Hello all. Clint here. I got the directive from Kristin that I needed to learn how to do this blog thing, especially since I always tell her it needs to be updated. So...without further ado, here is my first shot at this thing.
The last week or so has been very adventuresome for Lasiter gang. We had the good fortune of having my best friend, Chris Kneip, come up to visit us from Jackson, Mississippi. He is an orthopedic surgery resident in Jackson. We hadn't seen each other in over two years since we graduated from medical school. The last time Jace saw him he was only 11 months old, now he is 3. That didn't matter though because Jace took to him like he had known him the whole time. Of course he did call him "Curse" or "Cursey" the whole time, but they had fun together nonetheless. Kristin and I also enjoyed getting to spend some time with him again catching up on old times and playing some golf. Thanks for coming Chris!!
Here is Chris with the boys.
This weekend was also very fun for us. On Friday night the Tidmores kept Jace and Hayden for us so that Kristin and I could go to dinner and a movie. We had a great time and really enjoyed seeing "The Bourne Ultimatum." I highly recommend this movie to anyone who has not seen it, especially if you liked the first two "Bourne" movies. On Saturday we reciprocated the favor by keeping the Tidmore kids, Anna and Mason, so that they could have a nice dinner and a movie. Kristin and I decided to be brave and get out of the house even though we had four kids. The first annual Columbia Balloon Festival was taking place Saturday night and we knew the kids would enjoy it, so we went. You should have seen the looks on people's faces when they saw Kristin and I with two double strollers and four kids all 3 and under! Luckily the kids were great and the balloons were awesome. Jace and Anna really liked seeing all of the balloons right there in front of them as they filled up and took off. Unfortunately the wind started blowing toward the end of the night and they had to cut the "illumination" portion short, but it was still tons of fun. Here are some pics.
Jace, Anna, Mason, and Hayden
Balloons, balloons everywhere!
Aren't we just a good looking family!!
Lastly, but not leastly (does that really make sense?), the gang had one last adventure before the weekend was over. To the batting cages and driving range. Kristin and I got some cuts in so that we can rule our co-ed church softball league and then we hit some golf balls. As you can see below, we have the next great golfer in our midst. Jace had a blast swinging at the golf balls, and he even hit a few too!
Look at the setup. This one went at least 5 yards!
Like father, like son!
Well, I hope you have enjoyed my first post. Hopefully there will be more in the future, but I will have to see what kind of reaction I get from this one and also see if Kristin lets me do it again! Thanks for reading.
After the zoo we headed back to Columbia for the night. On Friday we went to Kansas City to the Great Wolf Lodge. It was a blast. It was basically a large hotel with an indoor water park. They had an outdoor pool area too. The room was great. It was decorated like a lodge would be and had a little log cabin with bunk beds in it. Jace loved his new room as he called it. The following pictures are of Hayden swimming with his pops (Jace swimming on his own, with floaties, behind them) and Jace counting to 3 before he jumps in to his daddy. 
On Monday Clint and his dad played golf why the boys and Sandra and I hung out. We had a great time and would recommend anyone going there. They have one opening up in Grapevine too sometime soon I believe.
