2nd June week

We had a great week. A busy one too. Last Friday I drove home from the lake and left the kids there with mom for a couple of extra days. Got home, and Rusty and I had the whole weekend to ourselves. We did some shopping, eating out, movie watching, etc. On Sunday we went for our anniversary trip to the local fancy hotel and casino. We had reserved a hot tub suite for 2 nights! The room was fantastic - the largest and probably nicest hotel room I've ever stayed in I dare say. Had a perfect view of the river (but I left the camera at home darnit). Sunday evening Mom and Pat came back in town with the kids. Rusty was missing them so we went to visit with them for a short while before staying our first night in the hotel. Monday morning we got up really early so we could go pick up Tyler and take him to football practice at 9. We hung out with Tanner for a bit. Then that afternoon Tyler had a Dr. appt an hour away so we took him to that. After the Dr. visit we left them with Mom and Pat and returned to the hotel for our 2nd night's stay. We sat around, watched some free HBO. Then about 10:00 Rusty said..."You wanna go home?" I said......"Yeah". He said....."Me too!" hehehehe. So we didn't stay our 2nd night at the hotel - we checked out of the hotel early, went and got the kids and got home by midnight. I think it was that he missed the kids (he had not seen them in a week), and with all the recent traveling we really ALL just wanted to be at home. But we still had a great anniversary getaway. We were just homesick too I think.
Speaking of kids. We went to the GI specialist for Tyler's jaundice, who ended up being a guy we've known through Taekwondo for years. He said the most likely cause of the jaundice was the antibiotic he had been using for his skin. So, we took him off the medicine and scheduled an ultrasound of the liver so the Dr. can completely rule out gallstones or liver dysfunctions. And we go back in a month for a blood test again to make sure the jaundice has gone down. But he said he really believes it is from the medication. Woohoo!
Tanner started Bible School Monday night. They incorporate baseball and other sports into it, and he's had fun all week. We had somewhat of a drama this week with Tanner. We discovered a splinter in his foot Sunday and Rusty tried to get it out. Tanner has a LOW tolerance for pain and screamed the whole time. We never got it out. He was freaking out so badly that we finally just stopped. Monday the splinter looked bad. It was getting infected. But he still screamed if we even mentioned getting it out. He limped around the whole day. By Tuesday morning, it looked VERY bad. He had an infected white circle around the splinter the size of a dime. I was leaving to pick up Tyler from football when Rusty decided it was high time to get it out once and for all. I was glad that I would not be here to witness it. Tyler and I took the long way home from football, trying to give extra time for the ordeal to be over with. When I got home, Rusty was working on a guitar and Tanner was sword fighting in the yard. I asked if they got it out, Rusty said yes, it was no big deal. He said Tanner didn't even hardly cry or put up a fuss. And Tanner told me it was no big deal, it didn't even hurt. Hmmm. The way I figure it, Tanner behaved better because I was not there. Perhaps he just puts on the big dramatic show because of me? I wonder sometimes. But I bet that is the truth.
The guys were stuck on Star Wars this week, and they got it into their head that if they could just get me to watch ALL the Star Wars movies from 1-6 that I would certainly become the complete Star Wars fanatic that they are. So we began watching them Tuesday evening late, and watched one every night until Friday. So far we've seen 1-4, but I'm still not a Star Wars geek yet. Maybe after 2 more.
Friday I took Tanner and his buddy over to Keith and Angela's to swim for a bit. That evening we got a surprise call from Danny saying he was on his way into town from Florida. so we have been visiting with him all weekend. Unfortunately Marilyn had to work. Also, Brooke got into town Thursday, and Tanner has been at Mom's since yesterday hanging out with Brooke. They are 2 peas in a pod as always!
I'm a couple of days late posting this. But that about sums up our last 10 days or so! I was bad again and did not get any good pictures this week. But I will have some next week.