Disney on Ice

Last week we took our kids to the "Disney on Ice Mickey and Minnie's Magical Journey" show. They LOVED it! I thought Gavin might get antsy half way through, but nope. He sat on Dan's lap the whole first half and didn't move a muscle. I think he was in shock at seeing the characters so close (he doesn't remember Disneyland). Then the second half of the show he wanted to sit by me and he just stared munching on his popcorn. It was so cute! Zane kept saying "This is the coolest thing ever!" I also thought Lindsay would have gotten bored because she tends to do that during movies, etc... but not once did she ask me when it was going to be over. I'm so glad we went and I think we'll go again next time. Our 12th row center, $10 seats weren't too shabby either!



Lion King

Ariel and Eric

Lilo and Stitch

This was the boys' favorite part; when Captain Hook got swallowed by the crocodile.

The Peter Pan story was their favorite.

I love Computer Nerds!

I love that my husband poses for pictures when I ask him too. I also love that he's a computer nerd! A few months ago he was sitting at work working on something and got the idea that he could probably come up with a program to make what he was doing easier. He has just recently decided that Programming is the computer field he wants to go into, but does not currently do that as his postion right now. He got two other guys at work to go in on this little project and then they found out that the business he works for was having a "Science Fair" in San Francisco and anyone who had any projects or programs that they were working on could come to the Fair and demonstrate them and win prizes. Well Dan and his 2 buddies were approved to go and last month they went to San Fran for 2 days. There were 4 other entries and Dan and his buddies won 2nd place!!!! He won a Playstation 3, $150 in gift cards and a jacket. Not only that, the company was so impressed with the program they are going to use it as one of their programs. Now, "what is the program", you might ask? I have no clue. He's tried to explain it to me about 3 times, and it goes over my head! But I am so proud of him! I think Programming is the way for him to go!!! Love you honey!

Happy 6th Birthday Lindsay!!!!

Happy 6th Birthday Lindsay! We're so proud of you and are so happy you're part of our family!
We love you so much!!!

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Happy 9th Anniversary!!!!

Happy 9th Anniversary Lovey! It's flown by so fast and I can't believe we have our 4th baby on the way! I needed ya! I got ya! I'm keepin' ya! I love ya!

So do you think we've changed in the past 9 years! Hmmmm...........

Draper Temple Openhouse

On March 5th, we went to the Draper Temple openhouse. It was amazing! The kids were sooooo excited to go. Lindsay and Zane had a lot of questions and even more the next morning. Gavin was still kind of sick from having Croup so Dan help him most of the time. Zane did good through most of it until he got really thirsty and kept whining about getting a drink, but the drinking fountains were turned off. I asked Zane what his favorite part was and he first said, "the tunnels!" I explained to him that the tunnels are not part of the temple, we just walked through those so we weren't out in the cold until we got inside. Then he and Lindsay both said the Celestial room was their favorite. They also liked seeing the oxen around the Baptismal font. I've been to several temple openhouses, but never have they let you come into the Sealing room and sit down. It was so nice because we could explain better to the kids how we get married in the temple. Instead of them having the image of walking down the aisle. We also all really liked the cookies and water at the church afterwards.

Lindsay's haircut

Lindsay has been dying to have her haircut for a while now. I let have get a little cut off in November, but that was it. Then she informed me that she wanted it cut to her chin! When I went to my last hair appointment, I told Ginger to just cut off a little at a time. We ended up at about her shoulders (a little over 3 inches) and I told we'd do that for now and maybe the next time go shorter. Her hair is so fine it's hard to do an A line cut on her, so I was too scared to have it to her chin. She loves it though and it's a nice change for her!

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Sleepover!

A couple of weeks ago, Lindsay slept over at Missy's house for Kaelynne's birthday party. So I took Marcus and Spencer, Missy's boys, to my house to sleepover. It was Zane's and Gavin's official first sleepover (well having someone sleepover here). They always have fun with their cousins. They watched "Madagascar 2" at night, then did sword fighting a lot of the next morning. I'm glad they were good, especially since Dan was at a Scout camp that night! :)

What the Croup, again!

So, Gavin has had Croup several times. The first time was 2 years ago when he was 6 months old. He had it so bad he was at Primary Children's Hospital for 2 days. Then he got it again a year ago (also in March) when we were in St. George with Dan's family. We spent half the night in the ER with him then. Then last summer he had it, but it wasn't too bad. Bless my Pediatrician's heart! He have me 2 doses of the steroid they use for Croup to have on hand because he gets it so often and so bad. So he told me at the first signs of it (which I know very well now) I can give him the steroids. Well, this past October he woke up one morning barking like a seal and struggled a little bit to breathe, so I gave him some steroids and it loosened his airway and he was pretty good the rest of the day. Well, thankfully he has been pretty healthy this past winter (better than last year). This past Monday night, we put him down to bed at 8:00. He did not have a cough or a cold. He went right to sleep. At about 11:00 pm, I was in the kitchen and Dan was in our bedroom. We heard Gavin cough and it sounded like a dying seal. Then he started crying and it did not sound good. Dan and I both went running into his room. He was sitting up, half awake. We got him out of his bed and brought him into the kitchen . We lifted his shirt and he was sucking his tummy in so hard to try and breathe (a big sign). We got out our last dose of the steroids, crushed it up and put it in chocolate syrup on a spoon. He fought us to take it, but we got it in him. Then we turned on the hot shower and let the bathroom get steamy. Dan took him in there for about 10 minutes to help open his airway faster. Within the hour he was breathing a lot better. It was so scary and if I hadn't had those meds on hand I would have driven right to the ER, that's how bad he was struggling to breathe. He watched Dan play some video games for a while then he wanted to sleep in his own bed! I was shocked. I wanted him to sleep with us so I could watch his breathing through the night, but he was fighting us to sleep in our bed, which is very strange.

He did good through the night, thankfully. The next day, I took him in to see the doctor. They gave him one more dose of the steroid so he would be ok for that night. Then they gave me more to have on hand. He told me because Croup comes on so suddenly and he gets it so often, it's a good idea to always have it on hand. He said he would eventually grow out of this. I am grateful for medication and for a doctor that trusts me to have the medication on hand. Gavin now has a cold and loose cough, but is doing better. So if you ever wonder if your child has Croup, you can give me a call! :)