Out like a Light!!

The other night Brian and I were watching TV and Porter was sitting with us and I could tell he was tired, but he would not sit still and fall asleep. He climbed off my lap and next thing we knew he was sound asleep, on the floor. So cute!!

I got out of the shower and found Brian and Porter snoring away!! I just love my boys!!

Brian's Elbow

Last Friday night Brian was playing in a regional church basket ball game, and was tripped/pushed/fell, he caught himself and immediately thought he broke his wrist. He just shook it off and kept playing. By the time the game was over he was feeling dizzy and in some pain in his elbow. He was hoping to go golfing early Saturday morning, but when he woke up he couldn't straighten his arm, he couldn't grip anything and to put any pressure on it was very sore. He thought it was his muscle and that he had jammed it like you would your finger, or maybe pulled the muscle or torn something. By Sunday, after surviving the weekend on ibuprofen, I talked him into going and getting x-rays. And sure enough it was broken, very obviously broken!! And WOW he was mad :) He has a lot of things planned that this will interfere with. Monday he met with the orthopedic surgeon, and he said that he doesn't think that he needs surgery right now, if it was his right arm he would have done surgery, but for now it has a half cast on, and is in a sling. He goes in next Monday to have it re-evaluated, the doctor said if the bone has moved at all then they will have to do surgery. The only benefit to surgery is that he would be back to normal sooner, which is appealing for Brian. He was told it will take 12 weeks to fully heal. And maybe in 8 weeks he will be able to swing a golf club!! So, that means no golfing, no four-wheeling, no wake boarding and he can't ride his motorcycle!! Yep, he is pretty bummed!! Monday night he came home and mowed the lawn and took the sling off, because it was driving him crazy already---this should be a fun 8 to 12 weeks!!! Yesterday at work he had taken the sling off again, and the surgeon saw him and said "do you WANT to have surgery"-of course Brian said no- He said "then get that back on!!!" Brian is going to have to learn to slow down and relax---yeah right!!! Brian had golf games planned with his brothers and dad over memorial day weekend, and now those are out and he is so disappointed. We are trying to decide what to do about the pioneer trek Brian won't be much help one armed!!

I love these moments!!

It's moments like this that make it all worth it! Aspen was at preschool and Brylee and Poter sat down together and colored. It was so cute!! They were all focused I don't think they even noticed me taking pictures!!!

A little family time!

The girls have been begging to play their Elefun game, and after some new batteries we had a little family competition. Brian kept winning!!! These are the fun things in life, we just need to remember to slow down and take advantage of them more often!!!

Easter!! I know I know I am slow!!!!

This is going to be a huge post, I have been slacking in the blog department BIG time! This is going to be the beginning of some major updates! For Easter, my family came up to visit! The first night we went out to a great dinner, and let me tell you it was soo great to have help with the kids at dinner. Then, we came home and colored eggs. THAT was so nice to extra hands to help with!! Porter loved the way they tasted, vinegar yummy! His hands and face were stained blue. And he demolished a few eggs--he even threw one across the table! The kids loved coloring eggs and have asked multiple times if we could do it again. Then, of course we woke up the next morning to Bunny footprints and baskets!! Porter woke up first so he had played with everything before the girls even woke up!! Porter got a new bike so, now he can keep up with the girls!! Aspen got a T-ball set. And Brylee got a golf set. Along with, of course, a lot of candy! My Grandma Joyce made everyone eggs with their names on it, like she does every year, we all love them, thanks Grandma!! After breakfast we had an egg hunt in the backyard for the kids. And then we drove to Hagerman to see the Alligators. There is a spot that has hot springs so they raise Alligators in the warm water there. They are just behind chain link fence, and they are huge. It was a fun drive and great weather. We finished off the weekend with church on Sunday and a great Easter dinner!! We had a great time with them and we were sad to see them go! Here are just some of the pictures from the weekend ENJOY!!! (Sorry about the order I couldn't get them organized quite right!!)

Porter loves his Grandma!!!

Trying everything out!!

Cheesy boy!!

SOCCER!!

Aspen has started playing spring soccer. She can't decide if she likes it yet or not, one day she does and the next she doesn't! At her first practice she told the coach she had a toothache, a stomache ache, her elbow hurts and she just did not want to be there!! And after the first game she was very upset that no one kicked her in the legs!! She wanted to try out her new sock shin guard things! She is not very fast and is normally all by herself trying to catch up with everyone else, as you can see in the second picture! We have had to bribe her to kick the ball, at her first game Uncle Steven told her if she kicked the ball twice he would buy her a drink so she kicked it twice and started to walk off the field because she thought she was done! She didn't get Aunt Holly's soccer talent, that's for sure!!

Wii Fit

Brian's parents and bother came to visit and brought their wii fit balance with them, we had a good time trying all the fancy balance stuff they had us do!! It was pretty entertaining!! A little Yoga action!

Iam the hula hoop queen!!!! I wish I would take them time to download the video of the Hula hooping, because it was hilarious!

Move those hips!!!

Japenese BBQ

we took the kids to one of those japenese places where they cook the food in front of you and it was a hit!! They all loved the fire and watching the guy cook the food.

And they actually ate a lot of food!! Even the veggies!!! They liked the "cheater" chop sticks the best, I think they would eat anything if they could use their chopsticks!! In fact, I am thinking of giving them chopsticks with every meal, maybe they would eat ALL their food!!

Porter even enjoyed the show! And he loved the noodles!!

It was a great family night out!!!

Space, the final frontier!

Aspen has the best preschool teacher! They were learning about space and she made the kids these space helmets out of paper mache'. Aspen loved it, she wore it all over the house! Her teacher also gave them "rockets" made from little film bottles, you put alka seltzer and some water inside and put the lid on ---And BLAST OFF!! the kids had so much fun counting down 'till the rocket shot up in the air!