Just What We Needed!!!

Well, Arizona has proved to be everything we had hoped it would be!!! The weather has been high 80's - 90's everyday!!! We have spent 3 days at the pool, a day golfing and a day at the Phoenix Zoo!!! That zoo is amazing!!! You could seriously spend a week there - it is huge!!! McKay loved getting to play with the stingrays and getting to ride a camel!!!

Two more days and we start heading home... It's going to be hard to leave the wonderful weather to go back to an Idaho spring...

And those of you who know of my major fear with scorpions... so far so good!!! - I haven't seen one!!! Knock on wood!

Sunny Arizona!!!

We arrived in Arizona yesterday morning to spend the next week with James' parents. We were in much need of some warm sunny weather! It has already been a success because McKay has spent all morning swimming in a mud hole in the back yard! We're off to go swimming for the afternoon with Brett! Loving the warm weather!

Carter And The Fish...

My Dad has been doing a lot of fishing this spring. And, we love to eat fish! So he has been stopping by on his way home to drop fish off. Carter really didn't know what to think of the fish at first... but, he started to warm up to them and before long he was handing them to my Dad!

I posted and the pictures were smaller than I thought they would be... I tried to adjust them and couldn't ... Sorry!

Just a little project!

So, here is a little Valentines card that I made for my Mom for Valentines Day. I couldn't decide what to get her so one night I put this together. The tags coming out the top (one for each of us) said all of the things that we love about her.

I love to make things... and I especially love paper. When I was little instead of playing house I would play office!!! In 6th grade our teacher let us put anything we wanted on our desks - Mine was always full of stationery and I always had special paper to pass notes on! In high school I worked at a Hallmark and before I had Carter I worked at a scrapbooking store a few hours a week - Instead of getting paid I would have them give me store credit - It was wonderful!!! (Thanks Sherelle!) Now, I have a wonderful scrapbook room of my own - James refers to it as the paper store! It makes me happy every time I walk into it! So, it's something that I haven't outgrown - it's something that has only grown!

People ask me when I have time to do things - Well, it's after the boys go to bed! James has a work area in with me and he ties flies and makes lures and I scrapbook. It's time that we get to spend together doing what we both enjoy!

Well, I hope that you have had a wonderful weekend. One last thing to leave you with - I have a friend from high school who adopted a little boy a couple years ago. They are wanting to have the opportunity to adopt again. She has asked that people spread the word - So, I am. If any of you might know of a situation or hear of one in the future please let me know. They are a wonderful couple who have the greatest love for their little boy and have so much to give another child! Thank you!

Where has the week gone...

Well, I can officially say that we are all finally healthy!!! Lets just cross our fingers and hope that it lasts a lot longer than it did last time! I seriously think I might cry if one more person throws up around here! I was driving carpool on Tuesday and I looked back in the mirror to see McKay throw up... I was thinking the worst and that we were on round three... But, he just stuck a lego in his mouth and gagged! He has a super sensitive gag reflex and he threw up... Welcome to a moment in my life!

So, I was able to go to Utah over last weekend with my Mom. We spent Thursday night with my Grandpa and then spent Friday and Saturday shopping. We had a lot of fun - My sister-in-law Kristen spent a lot of time with us - it was really nice to have a girls weekend! Thanks Kristen it was a blast! - And as always it is really nice to have a little time with my Mom!

James did an awesome job with the boys - he took them all over and even took them to Leo's place all by himself! So, those of you who know me know that I am a little OCD about my house - I can't stand a mess... So, Kristen gave me some good advice before I left she told me to just know and plan on it being a disaster when I got home.... To just be happy that I was able to get away and that my boys were happy and having fun in the meantime. So, I did - I was totally o.k. with whatever I was going to find.... But, my sweet husband did it all - He cleaned the house up... he did the laundry... he even cleaned the bathrooms!!! The Bathrooms people!

So, this week we have been playing catch up and not too many things have been going on. I have some pictures that I will try and get posted this weekend!

Have a good weekend!

A Better Day!

Carter woke up this morning and his fever had finally broke! McKay spent the morning throwing up and the afternoon at the doctors again, but he is finally starting to show signs of improvement too. I don't know if he wants to get better though... people keep giving him presents because he's sick and he's starting to think this is pretty cool!

And James is home!!!! How glad I am to have him home! Like I said before you don't realize how much you depend on your spouse until they are gone and you have to go at it alone!

Some of you have emailed me and asked how to leave comments on the blog. I think that I fixed it now so that you don't have to have a password to leave a comment - So, please do! - I would love to hear from you!

Well, My Mom and I are leaving tomorrow afternoon to go and spend a couple days in SLC. It's been a long winter here and any little get away is something to really look forward to!

Round Two...

Well, just when you think you have everyone healthy again... Carter woke up Sunday with a fever and was throwing up by Sunday night. McKay woke up with it Monday morning... James left yesterday for Seattle until tomorrow and it has been a long couple days on my own! With both boys throwing up and running high fevers it has been pretty crazy. You never realize how much you depend on your spouse until they are gone! We spent the afternoon at the doctors office today giving McKay breathing treatments. As we were waiting at Walgreens drive through for his antibiotic I heard the dreaded words "Mom, I think I'm going to throw up"... and yes it went everywhere!!!

Carter has a little car that he got for his birthday from Jason and Amy that he scoots around on - Yesterday he was trying to scoot around on it, but didn't have the strength... So, he went and started pulling on McKay to come and push him. McKay pushes him on it all the time and it gets a little crazy but Carter loves it. Anyways, McKay had just thrown up and was cuddled up on the couch and Carter kept pulling on him to come. I was trying to distract him so that he would leave McKay alone but it wasn't working. It was so sweet as I watched McKay go over and start to push him... I told him that he didn't have to and that he could lay down and I would push him. Thats when he said "It's o.k. Mom, I'm his big brother and that's what I'm supposed to do, if I get sick again I'll just run really fast to the bathroom"... It was one of those moments that you think you must be doing something right in raising them!

Here's a couple pictures from the last two days. My Mom came to check on us and Carter wouldn't let her get up - he just wanted her to cuddle with him! McKay would give Carter a kiss everytime he was done throwing up and McKay asleep on the bean bag this morning.

Well, here's hoping that tomorrow will bring two healthy boys....

Well, I did it!

So, I have been having quite a few people trying to talk me into starting a blog... I just thought that it would be one more of those things to add to my to do list each day that would never get done... or that I would feel gulity about and stay up until midnight doing it.... I'm bad that way!
But, then I had a friend who told me that she used it as her journal... and that caught my interest! I'm bad at writing in a Journal - I rather scrapbook the memories! But, I always think that I need to be better at keeping a journal to record things about the boys! So, here I go!

I have to warn you that I know nothing about digital things.... So, I hope that you will be patient with me as I figure this all out!