Take 1

Take 1: Wendell goes down the slide. We are experimenting with the video part of our digital camera. So far, so good...

Our "master" chef

Here is our master chef trying his latest new recipe. I thought it looked so good that I needed to take a picture. It was pizza crust with baked tomatoes and cheese on top... no meat, veggies or actual pizza sauce.

Here is the "tart" (on the right) which we had instead of breadsticks and then the "pizza" (on the left) that we had with it.

It was delicious!

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...

And I did it! I painted our living room. I was convinced that the green was going to be too dark but after seeing it on the walls I've decided that I really like it! And when I had the first coat of cream, I thought it looked yellow but it all worked out great. So about 2 weeks later.. it's all done and put back together. We also got new stairs to the front of our house. Phil took about 5 swings at the old ones and they were all crumbles (where's our "that was easy" button to push?).

Our little chef

Wendell has learned how to open the microwave door....

...and has since found a new place to store his flip flops.

Why didn't I think of that? I'm always looking
for better ways to organize things.

Let's just hope he doesn't learn to turn on the microwave or we might end up with shoe soup for dinner.

Hmmm... what to write about?

As requested, I am making a new post for all our fans. I think I'll show off where we stayed this past weekend. Us and the extended family went to the Dells in Wisconsin to a resort called Glacier Canyon Lodge (a timeshare).

I was a little worried about how Wendell would do on the ride there and back but he did great, slept 1/2 the way there and back and kept us company the rest of the way. Anyways, back to the resort. It was so nice! We stayed in a "condo" type place that had a living room, dining room, and 3 bedrooms. The place had 3 indoor and 3 outdoor waterparks right there at the resort! So we enjoyed about a dozen different water slides, 3 toddler water areas, 2 lazy rivers, 1 wave pool, 1 rock climbing wall, 1 lazer tag, and we drove a few miles to do go-carts. My parents were gracious and paid for 99% of the trip, we just had to get there and back. Thanks mom and dad!!

We don't usually get to stay at such nice places so it was definitely a treat!

**Attached is a picture of Phil and Wendell enjoying the water, you can't really see it on here but Wendell is actually smiling while being in the water.

Superman or Batman?

An old villain returned to the Hunt household last night. Around 3AM, Mrs. Hunt noticed just a slightly odd sound in the home but awoke to silence. Not sure what was going on, she rolled over and Mr. Hunt awoke as well. At first it appeared to be nothing and the Hunt's rolled over to go back to sleep but in doubt the Mrs. asked Mr. Hunt to turn the light on "just to be sure". A moment later, Mr. Hunt made a soft shout and quickly informed the Mrs. that the old villain had returned... a bat was in the house. This was not the first time the Hunt's had awoke to a bat in their home. Approximately, one year ago, the Hunt's had also awoke to a bat in their bedroom during the night. Could it be the same one? Fortunately, being a "Super" (or would it be "Bat"?) Man, Mr. Hunt got the bat out the front door in a record 5 minutes by simply opening the front door and closing off all other doorways. Mrs. Hunt (AKA: Wonder Woman) assisted by holding up the sheet to the doorway between the dining room and living room. After returning to their cozy, and still warm, beds the Hunt's pondered the events. Here was their final conversation before drifting back to sleep.

Mr. Hunt: I hope we don't get another one or I'll have to kill it.

The Mrs: Why?

Mr. Hunt: Because it might be the same one.

The Mrs: Then it'll be our friend.

Mr.Hunt: No, friends don't wake you up in the middle of the night and scare the $#!* out of you.

A final note: the young child and dog went undisturbed during the occurrence.

*** Attached is the picture of Mr. Hunt taken from last year's disturbance of the peace.

family vacation

We're back! We went to Fun City (hotel) in Burlington, IA for our annual family vacation with my mom, brother, sister and kids. This hotel is pretty neat if you ever get a chance to go, it's an indoor/outdoor water park and also has arcades, bowling, and go-carts all at the hotel. We left on Monday and got back Wednesday and had a good time seeing family (my sister came from Ohio, my mom came from Florida, and my brother and I live in Iowa). Anyways, I've been busy visiting with my mom but have tomorrow (Saturday) free.. in fact Phil and Wendell are going to a parade in the morning and I'm taking the morning off. I'm hoping to sleep in and take my own little vacation... maybe read, watch a movie, and be a bum. Well, I look forward to "blogging" some more later. Hope all is well!

** Attached is a photo of us at the pool. It took about an hour before I could unpeel Wendell from my arms.. and then he barely would let his toes get wet. He wasn't too fond of the water but by the last day he did go down one kiddy slide and rode the lazy river without crying (which was a pretty big accomplishment).