Morton Madness

Justin had to head to Sweden for work. He left on Thursday the 23rd and will be home on the 1st. He was a little aggravated that he had a middle seat on the flight to London and was next to a guy who was lit like a Christmas tree. He said everyone went to sleep (7:50pm flight) until some *&%$# turned on a movie at 1:00am with out head phones and woke half the plane up. He was not very thrilled. He then had a layover for about an hour before his flight to Denmark. He then had to catch a train to Sweden. He said that it is only dark from 11:00pm until 3:00am so it was kind of hard to sleep. We cannot wait for him to get home! The Carlsberg Brewery At the brewery with Jimena (she is on her tip toes) In Nyhaven Canals in Copenhagen Justin standing next to a replica of the tallest man to have lived. He is from Copenhagen and was 8 ft. 11 inches tall. Makes Justin look short.

The boys have been counting down the days for Piper and Ansley to get here. They went as far as making a calendar and marking days off every morning. They asked EVERY day when they were coming. I had to explain to Jonah that they were not going to be staying with us the entire time they are in town. They can spend the night but will not be here every night. Jonah just did not get it. He asked why they were not staying with us since we stay with them when we are in CO. I told him they had family here and they all want to see them too. He put his hand on his forehead and dropped his head and said, "WHY do they have to see their grandparents and other family, whey can't they just stay here"? Daph and I met up with the kids and did a little shopping and went to lunch at Corner Bakery. Just for the record... ALISON MORTON ATE OUTSIDE IN 95 DEGREE HEAT, ALISON MORTON ATE OUTSIDE IN 95 DEGREE HEAT! Did you hear me people? OUTSIDE in the 95 degree heat IN TEXAS at the ...

Sophia is 16 months old and thinks she is one of the big kids. She constantly has a bump/bruise on her head from taking a fall. She is still eating like a trucker and has even resorted to digging in the trash if she thinks she still needs a little something to eat. So far it has been a pop tart and a chicken breast. Thank goodness the chicken had only been in there for about 20 minutes. She is saying a lot of new words and putting a couple together. We are still working on her keeping her hair in a rubber band but it never lasts longer than about 2 minutes. She is finally wanting someone besides momma all the time. She will now hold her arms out to Mimi after she warms up to her. WOOHOOOOO we have made progress, it only took 16 months but at least its working!

Let's just say that a grown man on a bike does not make a good ornament for my suburban! A few weeks ago I was pulling out of my neighborhood making a right turn onto Lebanon. I was the only car coming out and I was looking to my left waiting for a chance to pull out. A car passed and another one turned on its signal to turn into my neighborhood and was slowing down so I took my foot off the break and before I could get my foot on the gas I saw something out of the corner of my eye. I immediately put my foot back on the brake and I see a GROWN man put his arm out as if he were going to stop my truck. My first reaction was to look up Lebanon to make sure no one was coming so they would not flatten his dumb self like a pancake. I throw my car in park and jump out feeling like I was going to vomit. The man looks at me and says, "your car is fine, your car is fine, are the kids ok?." REALLY DUDE, you really think I give a rats hind end about my truck? I could have ki...

We went swimming at Mimi and Papas while Nico was in town visiting Tyler.

Sam's hospital is coming along. Here are the latest pics and some info. on the progress. Way to go Sam and Amy! Highlights of the construction process are: • All structural concrete is complete • Propane pad and curbs are complete for our 20,000 gallon tank and the 2,000 gallon tank are set and scheduled for repainting. • Stone installation is complete at the east elevation and 80% complete at the south elevation • Helipad construction is 90% complete • Main electrical switchgear has been delivered and is being installed • All air chillers and heat exchanges are installed in lower level 3 • Oxygen and propane supply piping is complete • Kitchen hood and freezers are installed • Daily main power in site is approximately 305 We anticipate having the hospital watertight in the next 45 days.

I am not sure how we did not get ONE picture of Justin on Fathers Day but we managed. The plan was to head to Jonah's soccer game at 1:00 and then head over to mom and dads to grill out and swim. Did you hear me folks? I said, "THE PLAN"... you did not think it would work out that way did you? We ARE The Mortons! Saturday night around 3:00 am I hear a little person coming down stairs. It is Jonah and he is telling me that he is going to throw up. How the boy makes it down the stairs and into my room and literally WAITS until my feet hit the floor to walk in the bathroom with him I will never know! Sure enough, we get to the toilet and here it comes... shoot me now. He crawls in bed with us and of course he wants the end so I have to crawl in the middle which is my WORST nightmare EVER! Not only am I stuck between two bodies that are radiating heat that is just not natural it is so hot but I am pinned against my will under the covers. HELP ME! Jonah is tossing...

