Our Trip to Moab

Last week we headed out to Moab on a little family vacation. We got to hike around in Arches National Parker and Cayonlands National Park. We even camped (for one night). We aren't brave enough to do more than that with the kids. One night is enough. The second night we got a hotel room (my idea, very smart). Parker was in heaven running around everywhere and climbing on everything. Makenna wasn't so sure and wanted to be carried a lot. It's so gorgeous out there! We are lucky to live in such a beautiful part of the county. On our way back home we stopped at the dinosaur musuem in Price. We had the whole place to ourselves! We even took some pictures of "snuggle duck". For those of you who don't know him, he's been Makenna's best friend basically since birth. He goes everywhere with her. Even throwing him in the wash is a big deal for Makenna and it always involves tears. He's pretty much had the yellow loved off of him, his legs are coming apart, and his beak has had to be repaired several times but he's Makenna's favorite thing. Of course, he came on our trip and we decided to snap a few shots of this important memeber of our family.(:

Mommy confessions

I thought it was about that time again.(:

#1 My kids ate chips for breakfast today.

#2 I have read roughly 2 out of like 20 chapters of my Music Civ book this whole semester.

#3 I almost never actually do Makenna's hair. I mean, I brush it, but I have loads of cute bows in my bathroom that I never use. I also refuse to cut it because I am weirdly emotionally attached to her hair (especially the adorable soft curls at the end) and I don't think I could handle seeing it get butchered.

#4 I still have no intention or desire to potty train Makenna. She's not ready, and really, diapers are a pretty great. She's not 3 yet anyway...right.

#5 I did nothing exciting for St. Patrick's Day. No green anything. My kids probably didn't even know it was a holiday. I want to be that mom that does cool and amazing stuff for every holiday, but I know I'm just not.

I'm sure I could go on but I have 2 weeks left of this semester and I really should be reading my Music Civ book.(:

Sick

No joke, this all happened today. So this morning Makenna scratched Parker's eye. I have no idea why. Most of the time they are the best of friends, but occasionally they just attack each other. Siblings. Anyway, after a good cry he seemed fine but all through the rest of the afternoon he kept telling us how much his eye hurt. Finally we decided to run him into the doctor to make sure that it wasn't damaged. All the way over Parker kept telling me that his stomach hurts. As we are walking through the instacare parking lot, Parker stops, bends over, and pukes up everything in his stomach. So I take my now vomiting kid in to get his eye checked out and sure enough, it's badly scratched and he needs a patch. This is what my poor boy looked like for the rest of the day. The stomach flu and an eye patch. It was pretty much the saddest thing ever. Oh,and he had to miss his soccer game. But he does make one cute little pirate.

Egg Hunting

Soccer

Parker's first soccer game. Can you tell he was just a little excited?

Lions and Tiger and Bears, Oh My!

If you haven't guessed, we took the kids to the zoo yesterday. There actually weren't any bears, which was kind of a bummer. We have decided that if you want to see a lot of animals sleeping, go to the zoo in the summer. That's why we try to go in the spring and fall. This was our first trip where both of the kids were old enough to really be excited. Parker did manage to trip and fall right into a muddy puddle of water right at the end, but other than that we had lots of fun. Parker's favorite animals were the spider monkeys and Makenna's favorite was the cougar. We are already training her to be a BYU fan.(: Andrew and I loved the Meerkats. They really have to be the most adorable creatures on the planet.

Long Time No Blog

So Andrew's been 30 for a while now. Maybe just maybe I should update my blog. There really hasn't been much going on. I'm just chugging away at school. The kids are doing great and Andrew's freezing his buns off selling. Parker had a fun time in swimming lessons and I have him signed up for soccer this spring. Makenna is still her ridiculously gorgeous, crazy self. Sadie is back to sleeping in our room at night because we missed her puppy snoring.(: Today was gloomy and snowy so the kids had a movie party in our bed. There's nothing like watching a movie on a yucky day.