Home Cooked Goodness

This almost won the Snapshot Sunday of the week ... but we're saving something else pretty impressive for that! Special thanks to Grandma and Grandpa from the lake who stop by to visit a local farm near their house to pick up the fresh veggies - cucumbers, corn on the cob, new baby potatoes and green beans! We just added a spicy rack of ribs to go with it ...

Random Snapshots

Salato Wildlife Center with Aunt Kelly ...



Back yard bubbles with Mom ...



Shakertown Ferry with Aunt Kelly ...



Learning to cook with Mom ...



Bluegrass Railways with Aunt Kelly ...



Fishing with Xander's buddy Mrs. S and her boys ...



Bumming for table scraps ...



Keeping me company on the back porch ...



Chalk art that changes in the rain ...



County Fair with Aunt Kelly ...



Backyard hoops with Dad and Bruno ...

House Projects

Josh finally started on the living room shelves, you know, seven months after we moved into the house ...



Our covered back porch is completed, with posts laid with stone and wrapped with white vinyl, and my coveted back porch swing (Sawyer's chalk art is the bonus) ...



The upstairs hallway needed something over the stairwell ...



The finished living room shelves ...



Wooden flag from bourbon barrels ...



The upstairs gallery wall with the boys' artwork ...



Xander's art room ...



Sawyer's OT room ...



Connor's Star Wars / Lego room ...

Snapshot Sunday

Allergy Testing

Who wants to take three boys to the allergy doctor? Did I mentioned two of those boys have autism and hate doctors of all types. And that allergy testing involves 92 needle pricks, per child?

Yes, fun times for all. Really.



Sawyer is in the clear on the left. No allergic reactions during the test.

Connor has moderate allergies to a few foods, molds and grasses - he's in the middle.

And Xander is the clear winner (or not, as it were) with severe allergies across the board and a little asthma on top of it. The most severe reactions were outdoor items on the far right of his back - grasses, trees, molds. Mild reactions to dust and to certain foods. Failed the breathing test, which is typical. Weekly allergy shots added to the daily eye drops, nose spray and tablets. And the inhaler gets bumped up from "as needed" to use before any and all activities outside or prolonged exercise (you know, because he's not the MOST ACTIVE CHILD we have or anything).