Spending Time with Grandpa Leonard

I can't think of a better way to bond with your Grandsons then to floss their teeth. Since my dad is a pediatric dentist, it is not unusual for him to check his grand-kids' teeth when visiting. I remember as a child he also used to check my cousins' teeth.

Adam was a good patient for Grandpa

Open wide Matt

"Now when you get to a little bit older Gavin, I'll check your teeth too."

Gavin enjoying time on Grandpa's Shoulder

Gavin's Blessing

Gavin Michael Kennington was blessed on June 20, 2010. He is such a cute little guy.

Kennington Family (L to R: Adam, Heidi (MOM), Gavin (BABY), Matt, and Robert (DAD).

Gavin in his blessing outfit.

Grandma Leonard with Gavin.

Boy, what a day. I am exhausted. Everyone wanted to keep holding me. I had to go to the front of the Chapel and was surrounded by a bunch a men. And then to top it all of I had to make sure I didn't cry during that time.

Matt's Birthday

The weekend of June 18, I went to Garden City, KS to celebrate Matt's 5th birthday. It was a fun and busy weekend. Gavin was also blessed that week. Here is the happy family on Matt's birthday. After opening presents we went to the Golden Corral.

Matt with his Birthday loot

Matt received a pool from Grandma and Grandpa Leonard. It was a lot of fun, although the slide would not hold my weight. I still had fun playing with the boys.

Grandma Leonard playing with the boys.

The boys had fun going down the slide in multiple different ways.

I got Matt a Spider-man fishing pole. I hid it in his bed and when he was getting ready for bed he noticed that something was under the covers. It was fun to see his shock and excitement. The boys had fun taking turns casting and reeling in a fake fish in the front yard.

How to entertain a 5 year old

While I was at my sister's house in early May, I made some movies with Matthew to keep him busy. It was a lot of fun and making the movies only took a few minutes. They are really short movies.

The first movie, I took 10 silly pictures of him. Then Matt chose the transitions and special effects.




This movie, I created a bunch of obstacle courses for Matt to complete. He really enjoy this activity.

It's Official

This morning at 9:10 am, one of my professor said, "It's official, you are now 2nd year masters students."

Steroids

Well, last week I decided to max out on bench pressing. For those avid readers of my blog you will remember that last year I benched 120 lbs. I really didn't think I would be able to do more than that but I benched 130lbs. My friend that was spotting me is also a cop and he said, "I think we might need to start an investigation regarding steroid use." I actually think he was a little gross out that I could bench that much and maybe this is something I shouldn't share with the public. I don't look like He-woman or anything; it is just my Ninja muscles.

Birthday Cake

My friend, Tamia, made me this cake for my birthday. It is ants crawling on a magnify glass. I thought it was really cool and a nice surprise. The ants are peanut M&Ms, the magnify glass is chocolate cake, and the handle is 3 Swiss Rolls.