getting better.....

Well Mike and I are starting to get over our sicknesses.

Yesterday we stopped by Erins house and played with

the baby. She had been pretty sick and she was getting

better. Mike played with her and made her so happy,

she loves her grandpa.

We actually ventured out today and took in a "picture show".

We enjoy Tyler Perry's work.

"Madea's Family Reunion" is a really good movie to start

out on. So we went and saw "Meet the Browns" today and

enjoyed it.

Sick Easter Day......

Well it was our Princesses first Easter and she was so sick. She had the sweetest Easter dress but she was so sick we didn't dress her up. She stayed in comfy clothes. She did have a cute Easter Basket. And that's her uncle Steven with the crutches behind her. He sprained something in his foot and has to stay off of it for a few days. He is so loving life with crutches. He also had to get on a round of super strong antibiotics he couldn't shake his strep throat. Grandpa is still sick, going into his second weekend. I think Issy might have picked up something from her grandpa. I hope she doesn't give it back! I'm much better the doctor told me all my medical stats are looking much better. I will just feel draggy for about another week. We had Stake conference today, I'm sure it was good but we were all sick and had to miss it. It feels wrong not to go to church on Easter Sunday. We did a special FHE about the Savior and Crucifixion and Resurrection. I also listened to a very excellent talk about the women around Christ. It was very thought provoking. Issy was running a high fever even with medication. So we all just rocked her and loved her. She loves grandmas necklace.
Our older Princess had a very yummy Easter!
Nathan for the first time in 11 years has let his hair be naturally curly. Since he was 4 he has had a buzz or he has straightened his own hair. But last week he got it cut and decided to wear it natural. I love it.

Steven and Charlie had a friend from Mesa come up for a few days this week. Ryen was on spring break. They had fun but Steven got no sleep, I think thats why he was still sick. This picture was taken at 6:00 AM after I told them to quiet down at 1:30AM. Ryen was leaving and they got up to see him off. So it's not a good picture of any of them.

ouch! My head......

Well yesterday afternoon I started feeling really bad, I hopped in the tub because my entire body was achy. When I got out of the tub I had the chills and still ached all over. I got in the bed and didn't want to move at all. Then I started thinking if it was the flu I could go to Urgent Care they would test me to see if it was the flu and give me something to make it better. The only thing is you have to catch it in the first few days for it to work. So I drug myself out of bed put on my comfy pants and slippers and drove myself over. I looked as bad as I felt. So after I signed in and turned to the seating area the 4 people looked at me like "don't sit by us". I promptly turned around and found a lone seat in the corner across from everybody else. But my flu test was negative, I had fever so they knew something was up and took x-rays. So I am so thrilled to tell you I have pneumonia. They gave me a very painful shot in the hip, and some strong antibiotics and now I'm just waiting for it all to kick in and make me feel better. Because right now I feel awful!

Weekend stuff..........

On a side note, Sunday is Easter. As I think of the Atonement and what a great gift it is to us all, it seems to be all about love and sacrifice. Nathan and I did a little "random act of kindness" for somebody last week. It was so fun, we were sneaking in the dark, laughing and hiding. We were doing something we knew was a very good thing. He loved it, he said it was "the most intense doorbell ditching ever." So I challenge all of you to do a secret kindness this week. Share Christs love with others, and involve your kids, it will warm your heart.







One day I will get my brain to work with my blog and load the pictures in the right order. Anyways this weekend was full. first off all 4 of us were sick and 3 of us on antibiotics. We woke up Sunday to a fresh layer of snow. Which Nathan and I got freezing hands trying to clean the car off to get to church on time.

I forgot to mention before, when we watched the Princess on Saturday she said "doggie". Mike grabbed the video camera so we could prove it.
She said it over and over, mostly because Beatrice kept running up to her.
Nathan begged me for days and I finally broke down and made banana bread. I made four loaves but we have an extra teenage boy or two around here, so with 5 teen boys there isn't much left.

And Saturday morning we had a surprise baby shower for our Relief Society President. It was very nice lots of good food and a great turn out.
It did leave me pretty tired but good things happened last week. Hopefully we will have a slower week ahead.

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Mikes pics....

So Mike took his trip to Chicago, he took some pictures and here they are. I am going to be a little cryptic because as of late people have been getting in trouble for pictures they post. He actually took some other pics of a set and a few other rooms. But we don't want somebody to randomly find this and get sued or anything. So you will have to see us in person to see any of those. (Last week some boys on a mission got in big trouble because back in 06' they went to a religious sanctuary and took some pictures messing around, the pics I saw didn't seem that bad, but now they are having charges pressed against them. Because some of the parishioners found the pics on line. I guess it's true what they say be careful of the picture you post on the Internet, because they will be there for forever!) So I will not post her name I think you all know who this is. And no Mike didn't see her, he was however quickly escorted past her office.



This picture would be self explanatory:-) Notice the covered heated sidewalk, for overflow audiences.
This is Mikes friend and co-worker Alex from Japan.
He got her entry door.
OK one day I will learn how to load pictures correctly. Mike stayed in this hotel in Dallas, he thought it was cool and took a picture. Well this was the same hotel my family stayed in the night before my brother got married in the Dallas Temple. It was just fun that we both have stayed there.

O.k. back to the Chicago pictures. Mike sporting his "back stage pass".
And she has her own store across the street. Mike was so original and got us all black t-shirts. I would have loved to see what was in that store.
And lastly we babysat the princess today while her mother went to out with a friend. She has a few Uncles who adore her.

I hope her mother doesn't see this picture. Grandma put a flower on her little head and it made her sad. I took it off of her quickly, after I took a picture. She was too cute!

Happy F words.......

Fun.......
We had a Fun weekend!


Family........

Our Princess came to visit. That floor was clean and in a matter of minutes that sweet little baby did ALL of that. She left a trail!Issy playing with the dog.

Friends!

My best friend from childhood, her son, had a reception here in Utah. So I was able to celebrate with them. And our close friend Gary and his daughter Jessica came in for the weekend. She had an interview at BYU on Monday.