More recently overheard at the Edgeworth house:

Brett:  "I don't want to die on the cross because it hurts."

David:  "Don't worry, they don't do that anymore.  Not since, ummmm, 1973."

Whew.  Glad I wasn't alive in 1973.

David, Scott and Chad working on our Frisco garden

Brett is in charge of composting

Recently overheard in the Edgeworth house:

Brett:  "Chad, I just found your (Nintendo) DSi in my closet.  I don't know HOW it got there?"  Stated in a voice that could only be described as incredulous.  

Earlier in the day:

Chad:  "I wish it was my birthday everyday."

David:  "But then you'd be 300 years old!"  Smart little guy.

Beautiful picture of Evan and Grandma

I reluctantly drove my mom to the airport today.  She arrived last Friday for Chad's baptism and spent a lovely week with us.  I really appreciate how my mom just pitches right it and helps us out with the kids and the house.  She fed Evan spaghetti and meatballs (minced in my food processor of course), watermelon, homemade banana bread and tons of oatmeal, bananas and Greek yogurt.  She took the boys to the pool and the movies, Brett to McDonald's twice, David once and both Chad and David to Target on a Lego shopping spree.  In between all that she did laundry, cleaned my kitchen daily and even made it to the gym with me twice and once to yoga.  

She is Wonder Woman (or Wonder Grandma!).

Meanwhile I was studying like mad for the ACE certified personal trainer's exam which I managed to pass by the skin of my teeth on Friday!!  Yeah!  It was a great feeling of accomplishment. 

So we are all depressed now and Evan will probably lose the five pounds he gained while Grandma was here because let's face it:  no one loves you (and feeds you) like your Grandma!! 

One last picture before leaving for the airport

Chad's baptism and Edgeworth happenings since April!

Patriotic David on Fourth of July 2009

Our families gathered this past week-end for Chad's 4th of July baptism.  Carrie and the Haslam cousins drove over from Nashville and arrived on Thursday.  On Friday we did three airport runs to pick up the rest of the gang.  The best part is watching the kids jump right back into playing as if they just saw each other five minutes earlier.  

I really enjoyed the wonderful spirit at the baptism.  It was a tender moment as a parent to see the front pews of the stake center filled with children dressed in white.  Unfortunately Chad was very sleep deprived and cranky.  He had been up until 10 pm the night before and naturally Brett woke him up early on Saturday morning.  Then we realized afterward that he never ate breakfast because he was too busy playing.  So between his low blood sugar and lack of sleep he was surly indeed.  

After the baptism we had the obligatory 4th of July barbeque, went swimming and watched the Frisco fireworks at the church.

Other highlights from the past couple of months:

Evan and I flew to Las Vegas Easter week-end to celebrate my Grandma Waldron's 85th birthday.  Between the eleven adults present the baby was hardly a moment without lavish attention.  It was a fun trip for me, catching up with family I had not seen for ages.  

The last month of school was one continuos celebration.  At one point I felt like I was at the school as much as the boys!  I was pretty glad when the end finally came and we could enjoy the respite from homework and the early 7:50 am start time for a few months.  Our summer routine is pretty basic.  We ride our bikes to the gym each morning.  The boys need a morning outing or they are bored by 9 am!  We go swimming in the afternoon and in between the boys have some reading quiet time and journal writing.  Brett is really into writing letters and drawing corresponding pictures in his journal.  I had despaired thinking he would not learn to write his name or any other letter of the alphabet before starting kindergarten this fall.  But he finally rose up and figured it out on his own.  Typical Brett.  

And then there is the fighting and agitation...sigh.

Chad turned 8 in June and had a fun birthday party the Friday after school got out.  We rented an inflatable water slide that was actually enclosed in a bounce house.  The kids had a blast in that thing although this might be the last year we can get away with inviting the whole class.  I definitely noticed that the girls did not want to play as rough as the boys and were not always amused by their antics.  He also joined cub scouts and spent a week going to cub scout camp each afternoon.  I chaperoned one afternoon and despite the scorching heat and humidity it was a blast watching these boys and their excitement about shooting BB guns (we are in Texas after all!).  

Evan is 10 months today and is crawling everywhere, banging his head on everything and eating like a professional sumo wrestler.  He is still a joy and puts up with his brothers wanting to carry him around and thrust toys in his face (Brett).  

I posted some fun pictures from the above events on a Picasa web album.  Here is the link:

http://picasaweb.google.com/bedgeworth/April09July09Highlights?authkey=Gv1sRgCJuxiva19oDvLQ#