The boys have been asking for a pirate eye patch. I got crafty and made them one with some elastic and a pirate bandana backed with card stock.

This afternoon we went to have snow cones for Landry's birthday. The boys always pick the blue ones and end up with a blue mouth. Ronan, Jonah, Landry and Luke The whole crew after snow cones Keiser, Amezcua, Morton and some other friends Luke wearing daddy's first baseball jersey Making bread with Pops

Today the kids stayed in their jammies most of the day. That is until 5:15 when Jonah decided to go and get dressed because he wanted to go outside and play. He comes out wearing jeans. Really dude, it is 105 out there and you put on jeans? I think I broke out into a sweat just looking at him :) He goes out and a couple of minutes later comes in with sweat dripping from his face and asked, "where is the weed bag"? I admit... I chuckled for a second. He was wanting to pull weeds and needed somewhere to put them.

After a fun week with cousins in town for over a week and daddy out of town for the weekend I thought this morning we would take it easy and do nothing... That was until Colin sent a text telling us they were headed to the park. It was still early, 9:00 so how hot could it really be? It was H O T I don't care if it is only in the mid 80's. The boys obviously got hot because they were over sitting against the wall in the only shaded part at the park. Colin invited us over to come swim for a little while to cool off. It was a bit chilly at first but then felt great. Found a turtle on the way to the park Tyler, Jonah and Luke Sophia in the swing Jonah flipping with his double jointed arms. Luke's turn

The Prose have been here for a little over a week and the kids have been swimming and playing the Wii every day.

The boys had a nice cheer section at their games today. Luke was on fire and had an assist. Their team won and it was a big win too. Jonah had a great game as well and almost made a goal himself it was 6-0.

Justin and dad headed to Florida this weekend to go Tarpon fishing. Our neighbors are from St. Pete and Chad has been asking Justin to come out. My dad has always wanted to go Tarpon fishing so Justin asked him to come along. They headed out Friday afternoon and sat on the plane for an hour for maintenance. After finally landing they had some dinner and headed to bed, they were getting up at 4:30 Saturday morning to meet a guide to take them out. There was a women's Tarpon tournament going on and there were boats everywhere. Dad got a bite but then lost his fish. They saw a shark out in the distance have a tarpon for a snack, they even saw the blood in the water. They said that there were not a lot of catches that day. Even with the tournament there were only three fish turned into the weigh station. They headed back out Sunday morning on their own and did not catch anything. They also went to Chad's uncles house and got to see his trophy room. He had so many troph...

It has been easy for me to watch the boys swim at my parents house only because Jonah is the one in the deep end jumping off the board and swimming all over and Luke is a little more hesitant and likes to get reacquainted with the water. For the past two years he will stay in the shallow end and swim form side to side and tell me that he cannot swim in the deep water. I tell him that if he can swim it does not matter how deep the water is. He just does not get it. Last weekend Luke went to a birthday party at Emler and I saw them put a life jacket on him. When I went and asked him why he had it on a dad told me they put it on him because he would not swim the length of the pool so he had to wear it. Luke, Luke, Luke. This is only our third or so time to swim this summer and I had Luke swim to me while I was in the middle of the pool and of course he said he did not want to so I told him that he was going to have to get out of the pool. Needless to say, he swam to me. He continued...

This morning Jonah and Luke knew that their cousins would be here "in the morning" while Elvia cleaned Mimi and Papa's house. Of course they were up at 6:00 ready to go. We left here around 7:00 to take Justin to work so I could have a car since the burban is in the shop having the AC looked at. We were on our way home from dropping him off and the boys are asking when they are going to be here. It was not even 8:00am. I told them that it would be in an hour or so and Jonah's reply, "you said, they would be here in the morrrrnnnnning". I agreed and told them that if they had not gotten up so early it would not have seemed like it was a long time away. IT STILL WAS MORNING DUDE! If you were not up at 6:00 IN THE SUMMER our days would not be so long. The three amigos Dakota and Jonah playing a little b ball Hunter trying to sleep, Sophia says no. Chloe did not want a picture :) cheek to cheek