plushies

There were bakugans and beyblades; there's still Legos; now the boys are into plushies, little stuffed animals, often of electronic game characters.

First, there was a large Angry Bird from our NYC trip.

Then Jackson got a Kirby.

Rylee got a Sonic.

Yesterday, Ry just got a Happy Om Nom from Cut the Rope.

These go in backpacks, they sleep with them, they play with them like puppets, and even make movies with them. Jackson is writing a movie script with plushies.

We just talked to Ariel (we were on the way to take the boys to our neighbors' church for Bible Camp), and she just returned from a trip to Brussels and Berlin. Chris was also on a work-related trip to Barcelona.

We finally had our neighbors over Saturday night with the Sanchez girl families for hamburgers and hot dogs. Eight kids running around outside and inside.

Brendon

Nicholas

Jackson

Lauren

Rylee

Anna

Leah

Nico

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A beautiful evening to sit outside until late. Rylee tried out Brendon's new skateboard and scraped up his forehead and nose. Jackson played the new Kirby Wii game and monitored his cousins. The next morning, Jackson, Rylee and I went to the skateboard park. The new park is growing, and you can see the grass coming in for the new soccer fields while the activity center is being enlarged. Parking lots are roughed out, but no groundbreaking for the pool, library, tennis courts, and basketball courts.