Easter

We had a nice Easter this year. It started out on Saturday with the towns Easter egg hunt. The girls love going each year and trying really hard to find the golden eggs and trying really hard to win the big prizes. Elizabeth was so close this year it was such a bummer..... she was just inches away from grabbing a golden egg and a little boy got to it first.
the girls were able to get their pictures with the little helper bunny. Adison was just taking it all in...






Such beautiful girls. the look so grown up
Brytlee's face in this picture cracks me up. She was so super excited or maybe had just had to much candy.....
My girls have never been very good at this at a young age. (they would always freeze up and get scared when they heard the loud firetruck and then see all the people go crazy. Or they would just get one egg and be happy) but Adison did really well. She wasn't afraid and enjoyed picking up as much as she could.

After the hunt was over Adison was sooooo tired. She slept for a while in the car on the way home and even went back to sleep when we got home.
I had to take a picture of this messy faced little girl. Alexis was feeding her a banana and then gave her some chocolate.

the girls picked these beautiful flowers for me for my Easter present.

Brytlee was so worn out from all the action she crashed
Adison is so funny when she sleeps. She always has to have her feet out of the crib. As soon as you lay her down she works at least one of her legs out of the bars.
This was her sad face she gave me when I wouldn't let her hold the camera. This little sad face and cry breaks my heart every time.... She really knows how to make me feel bad and give her whatever she is after......
I thought this face was so funny. Adison was sick on Easter day and has still been acting a little sick after a whole week. I can not wait to get her back to normal. She has been acting like a picky eater and isn't interested in food at all. She wants to be held a lot more but then doesn't really know what she wants when you are holding her. She is still really happy and will give you the best smiles but just not the normal little Adison.

Cabin Fever.... Spring Break

We had a great spring break!!! We stayed home the first part of the week and relaxed and tried to sleep in. Then on Wed. we went to IF for a day and then up to our grandparents cabin. I grew up going to this cabin a lot and it brought back so many great memories for me to be there. A few times my sister and I asked ourselves how in the world our family's did it back in the day..... because we would go up and stay with my moms whole family..... loads of kids and adults.... I think we are a little spoiled because with just her family and mine we felt a little claustrophobic.. but we still had so much fun and the kids especially had so much fun and made some great memories.

there was no snow the whole way to the cabin.... but then when we went up the mountain there was about two feet left of really wet melting snow. We had wet clothes and snow clothes up all over the place and had to change our kids frequently
we had a lot of great movies for the kids to watch while they got warmed up
the baby's were so good. Adison can not wait for her little buddy Joslynn to start playing with her
the weather was great and really warm the whole time we were there, and the girls were outside as much as they could
I remember trying to climb this and slide down when I was little.... never worked for me either.
the kids made a sweet fort thing.... but they only made it half way through it and it started to melt pretty fast.

we went on a drive on Saturday and found a great park in Afton for the kids to run around and play. The weather was so warm
Rob showed us his skills and helped get the swing down. We were all very impressed
Adison loves to be outside and really loves to swing. I think she could do this all day long




Mike has grown up a ton. He is so great with baby's and Adison really likes him. This picture looks funny, but she really was having fun with him
Tessa came up for two hours to play with Brytlee and that was really fun for her.
we played conference bingo this year and the kids all loved it. I will for sure be doing this again. we had a basket they could pick a treat from when they got a bingo and then after two bingo's they had to get a blackout before they could get another treat.

my mom and dad going down the slick hill..... I thought they were all going to fall at one point....
Adison loved this little swing and would get so mad when we got her out. Her little hands would get so cold but she didn't care.
I love this taboggin. I don't know if you can buy them anymore but they are the best sled ever


we went for a little walk at the dam and it was so beautiful

the boys and Alexis all went fishing



I thought this picture of Rob was so cool. I love how you can see him and the reflection in the water.
I love Palisades. It is so beautiful!
silly girls




Summer is so grown up and is a couple inches taller than me now. I swear she should still be a baby..... time goes so fast
Annette's cute family

you can't really tell because they have such little bums but they are sticking their bums out because it says bump



Happy little girl
I remember doing so many fun tricks on these stairs..... my girls didn't even try any
By the end of our trip the kids were so wet and the snow boots would not dry we had to put plastic bags under their snow clothes to help them stay dry.....

