Riley's Dance Recital/ Fiasco

Riley was so excited for her Dance Recital this year. But, with her on again off again bug she's had for 3 weeks that makes her puke and have horrible stomach pain and diarrhea, I knew it was inevitable that her Recital would be hard for her to get through. Of course, the Recital Day was the worst of it yet. She was puking before we even left and then thought she would be okay. Poor girl. This first pic is her in the dressing room trying so hard to be tough and not cry. But, she danced her first dance and even managed to smile. Then backstage she puked and puked. She had awhile to lay down, and then it was onto her next dance. She was determined to make it through and with the little strength she had, she did it. You would never know she was so sick. Afterwards, she was so happy that she made it through and just wanted to be held as she watched the rest of the recital. She taught me a huge lesson. Sometimes things are so tough and you would rather just sit out, but with a little courage and determination, you can make it through even with a smile on your face! What a strong little girl. We are so proud of her!

Trev's B-day Cake

Playing Baseball

Riley and Luke loving playing baseball right now. Riley starts T-Ball next month and I think Luke is going to have a hard time just watching.

Riley's Last Dance Class

Riley loved having Grammy Mitzi as her teacher this year and learned a lot!

Our Stay At The Grigg's

Last week we got to go stay with Julie for a few days while Trev was in Florida. It was a great little vacation. Our kids had a blast together. We took them to the zoo which I have to say is a great little zoo. I stole these pics off Julie's blog since I forgot my camera. Anyway, they had some entertaining little monkeys that would come over and jump against the glass just to get a rise from the kids. They are still talking about the crazy monkeys! Anyway, we got in some quality time together and some good shopping while the kids had fun doing everything from riding bikes to even riding sleds down the dirt hill across the street. I guess that's what they do in Idaho. (I can't believe I never did that as a kid.) It was so funny to watch once I got over them getting filthy dirty. They got going as fast as they would on the snow, just a lot dirtier. Thanks, Jule, for a great vacation!

The NeverEnding Stomach Flu

Have you ever heard of a flu like this? Two weeks ago Riley threw up a few times. Then she had diarrhea that has lasted for 12 days! Then she started puking again for two days. What is the deal? We have been to the Doctor and everything, but haven't heard any results from our "sample" yet. Anyway, it has been a long two weeks and I have cleaned up every sort of bodily fluid you can imagine (which I have to say is 10x worse when you're pregnant.) And I feel so sorry for her. Anyway, to top it off, Trevor has been away for work for the past two weeks through all of this. But he comes home tonight so I think I can make it that much longer. I know I can't complain, there are much worse things. I just needed to vent. I think I will probably sleep for 2 days straight when he gets here. Jade has offered to babysit so we can go somewhere without kids tomorrow... what a much needed break!

Happy Birthday Trev!

I just have to say Happy Happy Birthday to my husband, Trevor, who is 29 today! We love your guts out! Thanks for being so great!

Happy Birthday Jade!

Hope you have a great one. You deserve it! Thanks for always being there for me. So glad we live close! Happy 26th!

Sidewalk Chalk

It was fun watching Luke and Riley color their feet with chalk and make footprints with it. The next thing I know, Luke decides to wipe his face against the chalked concrete to make face prints. It was all downhill from there...

Park City

Park City

Last weekend we got to go to Park City with Trevor's parents. We stayed in their nice condo and swam, shopped, and played at the park. Riley and Luke loved it. We all had a great time!

Luk's Sprang

This is so embarrassing, but, yes we had another accident. The day Riley got her stitches I bought her and Luke some big bouncy balls to play with. While I was helping Riley, Luke was jumping off the back of the couch and landing on his ball and getting thrown around. Inevitably, he hurt his wrist and stopped using it for 2 days. I finally took him to the Doctor and luckily it was only a sprang and he's back to normal now.

