Thought I would post this video of Dylan and Grace jumping on the bed.

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Its been a while since my last post and we have been busy. Near the end of June, Mandy Grace and I joined most of Mandy’s family at McCormick Creek State Park hiking and sight seeing. We all met in Spencer, Indiana at the MacDonald’s for lunch and then went to the park. Once in the park, our first stop was at McCormick Creek Falls. After the falls, we drove up to the Wolf Cave hiking trails. We hiked for about a mile and a half to the small cave which was pretty interesting. McCormick Creek State Park is know through out the state for its “water created” sights. Through out the park, there are falls, caves and sink holes.

 

 

 

On July 2, Mandy, Grace, our friend Melissa and her daughter Summer went to the Greencastle Public Pool and spent most of the day there having a good time. Grace especially had a good time swimming and playing with Summer who is the same age as Grace. Mandy and Grace both returned home with pretty good sunburns.

On July 4, Mandy and Grace went to southern Indiana to Holiday World for a family reunion. On the first day, they walked the park and the rode the typical amusement park rides. Grace, being especially ford of the carousel, rode it 4 times. On July 5, everyone walked the water park inside Holiday World. Mandy and Grace enjoyed the lazy river and the wave pool. They came home late that night tired and even more burned, but they had a good time.

As a side note, I remember seeing a picture at my grandparents house of my dad standing in front of a sign that read “Santa Clause Land…Santa Clause, Indiana”, Holiday World is the same park.

On July 11, Mandy, Grace, Dylan and I went to the Owen County Fair In Spencer Indiana. We were join by Mandy’s Aunt Teresa and Uncle Pete who live in Spencer. Once at the fair, the first place we headed to was the barn so that Grace and Dylan could see and pet a variety of farm animals. They got to see and pet goats, pigs, cows, horses, sheep rabbits, ducks, and roosters. After seeing the animals, went to the food booths for dinner. From there, we went to the midway to let the kids play some games. The very first game that Dylan and Grace wanted to play was a ring toss. It was one of those seemingly impossible to win games where the object is to toss a ring a large distance and for the ring to go over the neck of a plastic duck. The prize if you win is a caged bunny. Dylan, on his first throw almost won. Dylan and Grace did win prizes and two other games and were happy campers. After leaving the fair, we went back to Teresa and Pete’s house to give Grace and Dylan a chance to wade in the swimming pool. It wasn’t long after this that both kids were fast asleep.

Mandy and I are looking forward to July 29 when we go back to the doctor to find out the sex of the baby. We are both hoping for a girl.

 

 

 

 

 

Not anything really new to say. Jonathan is recovering from a right ear infection. He is in good spirits despite running a slight fever and being sick to his stomach, not to mention the pain he is suffering in his ear. Dylan and Grace are doing well and having a lot of fun with the new kittens. Grace, especially, has a fond attachment to the kittens. She keeps a close eye on them and is usually wondering the house with one if not both of the kittens in her arms. Below are some recent photos that I took recently. All of the photos are caption, just move the cursor over the photo to read it.

The past week or so has been an active one. On June 10th, we had a court date for the custody of Dylan and Jonathan. Court was scheduled for 5:00 PM and only allowing 1 hr for the entire case. This ended up being an error by the court. Fortunately the case was continued till August 26 at 3:00 PM and allowing 4 hours for the for the case to be heard. The bad part was that the case was continued after both sides arrived at court for the hearing. But it allowed me to see what kind of defence Michelle is planing to mount. Her defence is nothing short of a character assassination built on lies by her family and friends. Luckily for us, her lies are without merit and easily defensible. Also the custody evaluation completed by the court appointed evaluator recommend that Dylan and Jonathan be placed in my “sole physical custody”. This evaluation carries a lot of weight with the court. The bad thing is, is that Michelle, who was in complete noncompliance in the evaluation, has been granted a second chance to come into compliance by the court, but I’m not to worried.

The boys and Grace are doing great. They have been having a lot of fun together. On June 14, the three of them had a lot of fun playing outside in a small children’s pool. They were running around the pool, getting each other wet. They spent several hours outside running around and using every ounce of energy they had. Later that day, Mandy took the kids to Indianapolis to see her parents. Mandy’s mom took the kids to Walmart and bought them some gifts. She bought each of the boys an outfit and a toy. Dylan got a small train set (because he has really been into trains lately, especially Thomas the Train).  Jonathan got a toy cell phone since he has been really getting into the phone.

The kids are also getting used to our newest family member, Lucy the cat. Mandy thought it would be nice to get a cat for the kids and to keep her company while  at work. Lucy is about 8 weeks old and with black fur and green eyes. She has quite the personality and loves to play. Lucy as taken up to Mandy quite a bit and is extremely patient with the kids. I cant believe how much she has grown in the week or so we have had her.

Any-case, that’s about all I have for now. I’m sorry for not having any new pictures to post, but Mandy’s camera is on the fritz and mine has no batteries. I plan on having some new pictures to post the next time i write.

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Yesterday, I went and picked Dylan and Jonathan up from their mother for an exciting trip to the Indianapolis Zoo. The boys spent the night with Mandy and I and were woke up for the zoo excursion at 6:30 this morning. Unfortunately, I had to work today and could not go, but that didn’t stop Mandy, Grace and the boys from having a good time. The family left the house at around 8 am and arrived at the zoo at around 9:30, after a pit stop to pick up Mandy’s mom and dad, her sister Jordan, her brother Charlie and his girlfriend Leslie.

Once at the zoo, everyone had a good time. The kids got to see all sorts of animals, including: elephants, polar bears, penguins, giraffes and reptiles. The kids also enjoyed the Merri-go-round and slides at the zoo. Jordan had a lot of fun with Jonathan and Dylan refused to leave Grandpa Munas’ side.

Everyone left the zoo at 12:30 pm and Mandy drove back to Greencastle, arriving back home at 1:30 pm. She arrived home to a van load of very tired kids who fell asleep shortly after they left the zoo. All in all the kids had quite the adventure and everyone had a great time.

After some thought, I decided that it would be fun to create a blog for my family. One that is geared towards our family and friends, but acessible to anyone on who wanted to take the time to read and look at it. The blog will include and recent pictures that Mandy and I may have taken of our family as well as any recent updates and/or adventures our family has taken recently. If you so choose, you can also leave us comments.

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