Crash and Burn

I know it's been a while since I've posted... The last few weeks have been relatively quiet around here with the beginnings of major landscape projects and the renovation of the formal living room (finally!).

Layth and I leave today for a marriage retreat - one of those Weekend to Remember ones. Should be fun and hopefully insightful.

Soren keeps us on our toes. The older he gets the more bumps, scrapes, cuts and bruises he gets. Poor kid. We've nicknamed him "Crash and Burn". One night just before bed he ran into the wall - hard... hard enough that he passed out within a few seconds of the crash. He recovered and then the next morning within just a few minutes of being awake he grabbed a hot curling iron and managed to get blisters on his hand from the burn. Thus requiring the name, "Crash and burn."

My siblings will recognize the stuffed animal in these photos... Soren is partial to Baxter (of the Baxter-Bixie pair) and I'm sure it's because Baxter was unofficially mine growing up. He works hard to make sure Baxter gets lots of attention and he likes to have Baxter on his Wonderhorse with him when he's riding it. I'm not sure why...