Another First

Well, Noel accomplished another first, only we weren't so excited about this one: his first trip to the emergency room. On Sunday, David and I were scheduled to be the teachers in Noel's Sunday School class. Mind you, I've done this ONCE before and David had never been in there. There was a kid who was really upset, so David was sitting on the floor with him. Noel walks past, trips on David's foot, and bangs his head into the supply cabinet, splitting his eyebrow wide open. We had an EMT at church look at it, and he said we should take him to the ER. However, it was the fastest, easiest trip to the ER that we could have possibly asked for. We were in and out in less than 30 minutes. Noel had stopped crying before we even left the church (he couldn't see how nasty his eyebrow looked, unlike his parents). They were able to seal it with Dermabond, which is like fancy super glue that holds the cut together long enough for it to heal. This was such a relief, because we did not want him to have to get stitches. Now he is completely fine, except for not being able to play in the water for a week or so. We are very very thankful that everything worked out so well. Plus, we'll probably never be asked to help in Wee Worship again (hee hee)

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On July 12, David and I went to Morton, Illinois to see Axel and Jamie Larson get married. It was such a fun day. And I pointed out to Jenni's family that I believe I am the only non-member of the family to make it to all 4 Larson weddings. Actually, Axel's is the only wedding I didn't sing in. But all is forgiven. I can't believe baby Axel is all grown up and married. But I'm excited about the future they have together. I have lots of pictures that I want to post, so I will probably make a few separate posts to make it easier. I also just got back from Rainbow Christian Camp, which was a really fun week.

In other, unrelated news, I got the best early Christmas present from my brother. It is an accordian! I have always wanted to learn to play. It's very old and doesn't work completely well (He got it out of a dumpster)but it's beautiful! I will try and take a picture of it soon!

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Friday was Noel's big day to try out anything and everything that moves at Wittenbach Orchards. He rode in a golf cart, a high-low (fork lift), a tractor, a four wheeler, and a Brownie. Needless to say he is a little bored with our machine-less house here on Cadillac Drive.

We had a family dinner to celebrate the fourth, and then David, Josh, Ed, and Linda went into town to see the fireworks, only to find out that the fireworks weren't until Sunday.

I think my favorite part of the night was right after Noel's bedtime. Now, you must know that Josh is an eating machine, and one of his favorite things is pop-ice. He has already gone through close to 100 of them this summer. Linda keeps them in her deep freeze in the basement, which is where Noel sleeps when we visit. About 25 minutes after Noel went to bed, we hear Josh run downstairs to get a popsicle. We didn't think anything about it until a few minutes later when we hear from the monitor, "Hello? Hello?" We asked Josh if he saw Noel down there and he said, "Yeah, he was standing up." So David went downstairs to see what the deal was. What Josh had forgotten to mention was the fact that when he went downstairs to get a popsicle he turned the ceiling light on AND LEFT IT ON! So Noel was just standing up in his crib in a fully lit room wondering, "Is it time to get up already?" When we asked Josh he said, "I thought he slept with the light on." Nice try, Josh, but nobody bought it. We teased him about it the rest of the weekend.

Michigan Vacation

I wanted to post some pictures from our journey north to Michigan. We left last Wednesday and got back last night (Sunday). We all had a great time. Several stories to tell, so I'll break them up--a little every day.

On Thursday we went to the zoo with David's parents, Mike and Marnie, their kids (Lizzie, Tye, and Tori) and our nephew Josh, who is working on the farm this summer. Everyone had a really good time. We got a close up look at the tiger and the lions. They also had a petting zoo, which was really fun for Noel. He really enjoyed his cousins, and they were so good about playing with him.

The other big activity of the day is that Tee got shaved. I haven't taken a picture of her yet, but she looks great! And it's so nice not to have her hair EVERYWHERE!

Favorite moments from that day:

*"I didn't know frogs were worthy of their own house" by Josh, as we entered the House of Frogs

*"Every minute we stay after closing time, they shoot another wallaby. Oops, there goes another one." David

*Noel and Grandpa Ed watching the John Deere tractor video together on the way home from the zoo.