Stomach Flu

UGH! Our home waited until the last week of flu season to get the stomach flu. What a joy. Alden and Collyn got it on Thursday night, Lyndon got it on Saturday night, and I got it on Sunday night. Poor Lyndon missed Easter service and Easter dinner at my parents house and I was able to see Easter dinner... twice. I think we are finally better, thank goodness. Our little guys were so miserable.

Standing Man

1 week shy of 8 months old, Collyn decided this is what he needed to start doing. Let the exhaustion begin.

My Sweet Boys

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, I'm going to be that parent! I love my boys to the moon and back! They are the sweetest things ever. Alden is 2, but you wouldn't know it. He is so sensitive and sweet. He cares about peoples feelings already and is constantly worried where is brother is and loves to play with him. His vocabulary is above and beyond where is should be.

Collyn has a whole different personality than Alden, which I love. Alden loves to be snuggled at night (We are still fighting him being in our bed at night) But Collyn wants his own space when he is sleeping. However, he is the baby that wants to be held ALL.. DAY.. LONG. If you walk away from him, he will let you know, at a very high volume. He has the best little giggle and already picks on his older brother.

Together, the boys are already best friends. It is the sweetest thing. Alden wants Collyn to play with him all the time, and Collyn loves the attention so they play together really well. We are so blessed with these two precious boys.

My Mini-Firefighters

Alden and Collyn played in this thing for over a 1/2 hour. Which is a long time for a 2 year old and a 7 month old.

Trip to the Park

FINALLY! It is warm enough to go to the park! I told my niece, Hannah, and Alden that we could only go to the park if it was 50 degrees or above. Every day I picked up Hannah from school, she would look at the thermometer on the dash board and say, 46 degrees, 4 more until we can go to the park!

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to take Hannah to the park, but Alden and Collyn and I made our way there. It was above 60 degrees that day. In Idaho, this means shorts weather. You would be surprised how many parents had their kids in shorts and t-shirts that day. I was still wearing a sweater.

I invited my friend, Kristin, to come with us and her 2 boys that are the same ages as our boys. Alden and Logan ran around and played and Collyn and Ronan sat on a blanket and played with toys while Kristin and I talked. My sister, Sarah, and Parker came because she lives less than a block away from the park we went to. My sister, Susan, showed up on her lunch break from work to play with the boys. She ended up pushing Logan and Alden on the swings for about 15 minutes. Thanks to her, this is the least fun thing I like doing at the park... Swing pushing!

It was such a great day at the park....

Monster Search

Alden had a MagLite and Lyndon had a toy hammer... We know who was better armed.

Cabin Fever Night

Every year on the first Friday of March, the Intermediate school in town puts together a fundraiser, Cabin Fever Night. The high school gym is filled with booths of games, cake walks, face painting, bounce houses and Bingo. The cafeteria has food booths with Mexican food, Ice Cream Potatoes, Walking Tacos, Smoothies, etc, and the auditorium is filled with a crowd to watch the Honor Choir, Cloggers, Fiddlers, and of course, the Next Step Dancers.

My dancers did sooo good this year. A couple of the classes finished their routines that week and performed it Friday. I was so amazed at how well they did. We took all the classes, except the tumblers. We had a 1/2 hour show.