Update

Not doing so great keeping up with this blog. Over labor day, we went to visit my brother and his wife and their new baby. I have some great pictures of Xavier holding little Bianca but when we got back our computer crashed. When that was done I loaded the pictures from the camera onto the computer to discover that the camera wasn't reading the memory card so the Biana pictures weren't uploaded. I think I have fixed that problem but still haven't gotten the pictures off the camera and it put me horribly behind. I promise to share those pictures but in the meantime - so much has happened.
Our trip on Labor Day was not the most perfect trip. Xavier did well in the car for most of the trip over but the last little bit was more than he could stand. He was sitting in the backseat with his Dad and soon it was like have two little kids with all the "he's touching me". It set the mood for the weekend. On that Sunday we went to Bellevue Square and did some serious window shopping. Xavier wasn't super crazy about the whole shopping with no money. But it wasn't so bad. He was feeling pretty bummed that he hadn't got to hold his new cousin. I made sure that Monday before we left he held the baby and I got pictures. He was also bummed that JW lived right next to the river with full schools of fish swimming by and I wouldn't let him fish (his pole needs to strung properly and I wanted it done right and not in a hurry).
Before we left, we stopped by this amazing park not far from my brother's house to visit with my best friend Vanessa and her family. Xavier loves playing with little Nadia (forgot the camera in the car, darn) and Rob had a great time talking shop with Noah.
We got home in time for Xavier to work on his lego creation for the fair. Entries were Tuesday but we waited until Sunday to see how all our hardwork played out. The boys went to the WSU football game on Saturday. They had fun but the heat was so bad that Xavier had a hard time. Rob said next time it's this hot, he won't take Xavier. Several times they had to take to the bathroom and hose him down. The boy is so fair that it doesn't take much heat to make him sick.
Sunday, we went to the fair. Xavier's lego creation took home a best in show. Tonight we're taking all the stuff to the Moscow fair to see how well it does. I can't remember if I have talked about the art table but we've turned our dining room table into a creative space to paint or do other projects. It's been fun doing stuff for the fair. Next we're working on Christmas gifts.
That's a quick over-view of the past two weeks. I'm sure I am missing some valuable information but there's always more posts to come.