Get Better!!

Dear Grandpa Brownell,

I am coming to your house in two weeks! You need to get lots of rest so that you will be ready to play with me. I hope you and Grandma had a Happy Thanksgiving! We are in Washington D.C. We went to the Jefferson Memorial today and at first I thought he looked like Jesus, but then my mom told me it was Thomas Jefferson. We get to go to a museum with airplanes tomorrow. I am excited. I can't wait to see you... get better!!

Love, Jack

Twilight

Here is a picture of some of us

I went and saw the Twilight movie last night at the midnight showing with a big group of girls. I think there was about 20 of us. I really liked the movie! There were a couple parts that I thought were kind of cheesy and definitely better in the book, but overall a good movie. It was 3am before I got into bed and for some reason I couldn't fall asleep until 5am!! It must have been the Diet Coke I was drinking during the movie to make sure I wouldn't get sleepy. I am not a happy camper this morning...just ask Justin. :)

Forever Thankful

My Dad had quadruple bypass surgery today. It was around a five hour surgery that was very successful and everything went as planned. The doctors said the surgery was pretty boring, which in the medical world is definitely a good thing! He found out a week ago that he would be needing the surgery. It all came on so fast, but both of my grandpas have had bypass surgery when they were the same age as my dad. It runs in the family. I am so thankful that we live in a world where the medical technology is so amazing and that they are able to save so many lives. The area where my Dad's blockage is, is in such a bad spot that if they wouldn't have found it now, he would have had a fatal heart attack. We are definitely blessed and ever so grateful that he didn't.

We love you Dad!! We hope that you will have a speedy recovery and we are counting down the days when we get to see you!! ...only three weeks left! :)

Little Smarty Pants

Jack started talking pretty early. Ever since my parents came in May, when he learned to say "hello" and "grandpa", it seems like he has learned a new word everyday since then. My friend, Janelle, asked me one day how many words he could say and I had no idea. So over the course of the next few days, I kept a notebook with me all day writing down each new word I heard him say. After I got above 200, I stopped counting. Not bad for just a little guy! :)


He gets distracted in this first video when he hears Justin coming in through the front door. :)

Don't worry Mom and Denise....now that he knows who both his grandpas are, we are working on the grandmas. :)

A week late...

So since Halloween was a week ago, I decided I probably shouldn't put off blogging about it any longer.

Can you guess who we are? :)

Spencer probably had my favorite costume of the night. He was the "Duct Tape Man". And his wife, Suzy has had her little baby since this picture was taken!

Most of the clan, minus the Sanford's who were taking the pictures. :)

Cute little Hailee

Stupid squirrels ate my pumpkin after it had been out about 24 hours. If you recall my incident with the squirrels last year, I was pretty mad when they did it to me again this year. Next Halloween, I think I'm going to cover my pumpkins in squirrel poison! ...if there is such a thing.