Kindergarten Graduation

I am so glad we made it home in time for Kayla's Kindergarten Graduation. She had a little program and sang all the songs and it was really cute. Then they had a slide show of pictures of all the fun things she did through the year. She had such a fun teacher and a fun year. I can't believe that next year she will be in 1st grade and go all day.

San Antonio

Matt and I had a wonderful time in San Antonio. Matt had meetings 1/2 day on Saturday and then we went to an African Safari, Texas Style. It reminded me alot of Bear World. The only difference was, we actually got to roll our windows down and feed the animals. It was pretty fun.

Sunday we were able to visit the Alamo. It was 1/2 a block from our hotel, so we were really close. It was really neat and it was also a very hot day. After the Alamo, we rode on a city trolley over to Market Square. It reminded me a lot of Mexico. It had a bunch of little shops and we had fun walking around there.

Monday night we went on the Riverwalk Cruise and saw all the sights of the Riverwalk. Then we enjoyed dinner at one of the restraunts along the Riverwalk. It was really fun, but we were both anxious to get home and see our kiddos.

Tuesday, Matt went to meetings for half a day and then we headed to the airport. We got to the airport a little early and they were able to get us out of San Antonio on an earlier flight to Dallas/Fort Worth. That was all good and we tried to get on an earlier flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to Salt Lake, but it was full. So we enjoyed a nice dinner at the airport and then the fun began. We had just found a t.v. to watch one of the basketball playoff games and a loud siren goes off. Next thing we know over the intercom they are saying that the National Weather Service has issued tornado warnings in the vicinity of the Dallas/Fort Worth airport and that everyone needs to move away from the windows into the center of the airport. That is when I started to panic. We had just been watching on the news all the coverage of the horrible tornado in Joplin, so I was getting really nervous. The first thing I did was call my parents and tell them and told them to give my girls a kiss and Matt also called his parents and let them know what was going on. I know that sounds horrible, but I had no idea what was going to happen. So we moved to the center of the airport and waited. The sirens would go off about every 5-10 minutes and they would repeat the same message. As this went on, we watched out the big windows and the sky just kept getting darker and darker. At one point we could see the airport tower and then seconds later it was totally gone. The sky got so dark it made it so we couldn't see anything. After about 1 1/2 hours, the tornado had passed and they let us return to our gates. Then they started cancelling all the flights. There had been grapefruit sized hail during the storm and it had damaged 83 planes, so they cancelled all the flights.

At this point, we got in line and tried to figure out how to get on a flight out of Dallas. Kayla's kindergarten graduation was on Thursday morning and I had promised her I would be there for it. So Matt was on the phone trying to find a hotel near the airport for us to stay in and I was on the phone with the airlines. All the hotels were booked except for one 20 miles away, so we opted to stay at the airport. There was a flight out first thing Wednesday morning at 10:15 a.m. and there was only one seat available on it. Matt told me to take it, so I did and then he got on standby. Then he got a ticket out on a 12:15 p.m. flight and he got that one, so I was feeling pretty good. We had an awful night trying to sleep on the uncomfortable seats at the airport. We didn't get any sleep. Then Wednesday morning when we checked the board for which gate our flight was going out of, we noticed his flight at 12:15 p.m. had been cancelled. We had no idea what we were going to do. There were so many people stuck in the airport and all the flights had at least 50 people on standby, that it seemed impossible to get home.

When it came time to board my flight, I left Matt standing in the airport and I was hoping he would get on the flight. Only one person from standby made it on, and it wasn't him. So I took off hoping that he would find a flight and be able to get on. As soon as I landed in Salt Lake, I called him and he had convinced them to send him to Phoenix. I have no idea how he got on the flight, because there were 150 people on standby, but he just happened to get a seat. Once he got to Phoenix, he found a connection to Salt Lake and he made it there Wednesday night. After I got to Salt Lake, I went to Matt's mom and dad's and saw my boys and I took a nap. Then I loaded the boys up and picked Matt up at the airport and then we headed home. We got to Rexburg at about 11:30 p.m. and I was so glad to be home.

1st Dentist Visit

A couple of weeks ago I took all three of the boys to the dentist for the first time. They did really good. Aiden and Collin were the best. Brock really hated the flouride and he kept biting the assistants fingers when she tried to floss his teeth. I took a few pictures of their fun adventure.

Aiden loved being able to use the sucker tool.

Brock started out really happy, but changed his mind towards the end.

Collin, a little unsure of what was to come.

We were also able to go down to Utah and we had a family Easter party and Easter egg hunt with Matt's family. The kids had alot of fun and were able to play with their cousins.

The boys have been really busy and funny lately. Brock was caught the other day sitting in the lego bin playing his leapster. Then I found Collin pushing Aiden in the little doll stroller. He was pushing him around the table doing laps.

On Thursday we sent the girls to school and then loaded the boys up and headed to Utah. We dropped the boys off at Matt's mom and dad's house and Matt and I headed for the airport. We are in San Antonio until Tuesday. Matt had meetings and I came along for a little R and R time. It has been really hot and humid and rainy so far, so I am hoping the weather improves a little. It is a little weird being alone during the day with no distractions, but it is quite enjoyable.

We walked the Riverwalk last night and ate some yummy Mexican food. Today I am not sure what we are going to do yet. That's the nice part of not having kids. We can be leisure and not really have any plans.

