It is almost old news. But Finn and I went to stay with Jen in El Paso while Andrew went on a Boy Scout Trip with his Dad and Dave went to work for the Army out of town. Finn and Ryan had a great time. They are good buddies and enjoy a lot of the same things. Finn was able to get on the Swim Team that Ryan was on. They were in different age groups but they really enjoyed it. That was so nice of Jen to arrange for Finn to have this experience. I can’t believe how much Ryan has improved in swimming this year. It is really great! He has won several great ribbons this summer. Finn was so excited to get a ribbon also and that is all he talked about. He also loves Kate. Ryan was building a Fort with a sign “no girls allowed – that means Kate.” Finn said “Oh let’s let her in. After all she is good company and makes us laugh!” I thought that was a great tribute and compliment to Kate. She will always be welcome anywhere being good company and making people laugh. She follows in the foot steps of her beautiful Mom, whose gift is to put people at ease and make them laugh and be happy. I love Jen. She is an amazing girl. I loved just hanging out. We did a lot of exercising together. We would either take the kids along or take them to the Gym child care. Jen has lost all of her weight from the baby and looks so wonderful and fit! We also had a day where we went with her friend, Christina Smith and had massages and pedicures. Then we went to a place called Geo to eat and it was fantastic. Can you believe Allie was so good through all of that. We just took turns with her. The rest of the children were busy and happy with a good baby sitter. Ryan and Finn loved playing their DS Nintendo games together. They all got along so good and Jen and I had a wonderful time together. Finn said he missed Dave on his way home. Because Dave was gone so much of the time, he did not get to see him and he missed that. Dave is one of his favorite people.
