Ryan in a Peterbilt

Emmy, Ryan best friend, was picked up after school by her dad in his Peterbuilt.  Ryan was so excited to sit inside the cab.  Emmy's dad showed him the bed, storage compartment and lots of other cool stuff.  Ryan told me, " Mom, the only thing it doesn't have is a shower and bathroom!"  He was pretty impressed!  I love this picture because it captures the joy Ryan finds in life.  There's nothing better than seeing your kid with a big smile!

Happy Birthday Pierce!

 Toys! 

Pa and baby Jessica

Tahylar preformed the dance she choreographed for her talent show.

Pierce had his own performance!

I love this picture of Camille and Grammy.

Spring break

We always love coming to visit Grammy and Pa in Prescott!  We sleep in, eat too much good food, play games with Grammy,  get treatments and berries from Pa and most importantly RELAX!  This year we also went to the zoo, saw "Mirror, Mirror" at the theater, flew kites with  Weston, made stepping stones and celebrated Easter and Pierce's Birthday. 

The only downside of our trip was that Carter flew off the four wheeler and tore up his knee.  He had to get 5 stitches. We are so glad he didn't seriously injure himself!  We are also grateful that he didn't get stitches during summer vacation when we swim a lot.  He was a real trooper,  It's tough to get stitches on the second day of vacation!

 Just hanging out...

 Camille decided she wanted to make pillows to decorate her dorm room in the fall.  Grammy, Camille and I went over to Joanne's to pick out some cute fabric and fell in love with the adorable pom-pom trim.  I got Camille started and she finished the rest of the project herself.  We made the pillows without a pattern so I'm pretty impressed with our efforts!  Camille also picked out a pretty gerbera daisy to put in her room.

They turned out cute!

Carter and Ryan enjoyed shooting the BB gun.  Pa's yard is perfect for active boys!  We all enjoyed hiking around the property and climbing rocks.  Scott, Carter, Bethany and Camille climbed Boulders pile.  We always enjoy watching all the critters that come out.  We saw lots of lizards, quail, bunnies and a family of javelina.

Easter at Grammy's House

We traveled to Arizona for spring break this year. The weather was gorgeous! We had a wonderful Easter dinner with the Tenneys and Grammy and Pa.

Camille trying to find the eggs she didn't hide.

Easter egg hunting at Grammy and Pa's house is full of possibilities...

The loot!

The kids agreed that cousins were definitely one of the the best parts of Easter.

Sticky fingers.

Bethany in her Easter finery.

I love being an aunt and getting to know all these special little people!

April Fools Day!

Carter has grown a beard!

Bethany was so excited to show us her "chicken pox"!

Crazy Hair Day!

Bethany's School had crazy hair day! This was as crazy as this mom could make it.

This great hairdo only lasted a little while, because Bethany got a headache and pulled it all out during class. I'm sure her teachers really appreciated this...

The back view. I took it when Bethany wasn't looking.

Bethany wanted to take a picture of me too!

OOPS!

Ryan broke his right arm February 16th while our family was cross-country skiing at Soldier Hollow. He had just fallen and had gotten up when he lost his balance on those long skies and fell again. That's when he broke his arm, both his radius and ulna. It was pretty traumatic for all of us. Ryan has a high pain tolerance but he was in more pain than I've ever seen him. Once they got to the hospital Scott was able to distract Ryan by pushing him all over in a wheelchair. Of course Ryan loved talking to the janitors and anyone else he could find in the halls while they waited for the doctor. They waited for over 2 1/2 hours, Ryan was such a trooper! Fortunately the medical staff put Ryan to sleep while the surgeon set his arm. That was pretty gross. The doctor has to twist his arm all over the place while simultaneously taking x-rays to see where the bones were. Watching the anesthesia take affect was the worst. His eyes were glassy and he didn't look like he was "in there".

A week after his accident Ryan is doing great. He is excited to get his cast next Thursday and hoping to be able to pick multiple colors... He loves showing his arm to every one. Because we were at a church activity everyone knew about his arm and he has gotten lots of get well phone calls, an ice cream sundae, cookies and more ice cream. Ryan told me a few days ago, "Lots of people love me!" It's almost tempting to breaking our arms too...

Ryan hasn't needed any of the pain medicine the doctor prescribed and is just taking ibuprofen. We were told he would be in a lot of pain and that we probably wouldn't get much sleep for the first few nights. We've been so blessed because Ryan sleep through that first night without interruption and every night since then!