Mayson's Dance Recital

Mayson is with a new dance studio this year, and is doing great. She does tap and ballet and has learned so much!! She had her recital at one of the big auditoriums at one of the colleges here and was very excited about it. She looked beautiful and she did so well!!

Asher's 2nd Birthday

asher turned two this year, and we are so grateful he is here with our family. He is so happy and full of life. He is such a boy, and is constantly throwing something, jumping off something or tackling someone. He definitely does not have a shortage of energy. We just had a little family party with him here at the house./ He got a GeoTrax train for his birthday and has been in heaven with it ever since!

Kaleb's 10th Birthday

Can you believe he is really ten?? It does not seem like that long ago that we had him. Well, maybe that depends on the day! We love him so much and he has grown into such a nice young man. He kind of didn't have the greatest of birthdays this year as his little brother was still in the hospital. Asher cam home that night and we all went out that night for birthday dinner. His party didn't happen until about a week and a half later, but it was worth the wait. We had a kickball party over at the school and it was so much fun. We had pizza, and as you can see a lovely "kickball" cake that was melting in the heat, and we all had a great time playing kickball. It was a lot of fun!

Asher goes to the Hospital

So, this is where our blogging really went downhill last spring. On Memorial Day, we got up in the morning to find Asher semi-conscious on his bedroom floor. After some debate as to what on earth was wrong (he really looked like he was drugged) Larry hauled him to the emergency room. By the time they figured out what was going on, his eyes had rolled back into his head, he was completely unconscious and his body was twitching and starting to seize. So, apparently that morning his blood sugar checked in at a whopping 16! For anyone one who knows, that is pretty much where you flat line. Needless to say, we almost lost our little Asher that morning and it really scared us. he spent two days in the PICU and they sent him home with a blood sugar meter and other paraphenelia to take care of him if it dropped again. We came home with no idea what had happened and instructions on how low was too low and when to bring him back to the hospital. Needless to say, this little incident threw our lives into a period of paranoia about it happening again, and a little bit of adjusting. All I can say is that everyone at the hospital was in love with him by the time he left. He was so good natured about the whole thing!!

The Kids Having Fun

Ohhh... look at all my binkies. You know you wish you had one too.

Who says you can't look fabulous while doing your yard work??

Do I have something on my face??

Mayson and her friends from school checking out an alligator skull.

Yeah, we're cool...

Grrrr, look how scary I am mom.

Kaleb in his first Orchestra concert. He did a great job and we can't wait for the next one!

The Dream Jam Band

Asher got tickets to see the Dream Jam Band down at Playhouse square as his Christmas tickets last Christmas. They weren't until May which is good because he was a little bigger and able to enjoy it more. You can see he thought he was the coolest kid around at McDonald's with dad afterward!

Asher got tickets to see the Dream Jam Band down at Playhouse square as his Christmas tickets last Christmas. They weren't until May which is good because he was a little bigger and able to enjoy it more. You can see he thought he was the coolest kid around at McDonald's with dad afterward!

Rhyan's Recital

Rhyan had her dance recital in May and looked awfully cute... she makes a great flower!!

Mayson's 7th Birthday

Mayson turned seven this year - wow!! She is getting so big and is such a beautiful girl. She wanted a Wizard of Oz party this year, which worked out great because she wants to be the Wicked Witch of the West for Halloween this year. Yeah... we get to use the costume twice! Either way, she had all her friends over and had a great time. We had strawberry shortcakes (yum) for her cake, and as you can see, Asher loved the whip cream!!

Junie B. Jones

This year Mayson's tickets from Christmas were to go see Junie B. Jones at Playhouse Square. It was fun and she seemed to enjoy it. We went to Wendy's for lunch before the show and stuffed ourselves with Frosty's. Yumm!!

Crazy, crazy hair...

We had to get some pictures of the kids with their hair going crazy. They were jumping on the trampoline and it was so funny, especially Asher's. The pictures don't do it justice.

Easter

We got home just in time for Easter. The kids got to bed late and woke up to candy. There was a little concern when they went to bed, because we hadn't gotten the easter baskets dug out yet, but it all worked out. It was nice that we had conference that weekend, because there is no way we would have made it to church by nine that morning. It took a few days to get back on Cleveland time again.

Sunny California

So, the point of our trip was to go to California and check some things out to see if that is where we are going to be moving to. Larry spent some time with some local dentists for his externship, and I got to hang out with Becky and find info on housing and land and all that kind of fun stuff. Grandma Ursi kept the kids for a few days, and they had a blast with her. We got them back from her Saturday night so they could spend the rest of the trip out in California with us. Becky's kids were all out for spring break that second week, so the kids got to hang out and play all week. Everyone had a great time!! We love California... it's beautiful and sunny and warm. And the fact that the Campbells are there helps as well. It's hard to make an unbiased decision on where to go when you are hanging out with your best friend the whole time. Anyway, we went to the beach, the Mormon Battalion center in Old Town San Diego, and the Wild Animal Park. The kids spent the entire week outside and loving it. We can't wait to visit again, but we'll have to give them a little while to recover from the last time all six of us invaded before we ask again! Our last might was spent at Circus Circus in Vegas. We drove in Friday night to make it easier to get to the airport Saturday morning. The kids were up in the arcade/amusement park until about 11:30 that night and had a blast. They came home with all sorts of junk they won. According to Kaleb, it was the best night of his life!