Back to real life

We made it home from Utah on Friday. My brother Brett and his little girl Kayla Sue made the long drive 16+ hour drive with us. We made it a two day trip and left on Thursday. We had pretty nice driving weather. It seemed to be that we were just a couple of hours behind the storms. Thank goodness. There was a Tornado in the city of Kearney Nebraska where we stayed the night about five hours before getting there. And another tornado on I-80 just past Kearney only an hour before getting there. After getting back on the road Friday moring we truly felt blessed that we were behind the storms. Looking at pictures of the aftermath of a tornado is nothing compaired to driving through it. And silly me I didnt take any pictures. Anyway we are home safe. We had a nice weekend with Brett and Kayla and took them to the airport yesterday. Now it is back to real life. Pictures of our Utah trip to come later.

Utah!

We made it to Utah. After thinking that we were going to drive all night, we left Tuesday night around 9. We drove until about 3am and we were both so tired we decided to get a hotel room. Yikes we spent 60bucks on a room we used for three and a half hours. Then back on the road again for ten more hours. We were both so tired I think we are still recovering. The kiddos still fall asleep every time we get in the car. No naps and trying to see people while everyone is still in town is really wearing them out. Ty has been so excited to see family/cousins, he has been super hyper and is just exhausted at the end of the day. Hopefully things will slow down from here. This afternoon we dropped Chris off at the airport so he could go to the ACOGmeeting in New Orleans until the 7th. I would have loved to go with him, I just didn't want to take the kiddos and our families would be working so I thought I would spend time with our families instead. When Chris comes back, He will be here in Utah until the 10th then fly home to missouri to start his second round of night rotations. Hence the reason the kiddos and I are staying here. We will be here for the majority of May. We will miss Daddy but enjoy being able to spend time with our family and friends.

Eighteen Months!!!

Any LDS mom knows how important turning eighteen months is. Thats right, Miss Lucy went to nursery for the first time on Sunday!! Chris was on call yesterday, so it was nice to take the kiddos alone and be able to listen to the lessons. I was pretty impressed she went into class and I walked out, It was kind of nice to walk away without screaming.(Like Ty for quite a few months) I still can't believe how old she is. No longer a baby but a little girl. Where did my baby go?

Lucy's Buddy

When Chris first brought our puppy Shelly home, our kiddos were terrified of her. Ty is slowly coming around to her but Lucy has now found a new buddy. Wherever Shelly is laying Lucy will find her to sit by her. Many times Lucy will finish dinner just to get down under the table because Shelly is there. I find it pretty cute that they are such good buddies.

Catch Up

Because I haven't posted for a while I now get to play catch up. So bear with me. I will start on the things that I don't have pictures of and move on to others. Not every thing will be in order but at least they are getting posted. I decided I was going to miss our family Greek Easter party in Utah next week, so we held our own party. We invited some friends over on Sunday and we made a ton of Greek food. It turned out to be such a beautiful day, the temp was in the 70's so we were able to play and eat outside. I'm not sure how much every one liked the food, but Chris and I thoroughly enjoyed it and have been snacking on it for the last two days. The snacking is kind of a bad thing because Chris and I have started a weight loss challenge. Who ever gets to twenty first gets a select prize. For me a Kitchenaid and Chris a Tablesaw. I still hate exercising but at least I have a motivator (it's pretty sad that just being healthy isn't a motivator for me). another thing that happened, on Sunday the primary sang in sacrament. Ty's first primary singing experience. He wouldn't go up unless Chris or I went up with him. So Chris went up to be the only adult with all the primary kiddos. I was in the back being the proud momma because it looked like he was actually singing I was thinking to myself he is singing but he is probably singing I am a child of God (not the song being sung) boy I was wrong! Chris came back laughing because Ty was singing, but he was singing his own song...."Some dinosaurs eat other dinosaurs." I'm glad Chris was up there to hear what our silly boy was singing.

Home Depot

Saturday We got a suprise, Daddy came home from his call night at the hospital very peppy because he got five hours of sleep (normally 1 or 2 hours is good) So instead of Chris sleeping and Me trying to keep the kiddos quiet while He was sleeping, We decided it was such a beautiful day we would clean up our backyard while the kids played. While we were working we decided we needed more lawn bags and wanted to talk to someone about our lawn anyway, so we packed up the kiddos and headed over to Home Depot. While walking through the store, they had a kids workshop where kiddos could make and take a planter box (this month). What a fun thing, they give the kids an apron or as Ty calls it an aprochaun and puts their name on it to keep. It was such a fun thing to watch Chris and Ty sit there building together. I actually wish I had my camera but we did'nt know. I guess Home Depot has a kids workshop the first Saturday of every month. I definatly think we will go back if we can remember.

Here is Ty and his box he was so proud of it!

He carried it around most of the day wanting to paint it.

The next morning

Ty is painting it "just the perfect color "

Good thing I had some black paint around
Lucy wanted in on the action so I used Grandma Cooks trick. (water, a paint brush and construction paper) what a cheesy smile, and messy hair!

Easter

Happy Easter!!

What a wonderful time to reflect on the Ressurection of our Savior Jesus Christ,

and all he has done for us. I'm so grateful for all we have. Here are some pictures of our day

We started the day off by getting up super early to get ready for church. We had to be there early because Chris and I were speaking. (of all days to speak !!!) Thank goodness the kids had to look super cute it helped get my mind off wanting to throw-up.
Ty was so excited to finally wear his new dinosaur tie
Lucy was more excited to see what was in her basket but I was loving the puffy dress. Girls are so much fun
After church and naps we decorated easter cookies (Thanks Grandma Cook!)
Lucy found the easter grass and decided it was fun to throw everywhere. I put it away not to long after all her fun. Happy Easter Again!