The Karlinsey's: June 2008

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Sickness, computer problems, and outside fun

So we haven't posted anything in a very long time. Its been a pretty chaotic couple of weeks. First, our PC crashed on us. Tiffany was using it, and it started to act weird. Tiffany turned it off, then turned it back on, and windows simply wouldn't load up. We fought with it for a while, but nothing seemed to help. Nervous that we couldn't save our data, we thought we would try calling the Geek Squad to try and salvage our computer. When we asked what it would cost to save our information and reinstall windows, they said it would cost about 400 dollars (arrrg!). I tried to do it myself, but I couldn't figure out how to reinstall vista, let alone save all of our information. Thoroughly frustrated, we came to the realization that we have a brother in law, Dat, who does programming. He was able to save all of our information using Linux (way too advanced for me) as well as reinstall windows. He is amazing.
Although we have had the Mac to keep us connected, its just frustrating to have a computer crash and worry about losing stuff. I hope to not sound too pro Mac, but I have become less and less of a fan of Microsoft. Vista is just a weird operating system, and even though it has gotten much better in the past year, its still got some odd bugs and quirks to it that make it very annoying. It is much better looking than XP, and it has some useful features, but if our computer had XP preinstalled instead of Vista, I would definitely not upgrade. Just my little rant for the day.
So during this time, the boys have gotten sick. The wednesday after fathers day, the boys started to throw up. They did this for about 3 days, then the diarrhea started. That lasted about 3 or 4 days, but although Tyson was eating better, he was still very grumpy, and woke up screaming in the night and nothing would comfort him. We took him to the doctor, and we found out that his 2 year molars are starting to come in. They look puffy and sore, and i feel bad for him. We have give him Tylenol and teething tablets, which have been a huge help. hopefully these come in and he can be happier. I hate to see him so upset and grumpy. These are the pictures of basically what they did all day

Since the boys have felt better, and the temperature has been in the 90's this past week, we have taken the boys outside to swim in our little inflatable pool. They dont really get in and stay in, its more like they step in, splash a bit, get out, run around, step in, step out, etc... They have had a lot of fun though, and its fun to watch. Here are some pictures of their activities.

I love this action shot of owen it is great. They loved the water slide.

Here is so cute pictures of them eating Ice cream by the pool.

Ok this is a weird bug we found last year that shows up every spring, this is the best picture we could get, It is a type of wasp and they lay eggs inside bugs in the tree then the following spring the babys come out eat the bug alive and eat there way out of the tree, where the male bug is waiting to mate with them. the females which is shown in the picture are about 2 inches long and have up to a 4 inch stinger looking thing. They say they dont sting thank goodness.

We have also been getting things out and ready for the baby to come. The boys loved to play under the play gym. Here is a picture of them playing and what they looked like playing under it when they were only a month old, wow how they have changed.