Lots of Excitement

On Wednesday night I was feeling adventurous, so I took all the kids to the Carosel and the park. They had a lot of fun. Even the boys got to swing. They had four little kid swings, so we took up 3/4 of those and they loved it.

Aiden loving the swing.

Brock

Collin

Paige and Kayla having fun on the big toy and slide

Last night Matt decided to cut down the big ugly pine tree in our backyard. It is way to shady on our garden and just ugly. So with a little help from the neighbors, he had it down in little over an hour. There were moments that he made really nervous. He wasn't too safe with the chain saw and I thought at times he might take one of his own limbs off. After he cut the pine tree down, he decided to cut down another tree that he didn't like. I sure hope he returns the chain saw soon, because I don't have very many trees left.

Daddy's little audience. (Don't get any ideas boys)

Paige doing a flip on the tramp

The big tree that once stood in our backyard

Matt trying to figure out how to get the last big limb down

Weekend Fun

We had a fun weekend. Liz and her girls came on Friday and we took the kids to the Splash Park. They had a lot of fun. Then Liz stayed with the boys and I took all the girls to the summer matinee of "Hotel For Dogs." We had fun.

Kayla, Paige, Sierra and Bailey

Paige going down the slide. This is the first year she has attempted the slide. She has always been to scared. She is finally getting a little braver each year.

Kayla and Bailey doing the slide. Kayla did both the red and yellow slide with Bailey. She is not as scared as Paige.

Sierra, Paige, Kayla and Bailey playing in the jets.

Liz with Collin, Aiden and Brock trying to make his move for the grass.

On Saturday the kids played most of the day. They put the sprinkler under the tramp and just had a fun time. Matt was working on the new addition all day Saturday. He and a friend got all of the siding up and it looks so good. Then he had to oil the new roof. It is so different to go out and look at the new part. I can hardly wait for it to get done. This week he is going to do the insulation. Hopefully that will go fast and then we can sheetrock and paint. The end is near.

Party Time

We had a little party for the boys on Monday night. They were kind of clueless about what to do. They weren't really sure what to do about unwrapping the presents. Paige and Kayla helped them out quite a bit. They got a lot of fun toys and a wagon. When it came to cake, I gave them each a cupcake. They kind of picked them apart and then broke pieces off. None of them even tried to eat any. Since all they eat is baby food still I was wondering what they would do. It was a fun party and I still can't believe they are ONE.

Me and the boys (Aiden, Brock and Collin)

Collin, Brock and Aiden (showing more interest in Brock's present than his)

Aiden, Brock and Collin trying our the new wagon

Happy Belated Birthday

Well the boys have reached the official milestone of ONE Year old. I can hardly believe that it has been an entire year. They have grown and changed so much. They are so fun and precious beyond words. We sure didn't have the birthday that we expected.

On Thursday around noon Collin just started really whining. He didn't want me to put him down at all. We rocked for awhile and it just seemed to get harder and harder for him to breathe. Matt came home around 3 o'clock for lunch and I decided to take him to the doctor. By the time I got there, he was doing a constant little whine noise and he was miserable. They hooked him up to a proximeter, which measures his oxygen level. You should be between 90 - 100 normally and Collin was sitting around 74. Not good. When they listened to his chest it was real wheezy and crackly. So they sent us the the ER. When we got there, they hooked him up to oxygen and took a chest x-ray and did a breathing treatment. It wasn't pnemonia, so they figured it was either an asthma attack or a virus. They decided to admit us. So Collin and I spent the night in the hospital and Matt stayed at home with the other kids. He was so restless all night and he just didn't feel good at all.

Friday morning I called Matt and he said Brock wasn't doing good. He had all the same symptoms. So he dropped the girls and Aiden off at my Mom's and I took Brock to the doctor. When we got there, they said the same thing with Collin. Brock's oxygen wasn't quite as low. He was in the low 80's. So off to the ER with Brock. They did the same procedure and then admitted us. The good thing was that they moved us to a big room so both boys could be in there toghether. At this point we figured out that they got the same virus. So Matt and I stayed the night at the hospital with both boys on Friday and the other three stayed at my mom's.

I bet you can't believe what happened Saturday morning, besides being the boy's birthday. You guessed it. Aiden was doing the same thing. By this time we were smart enough to go straight to the ER. So at one point Saturday all three were in the hospital. That sure wasn't where I wanted to spend their birthday, but what do you do. At least they didn't know it was their birthday and it made no difference to them. Saturday afternoon they released Collin. He was doing a lot better. So I took him to my mom's with the girls. Matt's parents came Saturday night so they took Collin and the girls home and Matt and I camped once again at the hospital.

By Sunday morning Brock was doing way better and Aiden was never quite as bad as the other two. So by Sunday afternoon, they released both Aiden and Brock. I was so glad to be home. Three nights in the hospital was way to much. So now we are home and the boys are doing a lot better. They still wheeze a little and are have really stuffy noses. We have to do breathing treatments with them every 6 hours and that is time consuming, but at least we aren't in the hospital.

So tonight we are finally celebrating the boys birthday. I think I am more excited than they will be. It should be fun.

Here are some pictures then and now of the boys. I can't believe the little miracles that they are. I am looking forward to this year and all the fun things that they are going to start doing. Happy Birthday Aiden, Brock and Collin!!!!

Matt, Collin, Brock and Aiden in the hospital room.

Aiden then............

Aiden now............
Brock then...........

Brock now...........


Collin then.....

Collin now..........

4th of July

We had a fun 4th of July. Saturday morning we all went to the parade. The boys got sprayed by the fire hose right at the beginning, and they absolutely hated that. Eventually they all fell asleep and that was great. The girls got lots of candy and had a fun time. After the parade we went up to my mom and dad's and had a cookout. It was fun. That afternoon we washed cars, had a water balloon fight and just relaxed. The highlight for the girls were the fireworks. They loved that. The boys had already gone to bed, so they missed all of the fun. Next year, I'm sure they will enjoy them.

The kids at the parade. Don't the boys look excited?

The boys love to sit and play with a spoon (and steal each other's) while we eat at Grandma and Grandpa's house. It is funny to see how excited they get over a plastic spoon.