Our Sping Break

Our little family has never taken any time to do something over Spring Break and considering this is most likely our last 'Spring Break' with Cory graduating we thought we would make the most of it.

We didn't know if we would make it as Cade was sick at the start of the week and Ethan was a P.I.L.L. each night and we thought he might have had a little something too. By Wednesday afternoon the boys seemed good so we went ahead and left on Thursday morning.

Thursday we went the Denver Zoo and the boys just loved it! Cade is huge into animals and we thought Ethan would at least like the ride in the stroller and being outdoors on such a nice day. It was beautiful weather that day. We were so surprised at how much Ethan enjoyed himself. He just loved it. He would point out when he saw animals and was way more enthusiastic than I thought he would be. Cade liked the elephants playing with a hanging ball and the giraffes and bears. The tapir put on a good show and was swimming about which was fun to watch.







Friday, the weather was terrible and blowy. It literally snowed all day. We met up with out friends and went to the Aquarium. It was fun. My personal favorites were the Otters and the Sting Rays. Cade liked the sword balloon and embossed shark coin he got he tells me. But he seemed to enjoy patting the swimming sting rays too. We went and ate yummy food together at The Cheesecake Factory downtown which was soooo good.








We stayed in Loveland Friday night and just enjoyed the hotel, swimming and playing and relaxing after driving in yucky weather. Saturday we met up with our friends again and shopped and ate and just had a good time.

If you ask Cade about the things he liked best he will tell you about all the activities of the weekend and I am glad he seemed to enjoy it all. I did too!

It's that time and honestly I do enjoy Spring Cleaning. There is something about clearing away physically that doesn't something emotionally for me. Life can get hard and with all up in the air, when all else fails, cleaning doesn't!

Here are some quotes I hold to -

~ The motivational power of clearing up clutter and getting organized is enormous.

~ When the material rubbish of the house is cleared away, the rubbish of the mind tends to follow. This allows new thoughts and energy to come in.

And just because we live in Wyoming....

~ Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. Doug Larson

~ The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month. Henry Van Dyke

Woooo Cool Moves

I was talking to my mum today and thought I should record this one for future memories....

Last week Cade and I were in the store checking out and he was messing around playing with the toys in the isle. I told him to move to me as people were trying to get their groceries unpacked and he was in the way. After the third request, those toys were apparently all too appealing as he didn't move quick enough so I grab his arm and picked him up and in one swift motherly movement I moved him to the other side of me.

He goes, "Woooo mom, that was a cool move!"

The people by me cracked up laughing, it was pretty funny.

Here I thought it might be considered somewhat abusive, but apparently not to the boy on the receiving end!

Another Sewing Creation

for a lovely little lady that is to make her appearance around April 25th!

We had my sister-in-law's baby shower yesterday and it went off well. Jeffi and I put alot of stress and work into it so we are glad it was a fun day for Alisa.

I had been oober busy trying to get this together in time for the shower and stayed up til the wee hours the night before to get it complete. I am not talented when it comes to creating, it takes hard work and time on my behalf but pays off in the end I think. The photos aren't the best, but with little sleep, it's the best I could pull!

Now it's onto the boys bed quilts... no time limit there though! hehe

11 Months

11 months... 11 months! My oh my...

This little boy of mine is just a joy. He loves his brother, is a total mommas boy and wrestles with Daddy and Cade and holds his own. He is still a Jekyll and Hyde when it comes to sleeping, angel during the day, terror at night, but we love him to bits!

