I was complaining to Dan last Sunday that I don't have any pictures of the kids with ME. I am always taking the pictures, so we have lots of the kids with Daddy, but Mommy is conspicuously missing. Like a good hubby he took the camera from me and snapped this little shot of me and my crew. Regan is holding the ever present "baba"--which she has finally learned to say but only if she is commanded. William is almost always smiling. When he is in a good mood, he is the single happiest kid I have ever seen and a joy to be around. When he is in a bad mood... let's just say that the mood pendulum swings to the extremes. Henry is back to wearing the eye-patch for his lazy eye for 4 hours every day. We have been pretty good this round since we have started bribing him to remember. Arden is easily distracted by shiny objects so it is appropriate that she is proudly displaying her "pet jewel".

Man! I have the greatest kids in the world. Each one is a treasure. Almost makes me want to see if we can make another one just as great... ALMOST!

Finally!!! He LOST one!

After 5 years of having teeth taken from him, Henry lost his first tooth naturally!  

He has been missing his top front teeth for some time.  The first came out when he was about a year an a half old.  Mom and dad were going to the temple and dropped Henry off at our wonderful neighbor, Joy McKnight's, house.  We hadn't even arrived at the temple yet when we got a phone call from Joy saying that Henry had had an accident and knocked his front tooth out on the bathroom sink.  Dad took Henry to the ER to make sure he was fine and Henry made it out with a fat lip.

The second upper front came out when Henry was about 4.  He was jumping on the trampoline with his cousins at Grammy's house.  Henry's face collided with Rex Cole's head and Henry's tooth snapped in half and got shoved up into the gum.  Rex was fine (hard headed little bugger).  Henry went into the dentist (they were good friends by now) and had to have it removed.  Henry was a champ and didn't mind the minor surgery because he was mildly sedated.  He even looked at me and said, "Mom, this isn't so bad."

So, at last there is some normalcy in the world of Henry's mouth.  May the rest be as painless and event-less.  We don't need any more dental bills.