Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Cabin Fever...



 Miya and Carson
 Miya and Lyla at a shop in Leavenworth (the only time spent outside the cabin and Lyla came home and promptly threw-up)







 
 The place we spent most of our time while on vacation. Cannon was so super sick and looked horrible by the time we got home. He missed a few days of school and had to work back to health by walking around the house a couple of times a day.
We had planned a vacation with the Phillips' at a cabin in the mountains near Leavenworth for a few days. Lyla had been sick the days before and I thought it had been food poisoning because she was so violently sick (threw-up 21 times) she kept track and would tell me every time she did it the new number. Even during the night time she kept track. Seriously it was the worst night of my life. Phil was out of town and I could believe how many times she threw-up.
The first day on vacation Cannon came in from playing in the snow and said his stomach hurt...YIKES! We went upstairs in the cabin and hung out for the day running back and forth to the bathroom. That night after dinner Miya came running up the stairs to the bathroom and then joined us for a night of sickness. Poor Phillips' and living with all of us. What a miserable vacation for them. Even Phil wasn't feeling great the last night we were there. We will see if this yearly trip will happen next year or if we killed it.

Monday, May 13, 2013

Summer in May

The weather has been so beautiful here the past couple of weeks and we have been enjoying summer in May. We went over to the Lay's last weekend and the kids got in the water for a swim even though the water is still SUPER cold. They went on a boat ride and then we had a ton of great BBQ food. The rain is returning this week, but it was super fun while it lasted. It makes me excited for summer and all the fun we will have.

 Miya jumping in.

 Kids lined up on the hill eating in the sun.

 Cannon and Ezra
 Beautiful Miya (before she got pushed in the water)
Lyla and all her little buddies.

Floor

We have spent a ton of time the past few months doing everything on the kitchen floor. Having the kitchen floor as the most comfy places in the house is not doing great things for my diet. Lyla now keeps her markers on hand to draw her dream room and Miya and Cannon have been reading all their books in the kitchen. Luckily the last two weeks have been in the 70s and 80s around here and we have been outside enjoying the heat and sunshine.

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Pace



Phil took these pictures of Jamie Pace taking our family pictures and pictures of our kids. She is so fantastic and so talented. Plus she is such a great person. We were hanging out at the park the other day and since coming home I have thought about how blessed I am with great friends. She is one of those great talented people that help me become better. She was the Primary President in the Ft. Lewis Ward where we had a ton of children and it was crazy, but she did the most amazing job at making learning fun and helped my children recognize the whisperings of the Spirit and I will forever be grateful for her influence in my life.

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Miya



Miya has been super into baking and cooking lately and is getting good at making desserts. We are all loosening our belts a little and making room for all the baked good. I love this girl and how responsible she is and wants to be. She keeps getting books from the library with recipes or ideas of things to bake and went with Phil on a daddy date to pick up some cooking stuff from Bed Bath and Beyond. She made some molten lava cakes and they were super good.