7/28 - It's been a while

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We've just been enjoying time together as a family so I haven't taken the time to post to the blog lately. Brad is home to actually see what is going on so I've been a little lax. As you can see from this first picture, I do have one child that likes to play with play-doh. Aiden is getting a little better but Eli likes to put it from one container to another.

Aiden would much rather play on the floor with his new sleeping bag than play with play-doh. He has slept in his sleeping bag a few nights now and enjoys it.

Aiden has loved getting some one-on-one time which I haven't been able to offer much. Brad and Aiden played Memory the other night and Aiden was loving every minute of it.

In other news around the house, Brad just got a new truck. We wanted to have 2 vehicles that can transport both kids and Brad's old Nissan Frontier couldn't do it since it didn't have a backseat. He found a new-to-him Ford 150 with two rows of seats (plenty of room for both car seats and someone else in the back). He loves it. I brought the boys down to the dealership the night he got the truck.

The boys love daddy's "new white monster truck."

Unfortunately for Brad, he got a brand new truck and we left early the next morning to head to St. Pete so he didn't even get to drive it after we got home that night. We headed down to St. Pete for a few days to see some family. Although my dad was away, the boys still had fun staying at papa's house and playing with the handful of toys they don't normally see.

My mom came over and played with the boys some. Nana has a bad back right now but they boys didn't let her slow down too much!

She spent the night on Friday night and Eli didn't want her to leave on Saturday morning. It was too cute and sad at the same time.

The boys did enjoy seeing Bronco again and playing with him.

We went to a family gathering for my grandpa (the next post will be about that). Brad spent some time with the boys outside and blowing bubbles.

The boys had a good visit with nana and enjoyed seeing her. Eli showed her what a little lovey boy he can be.

Nana even watched the boys for us on Sunday night so that Brad and I could go out and celebrate our anniversary. Time has really flown since our wedding day on July 23, 2005.  

We enjoyed getting away for the evening and having a yummy Italian dinner (thanks for watching the boys mom). We made it back to Jax safely and am trying to get into a rhythm of Brad back at work. Aiden gets so concerned when I tell him daddy is going to work. He wants to know how long he's gonna be gone. Brad left yesterday for a few days for the Men's Retreat at church. I think he'll have a great time and get to know some more guys. I'll post tomorrow about the Ray family gathering we had last weekend.