Like sister, like brother

Last week wasn't our first visit to the ER with a broken arm. About 2 years ago, Addyson broke her arm. She broke her arm playing at mall's play area. She slid down the bulldozer and landed on her elbow. She cracked the supracondyla of her humerus.

When Ethan broke his arm she had words of encouragement, because she had been through it before. Before we went to the Dr.'s office we looked at pictures of Addyson with her cast on so Ethan would feel a little better about it. Addy got 2 different cast, first purple and then pink. Ethan is hoping he gets another one too- he wants orange, his favorite color.

Addy's new haircut

After weeks of begging Addyson to let me take her to get her haircut, she gave in, but I had to be the one to cut her hair. Addyson was blessed with hair just like me, very thin and once it gets too long it gets flat and oh so tangly. I was nervous to cut her hair, because knowing my luck I would really mess it up. I have to say, I did a pretty good job. I even layered it so it curls under- I am good! I think it looks so adorable on her and she loves it too!

Easter FUN!

So, this is one of those times where it would be good to make a slideshow because I have so many picture. Honestly, I just don't feel like it! I hope that everyone had a wonderful Easter, we sure did at our house. We decorated eggs a couple of days early this year-my attempt to fill up some Spring Break time. Things never go as smoothly as I envision in my head. My kids got so excited about decorating eggs that their capacity to listen and follow instructions was seriously diminished! Because of their lack of listening skills and patience, our eggs weren't quite as colorful as they could have been. We ended up with orange, green, and dark green dyes because the pink one got ruined and Ethan dropped a couple of colors together. They still enjoyed themselves and were so very proud of what they made. I was suprised that there was only one casualty out of our 12 eggs- I certainly expected more to be dropped. Although once Ethan had a bite of the egg he broke he was on a mission to brake more.


On Saturday morning we headed to our local Albertson's store for their annual Easter egg hunt. This was our first year going and I was very impressed! They had the kids divided by age groups and each had an aisle in the produce department. They set the kids loose to rummage through shredded paper for the eggs. They had a lot of the eggs filled with free produce, bakery items, $15 gift cards to Albertson's, Toys R Us gift cards, and free starbucks.

Ethan was at a serious disadvantage, poor guy didn't get very many eggs!

Sunday morning the kids woke up to their Easter baskets. I didn't get to see their excitement because I was up until 5:15 working and then coming home to fill their baskets. But at 8:00 I could sure hear their excitement!

We were late to church(because I couldn't get myself to wake up-per the usual) so we had to take photos of the kids after church.

Dave was wonderful and practically cooked all of Easter dinner, while I tried to get in a nap. My mom and her new fiance(I will post more about that later) came over for dinner. After dinner Jarrett(the fiance) had to go to work and my mom stayed to watch the kids have an Easter egg hunt in our backyard. I would post pictures of the kids hunting for eggs, except I am embarrassed of how tall our grass is(we both work way to much). The tall grass made for a great Easter egg hunt though.

Paige had a long day, she was so tired! I wish that I could get blogger to upload my videos because we got the cutest one of Dave trying to feed her cereal while she struggles to stay awake. So cute!

Anyway, there is my novel! I hope it didn't bore you.

Our trip to the zoo.....which ended in a trip to the ER

We had a great time at the Dallas zoo. It was a beautiful day and the kids enjoyed having dad with us. The whole time we were there, Ethan wanted to see the ostrichs- he loves ostrichs. Too bad the Dallas zoo doesn't have ostrichs. Well, just as we were finishing our last stretch at the zoo we saw a statue of an ostrich. I told Ethan to go stand on the railing and get a picture. The next thing I know, he is climbing on top of the highest rail and he falls! He cried of course, and when Dave went to pick him up he said, "he just broke his arm!" I said, "How do you know?" He said, "Look at it!" Yep, it was broke! So we hightailed it out of there as fast as we could and drove to the ER where I work. Addyson was so upset in the car on the way to the hospital. She was crying because she was so worried about Ethan- so sweet! Ethan was so good, he was great with the Dr., nurses, and radiology techs. The only part they had trouble with was sticking him for the IV-he screamed a bit!

You can see his arm looks a little deformed
His X-ray before the reduction.

He broke his radius and ulna so the Dr., aka Y.C. did a slight reduction. They had to do a conscious sedation which means they had to give him some Etomidate to sedate him and some Versed so that he wouldn't remember because he wasn't completely out. He was hooked up to oxygen, a blood pressure cuff, a pulseoxometer, and a 12-lead heart monitor because he was under anesthesia. Every 30 seconds he would say, "Oh my goodness, when are they going to take all of this stuff off of me?" He hated being hooked up to all of that stuff! It was funny to watch him wake up from the anesthesia, he was a little out of it, and said some pretty funny stuff! Poor guy, he endured a lot! He was such a trooper through it all! For now he just has a splint and an arm sling and I will have to take him to the orthopedic Dr. on Monday for the actual cast.

Spring Break- Day Two

Today was a stormy day so we decided to go and have some fun indoors at Animal House. Animal House is huge warehouse full of bounce houses, with a couple of playgrounds, and a couple of baby areas. We got a huge group of people together and the kids had a blast! There were a ton of people there- but no one got hurt so it was all good.

