Busy summer days

Our computer crashed, so that is my excuse for not blogging for a while. I'm working from my laptop, so I won't be able to post pictures for a while.

We had a big weekend last weekend! We had both set of grandparents in town for Kenyon's 3rd birthday (which happens to be today). Kenyon doesn't really know what a birthday is, so in many ways, this is like his first birthday. We decided to celebrate his birthday with his favorite snacks and popsicles, at his favorite park, with some family and friends. Kenyon blew out his candles and has been singing "Happy Birthday to you," ever since.

Kenyon had a great time with his grandma's and grandpa's. Kenyon can't say "grandma," so he calls them all "grandpa." The grandmas didn't care too much, he could call them whatever he wanted, as far as they were concerned. One night at dinner, Kenyon looked at his grandparents and said, "One grandpa, two grandpas, more grandpas." He was of course spoiled by their love, attention, and gifts. He loves his grandpas and talks about them frequently.

This weekend we are headed to the beaches of Lake Michigan with friends. Other than our trip to St. Louis, we haven't traveled together as a family this summer so we decided to go up to Chicago on Friday night. We got a great deal on a hotel at priceline.com and will be meeting up with Jeff and Karen, and their four year old twins, Mari and Mesfin. I met Jeff and Karen in Ethiopia in May 2007 and really enjoyed my time with them. We are planning to get dinner together and then go to Millenium Park and let the kids play together.