A bad week for Z

Our son, Zachary, has just had the worst week of his little life!! It started with him finishing off a cold and constantly teething. This was immediately followed by falling down on a parking lot which scraped up his knee. Next was the tumble down the last (yes the last) step of the 14 step staircase to the playhouse. This somehow caused a massive bruise and a slight black eye. :( The next day, Zachary's big brother helped the current traumas by opening up the backyard door to Zachary (he happened to be leaning on it, and Thomas knows better). You can only guess the bruise this created. We assumed the falls were over until Zachary tipped over on a tiny chair at his cousin's birthday party. Located on a soft lawn as this chair was, Zachary's head somehow found the only metal object within 10 feet of him. Yep, another nasty bruise added to his ever growing collection!!! :( Pile about 4 mosquito bites onto this and a fingernail scrape from himself, and Zachary officially looks pretty rough! No, you will not see pictures!!!! This is to protect the assumption that you currently think Jeni and I have our kids perfectly protected at all times. :)
Jeni and I have kicked around the idea of a bicycle helmet permanently mounted to Z's little head. LOL!!!!!

The start of a new school year

Thomas is in first grade. That means staying at school from 7:50 am to 2:30, having lunch at school, and the biggest thing he enjoys....3 recesses! Now Mommy just has to learn how to let him go to class by himself instead of chatting with someother parents, while making sure he gets to where he needs to go when the bell rings. I apparently have embarrased him since he says "Mom, you don't have to walk me to my class anymore!" Oh well. Here are some pics of his first day of school.

End of Summer Pictures

What a summer it was...the birth of Nathan, Rebekah turned 4 and so much more. Here is a look at what was happening in our life the first two weeks in August (the end of summer vacation).

Rebekah's Birthday Present - A "Big Girl" Bike
Thomas & Rebekah watching our patio get mudjacked...quite a experience (which is frustrating Jon).
Rebekah's birthday...she wanted to go swimming at City Park Pool (Daddy, Thomas and Zach joined her in the pool, while Mommy and Nathan basked in the sun/shade).
Rebekah's birthday dinner at Hibachi with her Grandpa & Grandma Zim
Thomas cathching shrimp! Open wide!!

Nathan sleeping so peacefully...that is about all he does

Daddy and all the kids...Wow what a crew!

Rebekah & her birthday cake

Thomas' 2nd Season of T-Ball

Here are some photos of Thomas' last season playing T-Ball. Next year if he decides to play he moves into the 7 -9 year old Baseball team. We will leave that up to him. Jon helped out again this year with practices and games. I get the feeling he likes doing it (spending time with Thomas and maybe getting to do something that he never got to do when he was a little tyke!)

The Time Out Chair

I couldn't resist taking this picture. Two boys in trouble. Well not really Thomas was in trouble, and his little brother Zachary decided to join him/keep him company. It is so cute!! I am sure this little bench will have brothers sitting in it together, as Zachary and Nathan grow up.

Where did my name come from?

Thomas is a very inquisitive fellow, and he asked us where his name came from (and no its not from Thomas the train or his friend Edward from the famous Thomas and Friends tv show)
So for all who wonder with Thomas, here is the four explanations:

Thomas Edward-Thomas is his grandpa Zimm's middle name, and Edward is my middle name as well as my father's middle name and my grandfather's first name.

Rebekah Lynn-Rebekah is a very beautiful name that Jeni and I have always liked. It is also the name of a very virtuous woman in the Bible who was married to Isaac. Lynn is Jeni's middle name and also Jeni's mom's middle name.

Zachary Wayne-Zachary's name was basically given by Jeni's parents as they thought she was going to be a boy! (I'm sure glad she wasn't!!! :)) Wayne is the name of Jeni's uncle who passed away in 1978. It also happens to be the middle name of my uncle too!

Nathan Douglas-Nathan is part of my full name and Jeni came up with this because I always wanted a Jon Jr. but she didn't like the sound of that due to the fact that this Jon is all she can stand :) :( Douglas happens to be the name of my brother who passed away in 2000.