Friday, August 15, 2008

Summer by the Numbers

4
Number of millimeters my kidney stone was. (not actually my stone pictured, but that is the size, compared to a dime, a piece of rice and a rice krispie)

6
Number of hours I was supposed to spend in the hospital for kidney stone procedure.

6
Number of days spent in the hospital due to the kidney stone procedure.

1
Number of camping trips... but it was a GREAT one to Icicle Creek and Erik, Corrine, Berkley & Bennett joined us for a night!




2
Number of wheels holding up Hudson on his bike now! NO MORE TRAINING WHEELS!! Way to go Hudson!!


60
Number of pounds Unlce Stu weighed at his most recent vet appointment.

other interesting dog numbers...
1
Number of inches taller Stu is than Kemper...ALREADY!!
85
Number of dollars spent to find out that Stu's limp was simply... growing pains.


520
Number of feet in the air Aunt Jenny took the boys on her day on the town with them! and they spent some time running around in the Seattle Center fountain too! They had a GREAT day!!





7
Days spent having fun with Grandma Vicky


1
Number of successful kid birthday parties. also the number of kid birthday parties to go this summer.

Hudson wanted a 'candy' party. So we painted a big candyland board on the lawn and decorated cupcakes with all sorts of candy!



7 or 8
Number of cars washed by the boys and their friends. Their new favorite pastime :)



1
Number of days I had nothing to say about them getting TOTALLY muddy! I tried to make it clear that that was a one time gig.



7
Number of times Camden mowed the lawn! He did a GREAT job! That's a big job for a 7 year old, but he was up for it over and over again!


281
Number of poops scooped by the poop-scoopin' masters! They did a great job keeping up with their new chore and I'm sure it helped that Matt and I pitched in a bit too.



1
Number of Mariners games attended. Hopefully a few more before the season is over. Is that also the number of games they won? oh wait, no I think that was a slightly bigger number.


18
Number of days of summer left... but who's counting???

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