Idaho- day 1

Here are some random pictures from while matt and my aunt amy's family were here.  We love to have fun and take pictures- so be ready for a lot!! HAHAHA!!

The accident

yes, we had an accident at the blessing--but it wasn't as bad as it could have been! And I had lots of people there to help me clean it up! LOL!

Lexie's blessing day

On Sunday, we blessed Lexie at my mom's church.  My dad, mom, and 2 of my sisters (KATE WE MISS YOU!!), my aunt amy, uncle mike, my cousins-Chelsy, Megan and Ashtyn, and all my moms friends were there.  It was such a special time to be together and I'm so glad most of us were together.  We were missing my sister, Kate, her husband, Derrick, and my cutie niece Kylie.  It's so hard to live far away, and not always get to be together.  My mom's friends up here are so nice, and they've taken us in like we've known them forever! I love it! 

However--I do have to mention that we did have an incident- we were taking pictures in front of the church BEFORE the blessing and I put my hand under Lexie's dress....yep- you guessed it--i had a handful of poop on me! YIKES! I tried my best not to cry and be upset about it! Luckily, it only got on the back of the dress, so we were able to hide it.  My mom's friend, Carla, took a picture of it that I forgot to put on here--I'll add it after this post.  ;)

Idaho road trip

SOOOO--how's this for an adventure!  For some retarded reason, Colorado weather decided to bring a BLIZZARD the very weekend that we were driving up to go to Colorado and Idaho.  Seriously people- this was a MONSTER storm!  FEET of snow in a matter of hours.  So we decided to leave at 1pm on Thursday- which put us at my sister, Ellie's, house at around 2am.  We went through a horrific storm between Lubbock and Amarillo--luckily we missed the actual storm and was just in the aftermath.  There was flash flooding apparently and both sides of the freeway looked like a river! And there was so much hail piled up on the sides of the road it looked like snow.  THANKFULLY- we didn't have too bad weather and got up to Ellie's safely.  HOWEVER- by the time we got to Colorado springs, it was already snowing in Denver and the road from Cheyenne to Rawlins (the very road we need to take to get over to Idaho) was closed!  YIKES! I hate driving in snow- remind me to tell you our crazy stories at another time!  For some reason we have the WORST luck when it comes to driving to Colorado during snowy periods!   

Anywhoo-- we cooled our heels at Ellie's apartment on Friday, and decided to leave Saturday morning around 7.  We drove south to Pueblo and took "the scenic route" (code for LONGER) across highway 50 and met up with I70 in Grand Juction, then drove across southern Utah to I15 and on up to my Aunt Amy's house in Layton.  We made it there at about 7pm. We had a pit stop and gave the baby a bath, then we were on the road AGAIN to go up to my mom's in Idaho. (5 more hours)  We got to mom's at about 130 am.  I can't tell you how nice it was to finally be THERE!  :)  We only had one kinda snowy part at a mountain pass-- I was freakin out cause I get terrified.  I always come up with silly scenarios about what bad things could happen to us.  Yes, I even annoy myself people, but I can't help it.  Let me give you an example- "what if a bear rolled down the mountain and fell on our car and we careened off the cliff and died?!?!" Don't make fun of me.  ANYWAY- I have to tell you- I have the BEST baby!  She didn't make a single peep for the entire car trip- she barely even ate! She slept the entire time and was an absolute angel. Did I mention how much I love her?!?  

Well , we are finally here and having such a fun time already! 

My Girly Friends

About 1 Friday every month or so, a group of us girlys gets together to chit-chat and relax together.  This past Friday, everyone came to my house and we had a pot luck dinner and lots of fun conversation!  We are missing a couple of ladies, but for the most part, we were all there.  I am definately going to miss Erin and Kristen when they move early this summer. BOOOO!! I've had so much fun getting to know them better, and our group will be lacking when they are gone!  Take care ladies--and don't be strangers! Come visit us!!  Here's all of us at about midnight....forgive my tired look! hahahaha

EASTER

Well, Easter around here this year was the quietest it's been in about 5 years!  I forgot how boring Holidays are without my kiddos!! I miss them so much!  We went over to Matt's parents for lunch and then off to church.  No egg hunts, egg coloring, or fun watching the kids discover their easter baskets.  Pretty quiet--which will for sure change when we get to Idaho on Saturday! HAHAHA!  As you can tell, Lexie was NOT having fun in these pictures! 

Wimberley

On Saturday, we went to Wimberley with Matt's mom and dad.  Wimberley is a small town by San Marcos.  It's like Fredricksburg and Boerne.  We ate at a neat place by the river called Ino's, and then just walked around and window shopped for a few hours.  Lexie did super good-she slept the whole time in the car, woke up to eat when we got to the restaurant (perfect timing!), lounged in the snugli *and fell asleep*, then fell asleep on the way home. What a good girl!  

5-6 weeks

Here's some recent pics of my little bundle of love....she's 6 weeks old tomorrow! that i can't believe!!!  STOP TIME-STOP!!!  Lexie's a really good baby and we're enjoying our days together until the older kids get home.

My kids in Idaho

My mom sent me some cute pictures of the kids today---they are having so much fun in Idaho! Brian wants to know when he starts kindergarten there, and they both said that they were going to hide from me so that I can't take them home!  I don't know whether to be sad that they don't want to come home, or happy that they're having so much fun up there! 

oh--in the 3rd picture can you tell how covered in dirt they are!?!?! LOL!  Hilarious!