Easter Fun

We had a lot of fun California! It was too short, but well worth it! I drove out there with the kids Thursday night, and Josh flew in on Friday night. Friday we went to the Observatory in LA and it was so much fun! I totally remember going there in Elementary School on Field Trips. I forgot how absolutely beautiful it is at the top of the hill. My kids were SO excited to see the "HOLLYWOOD" sign too! We got to spend time with my brothers who were down visiting as well! I will post more pictures of the trip when I get them from my bros. Easter was a lot of fun! We had a huge Easter Egg hunt with all the family and the Lowders. Summer loves Jolie, and we love Chris, Nushean, and little William, so it was a great time! I miss ALL my family and wish we could all live close! Thanks Mom & Dad for all of the fun, food, and work that went out, for a wonderful time!

Sleepy Hunter

This is how we found Hunter around 5:00 pm. Totally wiped out, after having cousins and friends over to play! What a hard days work of ALL play!!

I took off his shoes in the pic so you could see the beautiful job he did on painting his own nails. This is while daddy was watching him...or not watching him! :)

LovingThis Weather

Having a little fun in the perfect weather today!!

Sleeping Beauty and ouchies

We had such a busy Saturday! It started out fun as ever! My mother n law bought tickets for all the girlie's to go see Sleeping Beauty at the Hale theater. It was such a cute play, and the girls had so much fun! We went out to lunch at Cafe Rio afterwards for the most delicious lunch! Then hurried home to prepare for a small dinner party of which they were all to be there at 4:30. As Josh and I were busy cleaning, and setting up. Summer had the brilliant idea to climb a tree holding a golf club. We are not clear on the details, but somehow she fell off the tree and the golf club hit her nose. I hear her screaming from the pool, so I ran back to the house. Luke tells me that Summer is hurt REALLY bad, that she is bleeding from her eyes. I run into the bathroom, where Josh is inspecting the damage. He says's ," There is a hole in her face down to the bone". I being the pathetic mom I am, so afraid of blood and guts. Just yell into the bathroom "It's OK Summer, you'll be fine". While she is screaming for her mom to hold her! But, I just couldn't stomache seeing her her until Josh had bandaged her up! Turns out she did have a deep hole, but only needed four stitches. Summer was so brave, she said the stitches didn't even hurt! I hurried home from the ER, to my wonderful and capable husband hosting the party without me. Of course that is with the help of my awesome sister Candis, and sweet neighbor Melanie. Summer has been given lots of TLC from our family. Thanks Stef and Grandma for the get well gifts. We are so grateful to have so many thoughtful people in our life.

We did it

We have all been sick and have had lack of sleep to say the least! But, we did it! Okay, so it was only a 3K. But when your sick the only thing that sounds fun, is sleep! But, we made ourselves get out of bed, and we did it! It was so much fun!

Luke got second place in the 3K. My guess is that there were AT LEAST two hundred people people doing the 3K. Josh and I were so far behind, we didn't even get to see him come in for the win!

We also got to hear Josh's brother Dan and our brother in law Geoff's band! They did SO awesome! Josh and I were really impressed and enjoyed hearing and watching them!

Jake had to stay with Candis because he couldn't stop coughing, and the cold only seems to make a cough worse. We definitely wished he could have been there with us! It was such a great experience!!

Great job Jamie for ALL your hard work! We are so proud of you! Your love and service for those girls is definitely inspiring! I know that not many people will know all the sweat, and tears that went in on your behalf. Your AMAZING!!

He's going to Die

My poor little man Hunter has been sick with a high fever for about 3 days now. He started to get a rash yesterday and was still really grumpy. So, Josh took him to the Dr's tonight. Turns out, he has Scarlet Fever and Strep. He has a swollen tongue, and a rash on his tongue which the Dr pointed out! (my bad) Anyway, Luke overheard me talking and got very upset that Hunter has Scarlet Fever. You see, he did a report on Thomas Edison and remembered reading a book that said Thomas got very sick as a young boy and almost died from Scarlet Fever. Luke was all teary eyed and said "He's going to Die!!" Fortunately, we have antibiotics and he will be okay! He is making a get well card for him right now! How sweet!!

Zoo

My mom finally came to visit last week! We were all so excited she was here, and so sad when she left. We went to the zoo on Friday. I'd like to say I had a ton of fun, but I wore the WRONG shoes for chasing four children! Plus, my body was still recovering from taking some ugly meds prescribed by my wonderful doctor! All that aside, at least I got to spend the day with Mom, Candis, Keely and my kids!

I also threw in a couple of other pics. Luke, with his most amazing first grade teacher Mrs. Schneider. We met her for dinner last week! She is always so much fun. And Luke adores her, so it is always a delight to spend time with her! The other random picture is of Summer's hair. Candis and I had fun doing her hair Saturday night. Good thing she has an auntie who is all cute, and girly.. so Summer can have cute hair once every couple of years! :)