Visitors

Last week my sister Aubry and her family got to come visit us. We were so happy to have them here, and enjoyed every minute we got to spend together. Although we didn't do much out of the house, we tried to make their visit enjoyable. Ryan and I enjoyed having Michael and Aubry here to play games with at night-I always enjoy game nights! We all loved having Jada here to play with. Carson and Halli really enjoyed helping to feed her! I have some cute photos of them feeding her, but the computer won't load them so I'll have to have Ryan bring his computer home this weekend and I'll upload them tomorrow or Saturday.
Aubry took lots of fun photos while they were here...she is the photographer so I always let her capture our time together. Then I never get the photos-I just hate my camera and can't wait to get a new one so that is another excuse for not taking photos. I did have her take pictures of Carson and Halli for me, and she captured some really cute moments. I can't wait to post them on here...when she sends them to me! Thanks to her for doing that for us every time she visits. It saves me a trip up to the mall, screaming children, and a headache. I can't wait to get them printed though, and hung up on the wall!!!
This week we have been taking it easy. Carson's pre-school went on a field trip, but I of course forgot my, previously mentioned, amazing camera. So all you are missing is some blurry shots of them running around a kids museum. They had a good time...I had an alright time. No, I enjoyed being there with them! I've been doing a lot of yard work this week to prepare our lawn to be over-seeded again. I am determined to get more grass back in the front yard, and get rid of the weeds that are trying to take over our backyard. We really do take good care of our yard, but you just wouldn't be able to tell right now. Our goal this spring/summer is the transform the house on the outside. We'll be painting and doing a lot of yard work. We also put in raised beds for our garden this year, and I've planted seedlings inside. I'm going all out in the garden this year-hoping for the best.

Croup

So apparently my kids aren't just sick...poor little Halli has croup. I was up all night with her last night, and she has been "barking" all day today. I feel so bad for my little girl. Being sick is bad enough, and then she has a horrible horrible cough that isn't easing up at all yet. I'm taking her into the doctor this afternoon-even though croup is a virus and they can't really do much for her. I talked to the nurse on the phone, and she heard Halli coughing and said I better bring her in. (She probably just wants my money...but oh well, I'm a sucker.) She said the doctor may prescribe her something to help with the coughing-I sure hope so because we're really tired today.

We're Alive

Everytime I think about making a post I just think "what am I going to write about?" There hasn't been too much happening with us. I am just excited the weather is warming up a bit and we don't have to be cooped up in the house all day. I just don't do the cold so we haven't left the house much this winter. We did some yard work this past weekend, and it felt really great to get out and work in the yard again. There is a lot of work to do out there so we'll be spending a lot of time in the yard this spring/summer. I'm excited for the upcoming weeks and months.
Today is a sick day here at home. Carson and Halli both have colds...again. We spent the morning on the couch watching movies. Carson and Halli both got to choose one movie and we just spent too much time staring at the TV, but it was nice not to do anything. I didn't worry about cleaning, laundry, dishes, or anything else on my list of things I need to do. I just had a good time hanging out with the kids, and snuggling with them. I sure love those two, and the wonderful time I get to spend with them everyday. Here they are in their spot this morning.