April Fool's Day 2009

Merrill and Pam have a tradition of playing a fun trick on the kids each April Fool's Day. This year they packed Aubrey and Carsten's school lunches full of plastic toy food. Pam got a picture of each of them after opening their lunch boxes. Our tricks always end well though and they got to enjoy cold cantaloupe and hot pizza after recovering from the shock.

Family weekend vacation

Aubrey came up with a program to encourage family exercise. She tracks how many miles we walk/run on the treadmill or in the neighborhood. Once a cumulative 80 miles is reached, we do a fun activity such as mini-golf, bowling, sledding, etc. This time we waited till 160 miles to earn a weekend at the Holiday Inn. We had lots of fun and even a moment or two of relaxation.

Lawton Science Fair 2009

Aubrey and Carsten did a joint science fair project at Lawton Elementary school. They researched the cycle of cotton from planting to production of cloth. Their project got two blue ribbons.

Lauren's Hospital Visit

On March 4th Lauren was admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital because her oxygen level was too low. She ended up having RSV. Four days later she (and Mom) were finally released with only strep throat (Pam) and two ear infections (one each) remaining. The whole family passed a respiratory "thing" around for the month of March. Hopefully we are all on the mend now though.