At 11 months Ethan is
- Squealing, and whoa does he have a set of lungs...
- Crawling up on hands and feet
- Standing for a few seconds before getting wobbly and falling
- Teething like crazy but still no teeth to show for it
- He shakes his head, "No" when he doesn't want to do something or is mad
- Crys when you scold him, tender heart
- LOVES to climb, came by this honestly as Cade was the same. He finds it such a sense of achievement to climb on Cade's bed or on the couch.
- Crawls to you and sits up reaches for you and flaps his arms if you are too slow at picking him up
- He is FAST when he crawls, speedy. He will put his head down and jabber like he is talking to himself on his way to where he is heading, it's funny
- Ethan is a snuggler, and we LOVE it. He rests his head on your shoulder and just cuddles.
- He loves snacks. Fish, puffs, fruit loops, baby chips.
- His new favorite foods are oranges and bananas.
- If you feed him something he likes he responds, "MMMMMM" like he is loving the taste of that
- Ethan has to be holding a spare paci when he sleeps, it is like his softy love. Cade was partial to his blankey, not one in particular, he had about 3 he was partial to, but Ethan, he would be a happy boy with a paci in his mouth and one in each hand. He will often crawl through the house and find 'paci treasures' and spit the one he has and take on the new one with an "mmmmmm"!
- Ethan LOVES, LOVES Cade! They play all day and it is so wonderful to me. Cade introduces Ethan, "This is Ethan, he is my best friend" and what a blessing that is to hear. When Ethan wakes from naps I say to Cade, "Look Cade!" and he with much excitement says, "Hi Etan (Ethan), you woke up!" Everyday he does this, it is a nice habit!
- This little boy loves his face covered, he will often find a shirt in the folding up (usually Corys) and put it over his face, I think he must like the feel of it. I play it with him often with a burp cloth and he is hilarious, if I take too long to put it back on, his is pulling it from my hand to do it himself.
- He so enjoys playing with toy balls, he will scout them out.
- Ethan would live in the bath if we let him, Cade was also the same. He is so much more confident in the water. Fearless.

We sure are happy to have this little treasure in our home and it honestly feels like he has been here along, just fits, which is the way it should be in my mommy opinion!

And if I could figure how to get videos on here, I would show this boy off... but you will just have to settle for photos ;)

New Hat

I am trying on a new hat. Here is my very first 'girly' sewing creation that didn't consist in blanket form!




Hope the cutest little lady recipient of this enjoys it as much as I enjoyed making it.

Spring Fever

Blog surfing today, I came across an article about Seasonal Affective Disorder or S.A.D for more info check it out HERE

I think we all must suffer from this in one way or another when winter sticks around for longer than we would like. (No this is not a complaint, I know Wyoming weather!)

Lately I have not necessarily lacked motivation, I have just felt restless I guess. Got that Spring Fever itch. I have slowly been tackling all those things that I have wanted to get done but at the sacrifice of other things also. Don't ya hate that!

Cade is so ready to be outside and would kill to go to preschool. We hadn't planned on him attending any type of preschool until the fall so I am busy trying to find things to keep him busy and away from the TV. He loves TV and it is the bane of my existence sometimes I swear!

I have still been exercising most mornings and try to get out with the boys atleast once a day to run a short errand, to the library or something to break up the day. Today we went to a Puppet Show put on by the University and it was fabulous. So great to get out and enjoy new things. Cade loved it and laughed his little head off. It was cute to watch and enjoy him.

GOOD NEWS is ALWAYS the BEST news....

I just got an email update from my sister....

Hi Kathryn

Just letting you know that Kallan has a massive abscess that can be treated with antibiotics. When the surgeons opened him up, puss and goo just oozed out. They all thought it was cancer again and so told Karina that they were all going to buy lotto tickets. What a relief.

Like night and day the feeling of stress and anxiety replaced with absolute joy and relief!!

Thank you Heavenly Father and good doctors and modern medicine

Sending good vibes in the hopes of good news....

All the best for great results and the all clear with the biopsy today. We love, love, love you Kal Pal!!

She's At It Again....

Toni... is ABSOLUTELY talented... check out her new pattern HERE

I really love this and how versitile it is.

To celebrate the release of this lovely new pattern, Toni is having a giveaway. If you want to get an entry to win this fab pattern, leave a lovely comment on her blog!