Riley's Accident /E.R. Visit #2 This Month/We are Going Broke

Yeah, no joke, we were once again at the E.R. Yesterday I took the kids to McDonald's with a friend. We weren't even there 10 minutes when Riley walked over to the table to eat and fell onto the plastic bench somehow slicing her top lip open. It was just kind of dangling with a chunk missing in the top. It was horrible. Good thing my friend was there to tell me how bad it was and take Luke for me. Trevor was home from work sick and was able to be there too. Embarrassingly, It was the same doctor who put Luke's staple in. We asked him to please not turn us in for child abuse. They had to sedate her to get it all stitched up. He put 5 stitches in realigning her lip together on top and underneath. The worst was the sedation and having her awake but not really there. It took a long time for her to wake up. She keeps talking about how she was trying so hard to wake up but was too tired. Every time we'd mention going to get Ice Cream she'd get really wide eyes and try to sit up, but it was about an hour before she could. She calls herself a kitty with her new little "whiskers" and is doing great. She even went to Gymnastics today. This is a pic of her today in her Gymnastics outfit. The other pics are at the hospital and after we got home.

Riley's Dance Pics

Riley had a photo shoot for Dance last week. It was stressful and chaotic, but she seemed to like it. She has loved dance this year. She loves having Grammy Mitzi as a teacher and she loves to dress up. She loved that she got to wear makeup for her pics and they even did touch-ups at the studio. She looked so cute in her little outfit. The pic of her and Marli is my favorite. Riley loves having Marli in her class.

This Is all Luke Would Wear the Other Day...

Riley the Diva

This was Riley asleep in the car one day...

Baby Animal Days

Trev, my sister, Kelli and I took the kids to Baby Animal Days 2 weeks ago. The Pony rides and baby bunnies were Riley and Luke's favorites.

Riley, Porter, Marli and Luke Having a Great Time

David Cook's Amazing Song!

I'm so hooked on American Idol right now. I was so upset when Michael Johns was voted off last week, I almost cried. Anyway, I didn't even want to watch this week, but I'm so glad I did because this version of Mariah Carey's Always Be My Baby by David Cook was amazing! I am in love with this song! Anyway, I still love good old David Archuletta and Brooke White, but David Cook blew everyone away last night! You can listen to the song here:
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We are Determined for Spring to Come

We are so tired of the unseasonably crappy weather. Riley and Luke have been waiting for so long to get their sandbox out. We bought colored sand that has been sitting in the bags waiting for a nice day which never really came. So today, I decided to just set it up anyway. It may only be 42 degrees outside, but they are having a great time playing! And I am having a great break! For now, we will at least pretend that it's Spring.

Luke's Funny Faces

Sorry I couldn't resist. He's going to hate me someday, but this is the face he was pulling on the toilet this morning. He did it for so long I had time to take a pic and everything. He keeps us laughing all day long!

One Reason Why I Don't Live in Bear Lake Anymore...

These are the snow banks by my parent's house as of last weekend! And, that's after having melted quite a bit. My Dad is so proud and was excited to take the kids and get these pics. We didn't realize how hard it would be to get them up on top of the snowbank with him! You can see how thrilled they are. Even adventurous little Luke didn't really want to climb up there for a picture, but they humored Papa anyway. They love going to Papa & Grandma Crane's no matter how much snow there is and had a great weekend at their house.

Playing in the pillows with Porter and Marli

Luke's staple is officially out! Yay!

PeAnuT BuTteR BrOwnIeS...NoThInG bEtTeR

Since I'm so addicted to these brownies and I may have even had them for breakfast this morning, I thought I'd blog the recipe. My neighbor in Phoenix brought them over for dessert one night and gave us this recipe. We've been addicted to them ever since. It's about the only treat that Trevor and I both agree on. I was hoping it would be one of those things I didn't like after I was pregnant, but instead, it's one of those foods I crave 10x as much now that I'm pregnant. I've never met anyone that didn't love these. So here it is:

Duncan Hines Peanut Butter Cup Brownie Mix
Make the "FUDGY Brownie" Recipe on Back
*I use the same amount of applesauce in place of (vegetable oil)-- Less fattening and more moist!

Then you take the Betty Crocker Cream Cheese frosting and blend it with 1/2 cup Peanut Butter and frost them

I know, I know, it doesn't sound that different or great, but believe me, they are! I have the butt and thighs to prove it!

First Ultrasound

Today was my first ultrasound. Our little baby alien is looking good. The doctor bumped my due date up to October 14th. Yay!