The Replogle's

Will he ever stop pointing?:) New news for the Replolges, we put our house up for sale. We hear that it's the popular thing to do lately and don't want to be out of the loop:) Actually we found this great house that we wanted to buy and in one day we decided to put it up for sale. Greg took the day off and we worked like crazy around the house getting it presentable. Then yesterday we got the news that the house we were looking at sold, just our luck. But it did kick us in gear to put our house up for sale. Two more days and we leave for vacation...Praise the Lord! I didn't thnk that it would ever get here. So now we are in the search of that perfect house once again. Ah, Ohio and Tennessee, here we come...

Well, the Replogle household has been anything but boring the last few days. Our new "adventure" happened last night. When we went to sleep last night Greg remembered that he forgot to put Samson out to do his business. The next thing I know Greg is standing over me saying, "Nat, wake up. Do I stink?" Now that I have your attention let me rewind and tell you what happened. Greg put Samson out and wasn't dressed for public:), so he had to put him out with the lights off. When he went to get him he felt something wet all over this arms, so he brought Samson in and turned on the lights. Sam was foaming at the mouth and stunk horribly. He was sprayed by a skunk. So that's when Greg came up to the bedroom to get me for help (of course this all happened at midnight, not like after dinner when we would have time to do something about it.) So when I tell you that our house stunk, it stunk! When I came downstairs to help I almost threw up. I've never smelled anything so foul in my entire life. Plus, which made it worse is that it was all over Greg, so everywhere he went...so did the smell. Not realizing it until it was too late, Greg was in every room in the house. Poor guy, things just were not going well. Plus on top of the great night we were having, Jett is teething. So he was up almost every hour. The upstairs smell wasn't as strong, but there was a definite hint of unpleasantness. It was fine when sleeping, we had a fan attempting to blow out the smell, but everytime I got up for Jett, the smell was there and the desire to up-chuck was not far behind. So this morning we had every window and door open, all the candles burning and we are officially out of frebreeze now, but as soon as Jett woke up we were out of the house and off to Grandma's. I felt like my skin had soaked up the smell. Even after a shower and new clothes, it was still there. Of course I had to take Jett to the hospital for an check-up x-ray...talk about feeling uncomfortable. I was so nervous to stand or sit next to someone in fear that they would think I had horrible BO. Boy can I drag out a story. Anyway, so that is where our story leaves you, Greg is coming home soon to work on our little problem. He was on the internet all this morning finding ways to get rid of the smell. So if any of you ever have this problem, I'm sure after today, we will have lots of suggestions:)

For those of you who don't know, my brother Lee, is getting married! Yea! On June 24th he is marrying the beautiful, Becca Wagner. They met at college (Indiana Wesleyan University) and became good friends and just over a year ago they finally realized that they are perfect for each other. We are all so excited and can't believe that it is approaching so soon (although Lee thought it was taking forever to get here). They are getting married in Ohio - roadtrip!

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Greg and I decided that since we will be traveling to the wedding, we might as well go from there and take a vacation...and a much needed one I might add. So after the wedding we will be going to Tennessee to spend the week with Greg's sister, Denise and her husband Andrew. Two years ago we did the same vacation and it was wonderful, so we are looking forward to it again. Although traveling might be a bit different this year with a 13 month old. Wish us luck, Jett's not a big traveler. Baby NyQuil, check. Ear plugs for Mom and Dad, check. Anybody have any good traveling ideas for us?

This summer has already been so much fun. Last year with Jett so little it was hard to get outside and up to the lake cottage. But this year I think we've been there more than all of last year. This last weekend the whole Snider-clan was together. My Uncle and Aunt from Florida were here with their family for two weeks and my cousins from all over came in for the family fun! It's great catching up with everyone and enjoying all of the water fun.

Speaking of water fun, Jett got his first experience of the lake. He hated it! We were so excited to have him play in the lake, sit in a cute little floaty with his adorable new swimsuit. He screamed even if we got close to the edge of the water. Finally we compromised with the baby pool, warm water, lots of toys and being buck naked:) The other little boy is my cousin Carrie's son, Bryce...they had a lot of fun together.

Here are a bunch of my cousins doing what the Sniders do best...EATING:)

Here are my grandparents... Grandma Kaye, Great Grandma Mabel (she is 96, turning 97 in October) and Grandpa Jim.

Over Memorial weekend Greg's cousins were in from out of state, Becky, Kathi and Brenda. They are always so much fun to see and hang out with. There are always a lot of laughs and the joy of hearing about the many memories that they have shared. This was the first time that some met Jarrett, it's always fun to show off your kid. We went out for dinner and then went back to their hotel for the evening. Another one bites the dust comes into play with this cute little red head. Greg's cousins brought up his great aunts mom (say that 10 times fast) for the weekend. She has a walker and Jarrett thought it would be fun to try out for awhile, since he is on the adventure of learning to walk.
It was going great, he was just zooming around the room for awhile, until he hit some "road construction." The walker fell forward and Jett went right along with it, fell on his face, bounced a couple of times and then came to a sliding halt. He had a great battle wound for over a week, a nice red floor burn on his nose. You live and learn:)

On Memorial Day we have two very special traditions. The first involves a parade in the town where Greg grew up. For years his family has been going and we are keeping it up for Jett. Last year he slept through the whole thing, but this year he got a front row seat for all the action. Greg's mom would always time the parade (it usually only lasted about half and hour), but this year it set a new record, 45 minutes.

Grandpa Replogle, Jett and Greg

Of course, what is a parade without a donkey pulling a wagon with kids. Mostly Jarrett just sat back and watched everything go by, until the tractors and cars came through. He got excited and would point and clap...he made Daddy very proud:)

The second part of our Memorial Day tradition is with Natalie's family. Her Grandpa Snider has owned a lake cottage for 36 years, so the tradition is that everyone goes up to the lake and gets everything ready for the summer and puts the "toys" in the water.One of the many game traditions that we enjoy is trying to catch the frisbee. Usually an Uncle will stand on the pier and throw the frisbee and then it's all for one with whomever catches it. At least one person always falls (or gets shoved) into the water. There is also ball tag, which Natalie gave up years ago when she was it for about half an hour. The cottage is a really special place for Natalie and her family. Growing up they were there about every weekend. There are wonderful memories of times with her Dad and have created a closeness with her cousins. We are hoping that we can create some of those memories for Jarrett too.