Alex, Kyle, and Grant

Before we left O'Charley's, I had Alex and Kyle pose around Sleeping Grant. Alex kept messing around and ducking just when I snapped the picture, but Kyle was a Sweetie and kept smiling for me. Eventually Alex stayed Upright for a Photo. In the car the 2 boys got to Messing Around while Tracey got gas and paid for it. I'm a bad influence that I didn't stop it. I have a lot to learn before I have Children...

Alex and Kyle At Dinner

Alex and Kyle were really well behaved during Dinner. Alex wasn't feeling good, so that's why he was laying down on the chairs. Kyle was making a Magic Potion out of his Milkshake. I won't tell you all that went in it, but at the end, he successfully Grossed us all out by Drinking It. Yuck! The Power of Boys! But they were quiet while the Grown Ups visited. It really amazed me how Kyle could amuse himself. It started off as a Simple Milkshake, but ended up being a Magic Elixer. He was Transfixed with how he could add things to his Milkshake and gross the Grown Ups out. He is quite the little Silent Genius! They are both just so much fun to be around.

Dinner With Grant

We had dinner with Greg and Rachael and Grant while I was in Indiana. Grant had just had his Surgery to separate the 2 bones that had fused together inside His Little Head a short while before I had arrived in Indiana. The Scar you see is where the Doctor had to cut open His Sweet Little Scull to get to the bone. Rachael explained that the reason why the Incision is a wavy line is so when his hair grows in, he won't have a funny part; it will grow in naturally. This Little Bugger is going to be playing Football 16 years from now and Spectators won't even know what had happen to him! He is just AMAZING how he sprung back from this Ordeal. He was a Little Angel during Dinner, but ended up falling asleep towards the end. That's OK; he stayed awake long enough for me to visit with him. It was also nice to visit with Greg and Rachael. I just wish they could win the Lottery so they didn't have to work and they could stay home with their Angel all day. Of course, I wish that for Tracey, too, so the Lottery Fairy had better get going! :)

P.S. Some of the pictures are a little blurry because I tried not using the flash while I was photographing Grant.

Tracey At Work

My beautiful cousin Tracey is the Guest Service Manager at Kohl's. The store can't run without her behind the Wheel. She brought me into work with her one day to open up a Kohl's Account for me and let me do some shopping. I think my sale that day hit their quota for the week! Here she is setting up my Kohl's Account at the Guest Service Counter.

Walmart

Sunday we went to Walmart to Grocery Shop. Tracey normally does her Grocery Shopping on Saturday, but since the truck had died, she couldn't go. So we all went as one big happy family. I was a bad influence on the kids and bought them a whole bunch of goodies. Gotta spoil them while I can! Kyle had fun posing for me as we waited for Tracey and Alex to shop.

Alex and Kyle

Here are my 2 handsome Second Cousins. We were just relaxing in the Living Room with Lea and Reggie, watching TV. It felt so good to finally be able to relax. No work, no house to take care of, only 1 Child to chase instead of 3...but the best part was being able to sleep in. When I told Tracey I was going to come visit her, she told me she was going to make me sleep while I was there. And I certainly did! I don't think I have been this lazy in the past 10 years! It felt GREAT!!!