Spring things

It's been a very wet spring.  Every river and lake is over flowing and there is still a lot of snow to melt and come down.  Luckily, we are finally having some sun and drier days weather wise.  I had a momma bird in my tree right outside my living room window a couple years ago, and this year another bird has decided to make her home for hatching her eggs in the same spot. 

Gator's friends dog had puppies.  This neighbor is Gators second home.  She spends a lot of time with Karma and so the moment her dog Sami started having her puppies Gator was over at their house.  Even though it was 7:30 in the morning.  They are Easter puppies, and Gator has been over to visit the puppies and check on Sami every day.  

We went for a walk today to see the water on the trail by the cemetery.  It's usually just a little trickle of a river that is almost dried up by the end of the summer.  It was a nice sunny day for a walk, just a little chilly with a northern wind, but we warmed up and enjoyed the sunshine. 

Last year, I ordered caterpillars for my classroom.  It was a fun project for the students to watch as they turned into butterflies.  I was a little late ordering them this year, I hope they become butterflies before summer vacation.  We only have 4 weeks of school left!!  Gator likes to have some at home too.  I hope they can finish so we can let them go before we move  (oh and the eggs in the nest too, I hope they hatch and I can see the baby birds grow).  The house is for sale.  What a gut punch seeing the sign in the yard.  We can do this.  And we will be okay, a bump in the road and we will figure out how to make this new life a happy one.  

She's amazing!!

Carrie graduated with her masters degree this week.  The girls and Wayne had a surprise party for her.  She is so amazing, I need to be more like her. 

Health problems

For the last month or so Davis has been having some digestive issues going on.  He can't eat anything without getting very ill and having severe cramping, bloating, and diarrhea.  He is miserable and would rather just not eat anything, but since he is still trying to do all his sports, and school, and you know living, he kinda has to eat.  Ryan has ordered some tests.  He is just trying to rule out things like Chrones, IBS, and food allergies.  I thought he was having issues with dairy again, like when he was a baby, but this has gone beyond just a milk allergy.  So we are waiting to hear back on some tests and waiting to see if more procedures will need to be done.  

 Just like a typical school morning, he would not wake up.  He was out cold, and nothing worked until the nurse came in a started taking out his IV and she pushed him around pretty good. 

Easter

I've been trying to plan a family dinner every 3rd Sunday of the month.  It was great that this month the 3rd Sunday was Easter, but it wasn't so great that we have been in an extremely rainy pattern for the last few weeks.  I mean I love the rain and thunder.  It is my favorite, just not while we're trying to have dinner and an egg hunt.  But, despite the cold wind, and down pour, we had a good time and just made more memories. 
Grace and Davis hid under this blanket, Owen sat out the worst of the storm in the car, and all the little kids were out running around in the pouring down rain. 

I'm so glad that Grace at 23 still humors me for a  picture with all the cousins.  At least sort of.  Owen, Collin, and Lu are good sports too.  

 The thunder and lighting had stopped by now, I wouldn't let Davis climb a tree during a lightning storm, and I hope he would be smart enough to not try in the first place. 

Quick trip

Owen texted me and told me about Jr day up at ISU.  He suggested Davis sign up for it, and I of course made a night get away out of it.  It was even better that we didn't have school on Friday.  So I found a cheap hotel, and Googled things to do and found a magic show.  I was so excited, I love magic.  Our seats were a little far, but it was still a fun show.  The kids thought it was funny that it was at a casino on the Indian Reservation.  The boys had a restaurant already picked out for dinner, Jakers, it was tasty.  Davis is really struggling with some stomach problems ( I feel like he is a newborn again, and we are back to all those problems he had then), but that is another post.  Gator swam, and her and I went to breakfast while the boys went over to the college for the tour and activities.  Owen was so excited to be there, I can't wait until he is up there playing.  He had a good time showing Davis around, and some other kids from Fremont came up for the day as well.  Gator and I went over for the spring game, and met the new O line coach, and I got some pictures, because of course, I can't rely on Owen or Davis for that.

 Before the magic show, I had to turn my phone off for the rest of the show, no pictures were allowed. 

 The Fremont guys watching the spring game.

 This guy has played left tackle (Owens position) for the last 4 years at ISU, and now he is going to the NFL.  Owen's dream! 

 Benny the Bengal

End of season

We finally coordinated schedules and got Davis and Gator up skiing with Ryan, Chris, Jake, and Gabe.  It was an awesome day for the last day of the season.  Davis loves skiing with Ryan and Chris.  And Gator really loved her first season skiing and ended up being a great skier.  Her and Gabe had so much fun together.  I love that we went with Ryan, he took pictures for me up on the slopes, not just from down below where I watch.   I went up and watched all day, I like to hang out up there, just not on skis.  Christine and Jess came up and joined all of us for lunch in the lodge.  What a fun day! 

Supporting cousins

Eden and Dallin were in their school play of Beauty and the Beast.  Gator and I went tonight to support them, they did a fabulous job.  The whole cast did!  I love supporting my nieces and nephews.  

A slower pace

I would have never thought that I would volunteer my spring break for going to Milford.  I've just never loved Milford.  Dave and Sheila are remodeling Grandma Stewart's house and moving down there.  Even though they haven't made the move permanent yet, Dave has been down there 95% of the time since January.  The kids wanted to go visit him, help him a little in the house, and go spend some time in Milford.  I was actually excited to spend some of spring break down there, the slower pace is beginning to appeal to me.  Life is so busy and everywhere is so crowded, I'm beginning to see the intrigue of these small towns.  We drove down Thursday and stayed until this afternoon.  In Milford we drive in the mountains a lot, shoot guns a lot, and just spend time hanging out a lot.

 The boys get really excited about road trips and their music!

 Krissy and PJ came down as well.  Gator was so excited to bring bikes and just ride around Milford.  Milford is a lot more hills then it is here and one of her bikes didn't have brakes.  Poor Eden got that bike.  Along with some flat tires, they decided to walk their bikes around instead.

 Some of the places that we explored.  Inside this rock, someone once made a small one room "cabin" thing.  It would actually be a cool place to hang out and have a fire and hot dog roast.

 Krissy and PJ got a hotel in Cedar to spend the nights.  Gator didn't need much talking into going with them once she heard there was a pool, and she realized it would be a big slumber party.  So after they went to Cedar Thursday evening, we drove over to Mikes and visited a little bit.  One of these dang horses bit me.  I wasn't giving him enough attention and he wasn't happy with me.  And the only picture I got from Krissy.  She has got some lessons to learn if I'm going to send my kid with her for girls nights slumber parties!  One picture, come on, seriously.

 Friday morning gopher hunting.  I think this is the boys favorite part about Milford.  These little rodents are everywhere in Milford and they destroy the ground and crops.  Davis is lucky I didn't turn that gun on him after he threw a dead gopher at me making me run away screaming.

 Saturday morning a little more gopher hunting before Krissy and PJ went home.

 Later Saturday afternoon, we drove to Cedar to have some dinner and run a few errands.  The boys had purchased tickets for PBR at Tuacahn.  While they were there, Gator and I visited with dad and Dianne in Toquerville.  She's pretty excited that her grandparents will only live 1 1/2 hours away from each other.  All three of the guys loved the PBR!!  They were so excited to share all the jokes from the rodeo clown and tell me about the mean bulls, and the cowboys that rode them.  I think I had just as much fun listening to them as if I would have been there.

And yes, they did get some work done on the house as well.  Dave had to get the basement ready to lay cement and the kids were a great help.