April 14 2009

Kassidy came running in to tell me that dad (Erick) needed my help, she had this sick look on her face, She said Mom I think dad is hurt. I was just sick and didn't know if I wanted to go see. Now remember Erick cut his finger really bad a few months back so I am remembering all of that. I went outside and Erick was holding his arm and was white as a ghost, he said I think I broke my arm! So I call my dad to come and stay with the kids while I took Erick to the E.R. Sure enough he broke his arm, just above the wrist.
Ericfk was moving his little fishing boat and tripped and the boat fell on him.

So while Erick was laid up for 8 weeks, we decide to do a few things. We learned to can meat,Beef and Chicken. It is so nice to have it on hand, we also did a beautiful back splash in our kitchen. Erick cut the tiles and I laid them. It was alot of fun to have my Husband home for awhile!

Easter 2009

I think Easter is my most exciting time of the year. It means that summer is just around the bend. I love Tulips because they are the first ones to pop their heads up. I made the kids wait at the top of the stairs until I could take a picture, they were so excited to see what the Easter Bunny brought them.

Dear Deer

We woke up Saturday morning a couple of weeks ago seeing these deer in our back yard. It was a kind of rainy and overcast day. It was really neat to see them so close up. Erick said one looked like Elliot from the movie Open Season. He only had one antler.

General Conference

Can you tell I am trying to catch up. General Conference was a really fun weekend for our family. Our kids watched all 4 sessions! I couldn't believe it. Our kids were great missionaries. They invited Ethen our neighbor to watch Sunday morning Conference with us. They told him that is started at 9:00, and promptly at 9:00 the doorbell rang and he watched the whole 2 hours of Conference with us. Erick explained when President Monson spoke that this was the living modern day Prophet just like Moses and and all the Prophets in the Bible. It was really a neat experience. It made you watch Conference through new eyes. It helped me realize how blessed we are to be apart of the true church here on earth. The kids want to have him go to Primary with them. They have invited him but he hasn't made it yet, but I guess baby steps.

Clean your plate!

Sunday's are a "what ever day" at our house. I know that Mondays are cleaning days so isn't Sunday a day of rest? So my house isn't exactly clean on Sunday. Our kids decided to make their own farms. It kept them entertained most of the day. And this is Erick enjoying our homemade Spaghetti. Erick you can't get down from the table until you have eaten everything on your plate!

No more Cradle

This is Brooklyn sleeping in her crib! Kassidy was so excited to have her baby sister finally in her room. Kassidy cleaned and set up the crib all by herself. I took down the cradle that Brooklyn slept in, in our room and it kind of made me sad. I knew that I wouldn't have anymore babies to lay in that cradle. We have used the same cradle for all our kids. I guess that chapter is over in my life. It's good to know that all of my children are here, but it is sad to know that I won't have anymore precious new babies.

Spaghetti Playdough!

Spaghetti has become a tradition for our Sunday night dinner. Our kids enjoy watching it come out of the pasta maker. It reminds me of play dough. Whole wheat pasta is so yummy! We have to be quiet about where we aquired the pasta maker though, Uncle Brian you might be missing something!

Blog book!

Ginger my sister-in-law showed me a cool thing, and I wanted to share. She has printed her blog out into a book. So this is a great idea for all those non-scrapbookers like me. so I have decided to do this myself so we can have a family blog book for each year. I am so excited! So I am going to try to blog the weeks activites each sunday so I can make me a 2009 book. So wish me luck. Thanks Ginger for the idea, and being the guinea pig.

Brooklyn!!!!

My baby is growing up! Brooklyn has taken forever to decide to roll over, and we said that one day she would roll over and start sitting up, and it happened! She rolled over and started sitting up in one day. She just hasn't had the need to. She knows that all she has to do is start whining and someone would feel sorry for her and pick her up. We are so glad that Brooklyn is our baby girl. Our family waited a long time for her!

March 14th Birthday!

Saturday March 14th was my birthday. I had a wonderful birthday. Friday Erick and I spent the day in Show Low. I was in desperate need of some new dresses, so we went shopping. Erick was so patient watching me try on dress after dress after dress. I some how don't like these dresses that the material hugs your body, I want to hide all my rolls not show them off! Then after finally choosing a few dresses, and of course I had to have the shoes to go with them, Erick took me out to dinner. It was a wonderful day. Then on Saturday Erick laid the downstairs hallway floor, it looks wonderful! The floor had been on the Honey Do list for quite awhile. Karen and Dad surprised me with a birthday cake and ice cream. It was so sweet and thoughtful. Then came the big surprise, Erick bought me a WII!!!!!! So we spent the evening playing it! It was so much fun. I bowled for most of the night, and the next morning I was soooo sore! It was a fun relaxing evening at home. Thank You Erick for making my day so special!