Let us CELEBRATE!!!

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Last Updated on Sunday, 04 April 2010 02:16

Dentist

Friday, 19 March 2010 01:33 Philip

Brittany, Natalie's sister, is in dental hygiene at Chattanooga State. As part of the program she is in clinic twice a week. This means that she is performing cleanings on real patients. Its a win win really. The clinic is open to the public and provides cleanings and x-rays for a really deep discount and she gets to practice with the supervision of her instructors. The clinic is so popular that they are booked through the rest of the semester.

A couple of weeks ago Brittany announced that the clinic was having a day for family. You get to come and have your teeth cleaned, x-rays and whitening trays made for your teeth. This sounded great, so I took last Monday off from work and Natalie, Keegan and I went to Chattanooga for the day.

Now let me start by saying that this is an educational facility. This is made very clear by a sign in the waiting area stating "This is an education facility and it may take more than (1) three hour session to complete your cleaning." As if that statement doesn't say it all Brittany told me shortly after I went back for my cleaning that she was also going to be giving me eight shots of anesthesia for "practice." Ok, I knew well before I went that she wanted to give me shots. It just didn't "stick" until I got there.

While I was getting the cleaning and x-rays Natalie and Keegan went to the Creative Discovery Museum. One of his adventures while there was playing in a huge sandbox that contained dinosaur bones. You can see him here with a shovel in one hand and couple of brushes in the other. Can you imagine the fun you would have digging up dinosaur bones?

After lunch Brittany gave me the eight shots of anesthesia. First were three shots in the gums on the top right side of my mouth. Then it was followed by two shots in the roof of my mouth. The difference between shots in the gums and shots in the roof of your mouth is that in the gums you get topical anesthesia first. For the roof of the mouth she first painfully held a cotton swab where she was going to stick me and then I never felt the shot. Cotton swabs can be painful though. This was followed by three more shots on the lower gums on the right side of my mouth. I looked like a stroke victim.

Well, after I was all numbed up it was my turn to watch Keegan while Brittany took x-rays on Natalie. The boy and I wandered the halls and played in the elevators. We even chatted with some students who were taking a break from their Radiation Biology class. I use the term "chatted" loosely. Keegan was more capable of chatting than me. I mean half my face was completely unknown to me, but we managed.

After Natalie's x-rays Brittany joined us for dinner at Sticky Fingers. Then we headed home. It was a long day, but we had lots of fun, helped Brittany towards graduation and I got my teeth cleaned for cheap. I would do it again. Even the shots! Thanks Brittany!

~Philip

P.S.: There are more pictures in the 19 Months gallery.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 02:12

Sunshine

Sunday, 21 February 2010 19:48 Natalie

Finally....SUNSHINE!!!!

We just had to get out in it. We decided to brave the park at Charlie Daniels even though we knew it would be crazy, and man was it. We had fun anyway. Keegan is much bigger since the last trip to the park. Wow! That boy can move fast. We were all over the playground. He loved the slide. He would barely have gotten off the slide and would be screaming more, more, more. The only thing he didn't really like was the swing. He swang for a moment to make us happy, but I guess when it looked like we were satisfied, he was ready to get out. Here is the cutest picture of our sweet baby having fun at the park.

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