11 years

Happy Anniversary to my best friend. I can't believe it has been 11 years. The weather today is alot like it was then. Windy. Thanks Matt for making these the best 11 years. You are a wonderful husband.

Easter

We had a fun Easter weekend. We started things off Saturday morning by looking at the Easter goodies that the Easter Bunny had left for the kids. They each got a Zhu Zhu Pet which were the biggest hit. After breakfast we went to the Easter egg hunt at Fat Cat's. It was really nice because it was indoors and there weren't very many people. The kids all got a bunch of eggs and had a good time.

On our way home we had to stop at Broulim's and the Easter Bunny happened to be outside. So we took the kids to get a picture and the boys, especially Collin, were terrified of the bunny.

When we got home we colored eggs and had a lot of fun doing that.

The weather was really nice on Saturday, so we got quite a bit of yard work done while the boys napped. We also put the tramp up, which the girls had been requesting for quite awhile. After the boys woke up from their naps, we went outside and had an Easter Egg hunt. It was a fun and busy day.

Here are the kids in their Easter outfits. It was a struggle getting the boys to put theirs on, because they have never had a tie and they were not to sure about them. They looked so cute when they finally all got dressed.

For dinner we went to my mom and dad's and the kids had another Easter egg hunt. We got plenty of candy to last for quite awhile with all of the festivities, but the kids had a fun time.

A Love Note

Today when Kayla got home from school, she wanted something and started yelling at me to come right now. She wasn't being nice or asking nice, so I said I wouldn't help her until she asked nicely. Well that's when she blew up. She started screaming and yelling at me, so I grounded her. She didn't like that to much, so she stomped up to her room with a piece of paper. A few minutes later she came down for a piece of tape, and then I went upstairs and found this taped to her door.

I had a hard time deciphering the note. Let me remind you she is kindergarten, so I have to give her credit for just sounding the words out and trying the best she could to write her note. I finally had to ask her to tell me what it said. Here is the translation. "No 33 year olds allowed in my room but Dad."

Not long ago she started yelling at me again. She said she is never going to listen to me again, so I replied that I won't listen to her either and I will not help her with anything when she asks. I know that sounds a little extreme, but I will just see how long it takes her to crack. I am hoping pay back will teach her a lesson.

We have been really busy the last couple of weeks. A couple of weekend ago, my sister and her two girls came up from Logan for the weekend. It was my youngest sister's 30th birthday, so we were celebrating that. We took everyone and went swimming up at Green Canyon Hot Springs. It was a lot of fun. Aiden is my bravest in the water and was loving it. He didn't want a thing to do with the tube and just wanted to walk around on his own the whole time. Brock wasn't sure about it at first, but him and Collin really had fun. They just had to be in tubes the whole time. It was alot of fun. After swimming we went to McDonald's for lunch. The boys are in love with the toys at McDonald's. They love to eat fast so they can start playing and then they hate to leave. Aiden especially hates when it is time to go. He does this loud grunting noise and he just does it over and over again.

My niece Bailey with Brock

Collin

Last week for FHE we took the kids to the Craze. It is a family fun zone with laser tag, mini golf and a play zone for kids. Once again the kids had a blast. We even played a round of laser tag with everyone. The boys couldn't wear the vests, but they just ran around with us. We had alot of fun.

Aiden

Matt has been getting an early start on some outdoor projects this year. We want to build a new deck off of our new addition, but before the deck can be built we had to cut a tree down. So here is Matt scaling the tree with the chain saw. It only took him about an hour to cut it down. He is so handy to have around.

I keep thinking life will slow down, but it never does. There is only a month left of school and then the crazy summer adventures start. It should be a lot of fun though, busy or not.

Another trip to the ER

Yes, you read the title right. We have done so well the last year not having to go to the ER, but that luck ended on Thursday. Thursday morning Collin woke up having a hard time with his breathing. So I gave him a breathing treatment and he was doing quite a bit better. So, I took all the boys to their last day of preschool. At the end the parents got to go for snacks and closing circle and by the time I got there, Collin wasn't doing to well. So as soon as preschool was over, I headed home and gave him another treatment. We kept doing treatments throughout the day and they helped for about an hour and then he wasn't doing to good. So after dinner I sent Matt and Collin to Community Care. Matt told them I had done 5 breathing treatments throughout the day and they tested his Oxygen level and it was at 87. Not so good. So they told him he should take him up to the ER. So Matt came home and switched me places. He had homework to do, so I took Collin and he stayed home with the other kids.

We got to the ER around 8 p.m. They got him checked out and they did a chest x-ray, gave him a heavy duty breathing treatment and then they hooked up an IV to get some fluids in him and give him so meds. The first try on the IV was a no go, so they had to try a second time. The poor kid was totally traumatized. To top it all off, it was past his bedtime and he was so tired. So we waited for the IV to run and then they gave him some antibiotics through the IV because there was some yucky stuff around his lungs. So by the time they did all that, his breathing was definately better, so they sent us home. We got home around 11 p.m. and Collin was still awake. He was such a little trooper and did so well. After a weekend of all three boys coughing and having snotty noses, they all seem to be feeling better. Thank goodness, because I hate being sick at our house.

Last night all the boys wanted to get in the playpen and play and they laid down. All three of the them fit, but they looked like sardines all lined up. It was pretty cute.

Brock has really been into dressing up in Kayla's dress ups lately. He is so darn cute. His dad just loves it.