Now check this out

Guess what this is:

That's right; a trip to the ER.

John jumped/fell/crashed off a slide into a climbing bar on the playground at 7 pm last night.

Two staples later. Not the best job he's had.

The brave boy. This morning I asked his teacher to remind him to take it easy on the playground, and she said, "Oh boy, he's a wild man out there!"

Updates

Here's something creepy: I just accidentally typed in http://www.thehustedfamily.blogspot.com/ and up comes another Husted family blog, with, get this: the SAME background!  Coincidence or long lost cousins?

Here are some recent photos: A big catch. Joe assured me, he was saving me money because fish is about $20 a pound. I set him straight.

Later Joe found this in his pants:

And some football shots. Joe is #80 and Ben is #55.

Maybe you've already seen this

Besides being exposed to the H1N1 virus, my kids are learning lots of interesting things in school. Here's a sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5im0Ssyyus

Now it can be stuck in your heads, too.

Nana and Pop's visit to Mississippi

We had a great time with Nana and Pop last weekend, even though we didn't do half the things we told the kids we would do when Nana and Pop came, like rent a boat, go out to eat at a southern BBQ place, take a swamp tour and look for alligators, visit Beauvoir (vacation home of Jefferson Davis, who also has a high school named after him down here), stop in a casino. Maybe next time.

What we did: went fishing and ate the catfish Joe caught.






Went to an artfair and got in an accident on the way home and obsessed about getting sued.

This is a photo taken while chasing down the vehicle to document its lack of damage for the insurance company.



Went to church and then to the Fractured Prune, a doughnut place that cooks your donut one at a time and then smothers it in toppings. The donuts were tasty, but disappointingly small for $1.00 each. And the teenaged boys working the store looked a little flea-bitten. Then the kids were whiny because they didn't get an overpriced chocolate milk with their overpriced fried dough, so we left.

But the afternoon was redeemed by a short trip to the beach. Enough time to build a sand tunnel. For some reason I don't feel tempted to take pictures at this beach. Maybe because a highway runs alongside it, and casinos are in the background if you look to the right or to the left. But the dogs really liked it for their short burst of freedom.

Although this was a short visit we did have time to celebrate Nana's birthday before they had to go to get back to the puppies.

Speaking of dogs, is anyone placing bets on whether the Duffy's will end up keeping a puppy when Mom and Dad come back from their trip? If the girl Husteds don't take them all, I'll bet Luke would really like one, too . . .