A Chat with Alex

I asked Alex to put some leftovers into the fridge. He asked what was in the container, so I joked, "your face". He thought about it for a few seconds then said, "No. My face is bigger than that."

Matt got some songs from the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack and there is a song called "The Kraken". I was trying to stifle my laughter when Alex asked us to play "The Crackhead".
Matt told me, "Just a few minutes ago he asked for 'The Crack.'" No more stifling, I had to hold onto the fridge for support.

We were explaining to Alex about marriage (like why he can't marry Keturah). We said that it is between a man and a woman. He says, "Or you could say between a Dude and a Mrs."

"Why is it called a loveseat?" I told him because there is room for two people so you sit on it with someone you love. He goes over to the rocking chair and says "And this is where you sit if you hate somebody."

While we were exploring the bay, we came upon another stretch of beach. We had told the kids we were going to the playground, but we stopped there for a quick peek. As we were preparing to get out of the car, Alex wanted to know what we were doing. Matt told him there was a beach there and "we just want to see what it looks like". Alex queried, "Why? We already know. Sand. Water."

Baywatch Babe

Baywatch

Babe

We went to explore part of Michigan last weekend and camped for a bit. The road next to us was gravel so I told Bekah to be careful because if she fell, she'd probably get cut. She asked me if rocks had blood in them. When I said no, she asked if they had scrapes in them. Just keep blaming the rocks, honey.
By the way, she did fall. No surprise there.

Bekah does her marshmallows "raw" or black and flaming. Nothing in between.


S'more Alex

Lay by the bay...

Make things out of clay...

I just may, whaddya say?

I guess if you haven't seen Happy Gilmore, that isn't funny, but I'm leavin' it anyway.


More happy people
Out on a hike, and Keturah is lovin' life.



What a good dad...



We found a sweet playground by the bay. Matt and I got out of the van, ditched Keturah in a corner and went to play. Oh, yeah, the kids were there, too.Yeah, baby!

The Biter

Lemony Snicketts had that little toddler girl that was "The Biter". That is Keturah to a tee.

First boyfriend

First solid meal

Not the first lower lip jut

The next part is just for fun. Some pictures of all three at about the same age. Surprisingly, Keturah doesn't look as much like Alex as most people think.

Alex

Bekah

Keturah

Fun to the 4th

Yes, I am a math nerd. I meant "to the 4th power". Laugh all you want.
We took a little road trip for the 4th and visited our previous neighbors from Kirksville. We just couldn't last more than 2 weeks without seeing them again. The parade we went to was very long, but entertaining in parts.

Tab and Alex, happy to be together.

Sarah and Jenny, happy to be together.

Keturah and Paisley, not caring at all if they're together.
However, they have matching bows, thanks to Jenny.

Some pirates from the parade. I was trying to get a good one for Jenny because Tab loves pirates (hence the themed party for the boys' birthdays), but to no avail.

Hanging out at their house, which included yummy food, interesting (read: often very strange) conversation, and some napping. Sounds like vacation for sure.

We also went to a little town shindig with some fun and games for kids. Here are some glimpses of the fun:

4 kids partying on the 4th. Now do you see where the math comes in?

While we were waiting for the fireworks to start, these spazsters got a lot of energy out by running around and wrestling. It was more fun to watch them tackle each other than to watch fireworks.

Alex is about to take out Tab's legs.

The men with the babies

Bekah and Keturah watching fireworks. Keturah is wearing a burp rag to ward off mosquitos. Who knows? The fashion may catch on.

And everywhere we went, the Crellins had to tote Alex and Bekah with them so the 4 chillens could be together.

Saying goodbye. *Sniff*

We officially live in Michigan. Land of half of a percent milk. Our move was not as eventful as the one to Missouri, but not without incident. We learned last time how the tiniest piece of metal can cause $4000 worth of damage, so we were a little fearful for the drive. I'll need some skin grafts from peeling myself off the seats because the air conditioner went out, but that's not too bad.
When we lived in Utah, we heard the thunderstorms were really cool. They were cool. Then we saw Missouri's storms and learned that Utah had nothin' on them. Then we drove through the mother of storms in Michigan and realized we had it good in Missouri.
Once here, we had to get 3 major appliances fixed, and now we sort of feel at home.

Here's what it was like in our last moments in Kirksville: Dirty.




Keturah was a little neglected for a few days, but she is so mellow so she took it well.

Father's Day was the day after we moved all our stuff in, so we weren't very prepared. Matt got beef jerky and snickers. So awesome. The fun activity was unpacking and to top that off, we had hot dogs for dinner. Matt says he'll never forget it.