we had a great time with my sisters family, and the kids really loved it and can't wait to go back. Annette and I had our moments of feeling crazy, and it was so much work but the more you think about it the funner it really was. we had a few times we had to go and hid and just laugh about everything and get some time to ourselves. I love having a sister that no mater how crazy things get you can just still laugh about it. I had times that I really could have cried or yelled but if I just look at her I can't help have a laughing attack.
After we came home and walking into my house if felt SOOOOO good. I just have to say how much I LOVE my house. MY husband really is amazing and I am so grateful to have a beautiful home. I love everything about it, but I love being with him and our girls in this home the most.

crack me up

Brytlee is the funniest kid. She is always making Ryan and I laugh. I needed to write down a couple of things that she has said before I forget.
The other night we were saying prayers and this is what Brytlee said in her prayer.
Please bless that lady that had a thing in her nose that she will not do that and will choose the right, and please bless all the robbers and bad guys that they will die..... I am not sure what was after that because I was just trying not to laugh out loud......
We have been talking about ways that the girls can earn money to go to Disney world. And Alexis was saying she could do a lemonade stand, and we could pick worms and
Brytlee says, "oh, I can sell my P ducky and get some money"
I asked her, "what is a P ducky?"
then she said, "you know the duckys that you squeeze and pee comes out."
Another thing that was funny was.... my sister and I were walking in a parking lot and Brytlee was with us and she picked up a tube of chap stick. I told her that we shouldn't pick things like that up and we should never use them. (why is what she said) so I said, "well, we don't know what people have been doing with them. What if they used it for a sore bum or something really gross....." Then she thew it and was really grossed out and my sister and I laughed....
Later we were in a hotel room and there was a door inside the room that lead to another room and it was locked. Brytlee asked "why can't we go into that room?" so I told her that someone else could be in that room. Then she said, "Ohhhhhhhhhh, they are probably putting chap stick on their bums."
That girl is always thinking and doesn't forget anything you tell her........

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I am having a day where I feel like I am the worst mom in the world. We had a great Easter and everything so it isn't that. I am sitting here listening to my kids while they are trying to sleep. Brytlee is coughing out a lunge it sounds like and right before bed she asked me to put vicks on her and I said, "why.... you don't have a cough?"
And a couple days ago she told me her belly hurt so I told her she needed to eat something or go potty. Then about half a hour later as we were at a yard sale she opened the door to the car and started to barf....
Adison is in her crib whimpering and making sad little sounds because she has been sick as a dog today and does not feel well at all...... her temp earlier today was 103.6 and it is a Sunday and we were out of infant Tylenol. I was in luck and had a friend that had some on hand and she let us have some. It helped alot and brought her temp down. I am not sure if I go and check on her or just keep letting her sleep through it...... I hate not knowing if they are ok or wondering if there is something really wrong with them. I keep having so many what if's running through my head and wondering if I need to take her to the ER because it could be something serious.
Sometimes being a mom is just crazy. I know that when I pictured this job I never once thought about being thrown up on like crazy twice in one day..... or not being able to sleep.... and never being able to put makeup on or do your hair...... or not even being able to put pants on because you can't put your kid down.
It is so crazy how much you worry and care for your kids when you are a parent. I am so in love with these little tiny humans it is just not possible to even describe the way I feel. Even though today was one of the worst days that Adison has ever had, it was so nice to hold her and cuddle her and be the one that she wanted to make her feel better. She slept in my arms for most of the day and I really enjoyed watching her sleep and rubbing her back. She looked so peaceful while she slept and being able to hold her like that made her feel like my little baby again. It really isn't fair how fast she is growing up.
A couple of times today Adison really wanted to eat and she would look at me and say, mmmmm, and how can you not give a girl whatever she wants when she looks and sounds so cute. That is how Adison asks for food whenever she wants something. MMMmmmmMMMM (the big m's are low pitch and the small m's are high pitch).
Another reason I am feeling like a bad mom...... Alexis got into trouble today..... for a punishment I took away her giant jawbreaker sucker that she got for Easter and loved so much. I told her that if she wanted it back she would have to earn it. Then I just put it in the pocket of my robe and forgot all about it. So later on in the day when Adison barfed all over me I didn't even think about it when I threw the robe in the washer....... with the sucker in the pocket.... and the phone...... dang it!!!!!
Alexis is heartbroken and now I need to call the Easter bunny and find out where he found those suckers...... but fist I might need a new phone.....