Oops! Forgot to post 4th of July pictures!

I guess I had a total blonde moment & forgot to post pictures from the 4th of July. These were taken at my Mom & Dad's house. They were gone for the 4th of July, so we had our celebration with them a few days early.Oooh! Says Braden. This was before the loud, up in the sky fireworks!

My Mom takes a turn, soothing Braden. He clung on so tight around our necks, he just about strangled us!
Dalton loves the fireworks. He kept clapping! It was SO cute!

More of the 4th

We were driving home, after watching the fireworks & I saw this flag, blowing in the wind at the new library, just down the street from us & told Karl to stop the car.

Braden waits for the fireworks to start. See? He's smiling now!
Dalton watches the fireworks in awe!

Braden clings to Karl. They spent most of the show in the car.

After the fireworks were over, Braden wanted to know "Why fireworks all done?"

Gold Cup 2007, Detroit

On the weekend of the 14th & 15th of July, we took a trip to Detroit, to watch the Gold Cup. The Gold Cup is the oldest active trophy in motorsports. It was 2 beautiful days of hydroplane racing. The boys (Karl included) thought that it was pretty cool. Here is a sampling of pictures of our weekend, that was filled with loud, fast races & even a boat flip!Here's a picture of the Gold Cup. This year was the 99th running of the race. It was only out in public for a few minutes & then they whisked it off in this very secure metal box, surrounded by guards. It was almost as if the president was in that box!
Braden cheeses it for the camera, as Dalton watches a race.
What an intense look on his face!
The water in the air is part of a "rooster tail" from a hydroplane.
Dalton & Braden watch them lower an offshore racing boat onto the trailer.

Detroit Gold Cup 2007

The boys anxiously watched the races. Braden did much better, once we got him some ear plugs. I wish I thought about that on the 4th of July!
Here are 2 boats racing. The red one, on the left, was the one that flipped over in the final race for the trophy. Luckily the driver was okay.
You can see in this picture that the boat is just barely skimming on the surface of the water. You can see how easy it is for these boats to flip.
Braden, Karl & Dalton hang out under a tree, getting some shade, in between heats. Megan & Braden

My Birthday

Today, I turned 26.

Life is so crazy & busy that it didn't really feel like a birthday, but that's okay. School is taking up every spare minute that I don't spend with the kids. The kids are being very sweet in "helping" me study. And Karl is doing his best to keep them out of my hair for a few hours each day, so that I can concentrate. Luckily, my iPod has been GREAT for blocking out the sounds of home, so I can give my full attention to school work.

I will post more pictures soon, so be sure to check back. (Maybe after I do my homework!)

Dalton helped me blow out the candles on my cake!

Braden wanted to help me open my presents.

My 2 boys! The only one missing is Karl, but he is taking the picture!

Day Out With Thomas

We got to take a ride on Thomas the Tank Engine!
Dalton, Braden & Karl got to meet Sir Topham Hatt.
Karl & Braden enjoyed looking out the window.
Dalton cheeses it for the camera!
Braden will be very happy. I chose not to put up the picture of him with his finger up his nose.

More pictures

Conner, Danielle & Me!
Mommy & Braden
Mommy & Dalton

I wonder where he gets his squinty-eye smile from?
Is Braden taking after Mommy?

Happy Birthday Dad! We love you!

Here is a picture of the cake that I made for my Dad. I promise the golf ball & golf tee are new & have never been used!
My Daddy!
The boys sing "Happy Birthday" to their Grandpa.
Everyone enjoys cake & ice cream.
My sister's dog, Glacier helps clean up the kitchen!

Another Summer Day

Braden, fixing his bubble mower.
Now he can mow the yard! Too bad it doesn't really cut the grass!
Dalton has a great arm!
And a great leg!

What have we been up to?

Well, it has definately been a very busy couple of weeks for our family. I realized that I haven't posted anything new since June 15th, but I promise I have a good reason!

On June 16th, my husband, Karl, had a heart attack. We were sitting at home, watching a soccer game on tv & just having a very leisure Saturday afternoon, when Karl told me that he didn't feel well. "What does that mean?" I asked him. "Well, I have this pain in my chest," he says. I said "Let's go to the ER." But stubborn Karl said, "No, let me just lie down & rest for a little bit & see if it goes away." But then even-more-stubborn Megan (and you will probably never hear me refer to myself as stubborn again!) said "Okay, how about if we go to urgent care instead?" Luckily, Karl agreed to this. Once we got to urgent care, we weren't there very long before he was rushed to the hospital. He had a couple of stents put in that evening. On Monday afternoon, he was released from the hospital. However, he will still be needing bypass surgery later in the month.

Then a week and a half later, I started back to school. I am taking online courses to obtain a Criminal Justice degree. I will have my associates degree in 18 months & my bachelors degree in 3 years.

I will be posting pictures soon of what else we have been up to, so check back soon!