Paige loved the rocking horse!

Ethan worked up a sweat, he was playing hard!

Spring Break- Day One

On the first day of spring break, we slept in-okay maybe it was just me who slept in. When Addyson is home, Ethan has someone to play with and someone who will fix him breakfast so he doesn't care if I sleep in. I know, it is sad but I have had back pain since Saturday- so Sunday night I took a couple of muscle relaxers and they did a number on me. I took the kids to see Horton Hears a Who and they loved it! They pretty much love anything that is animated, but I actually thought it was a cute show also.

On Mondays Addyson has dance class at the YMCA. Since it is spring break there were no kids there- I guess we are the only ones who didn't go anywhere. Anyway, it was parents day-meaning that parents get to watch them practice. It was really fun to see her concentrating so hard on her dance steps. The best part was when I got to dance with her. I was doing some tap moves and it was so fun, I always wanted to take tap lessons! Maybe, I will have to sign up for dance lessons as well.

I survived!!

Well, I survived 2 plane rides and 4 days with all three kids! I'm not going to lie, it was hard! I definitely feel like I need a vacation from my vacation, mostly a vacation away from my kids! Ethan was trouble, trouble, trouble! My dad likes the simple life, he lives in a trailer and basically never cooks so we went out to eat a lot. My kids have a hard time sitting in a restaraunt without getting wild. Despite the frustrations with the kids, I had a great time visiting my dad. It was really great to see him and spend some time with him. I can only imagine how hard it is for him to be so far away from all of his kids and grandkids- I know that he is lonely. My kids sure enjoyed being spoiled by Grandpa. He took them to Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay, Fantasy Fair at his work The Excalibur, and to the movies. He got us a great hotel, the kids could have spent the entire time in the hotel. They loved the big comfortable beds and the flat screen TV that they could watch cartoons on for hours! We had a little drama with the girlfriend, which I am pretty sure is no longer his girlfriend. It is pretty sad when she couldn't even handle him spending time with his own daughter. All in all, I am grateful that we could take some time to visit. I know that he needed that. Although, the next time we see him- he better make the trip out here. It is a whole lot easier for him to fly to us than for all of us to fly to him. I love my Dad!!!

Wish me Luck

I am going to visit my dad today with the kids and no husband. I am so scared and nervous! Scared because It is never fun flying with 3 small children, especially a busy 10 month old that does not like to sit still. I was supposed to fly out tomorrow but because I get to fly standby there has been a change of plans. The flight that I was planning on taking filled up at the last minute so I will be taking a late flight tonight, which may be good-hopefully my kids will sleep! I am nervous because I will likely be meeting my dad's girlfriend who has not made a good first impression. She caused a lot of drama between my parents. They were great friends, but since she stepped in and got extremely jealous my parents no longer talk. I am not one to pretend very well, so I am hoping that I can put on a nice face and try to see what might be likeable about her. This whole boyfriend/girlfriend thing with my parents is strange. It will almost be 3 years that they have been divorced so it is still fresh and I am trying to adjust. For some reason it is harder for me to see my dad with someone else than it is with my mom. Anyway, I hope that it is a great trip and get good quality time with my dad. I should have great pictures to post next week!

What, snow?????

The crazy Texas weather brought us snow! Maybe it wouldn't be THAT unusual if it weren't for the fact that we had almost 80 degree weather over the weekend! The kids were so excited, we have been talking about flying somewhere that has snow, just so they can see what it is all about. They were lucky enough to have it in their own backyard.


It was good "snowball" snow so Ethan and I had a great time having a snowball fight! As you can see I am a pretty good aim:) Addyson is not feeling well today so she unfortunately did not enjoy it to its full extent, but she did get out there long enough to get her hands cold:(


It was so nice to wake up to the white, it reminded me of so many days growing up in Colorado. I am glad that my kids were able to experience it too, even if for just one day.

Girls Gone Wild

We had our second annual girls weekend this past weekend and it was soooooo much fun! Friday our hubbys came home early and we loaded up(13 of us) and took off to the Embassy Suites in Dallas. We checked in, made ourselves pretty, and were off to dinner at Texas Land and Cattle. It is great because the hotel has a shuttle van that we can all pile into so we can ride together and we don't have to worry about getting lost. After dinner we went for a soak in the hot tub. It was so nice and very very relaxing! Then it was back to the room for games, talking, laughing, a little crying, some inappropriate bodily functions(you know who you are), and a lot more laughing! I felt like I was in high school again! A bunch of girls staying up late and eating lots of sugar can only lead to craziness. I was so in for it when I stayed up until the party died down at 4:45 a.m. only to wake up at 7:00 a.m. for another fun-filled day. Not to mention the hours of shopping in Canton only to come home and head to work at the hospital unitl 3:00 a.m. What was I thinking!! I am hurting now but it was so worth it! I am so grateful for our group of girls. It is always nice to have that time to leave the kids home and just have a blast with great friends! Now a semi-annual girls weekend is in the works- we just can't get enough!

Roaming the halls in the wee hours of the morning in search of ice and water!
It is starting to get late!

The party is getting smaller, but with each passing hour a whole lot crazier!


Spooning time!
This is what happens when you only get 2 hours of sleep!

Canton