April 2013

This was a busy month running to and from track meets, doctor appointments and other meetings.  Dad was also gone two weeks out of the month which was hard for everyone.

Keely turned 7 months old this month!

Declan had a bunch of medical issues going on this month that led us to take him to several doctors, even allergy testing (which came back negative).  He had come down with diarrhea that lasted a very long time and was breaking out into hives.

One of the first signs of spring...love me some daffodils!

Mom was finally out of the boot and was going to physical therapy twice a week.  However, there was a pain in the opposite side of the ankle.  It was mentioned to the doctor and he brushed it off.  The physical therapist was not happy with that and asked the DR to come and feel the popping while doing squats.  The DR then ordered mom to have an MRI on the ankle and it was discovered that there is a bone chip in the ankle joint that is causing the pain.  Now it is on to meeting with a specialist in Boise.

Chase and Trey participated on the West Minico track team this year.  It was fun to see them each compete in their events.  Trey ran the 100m, 100m hurdles, and the long jump.  Chase ran the 100m and threw shot-put and discus.  It was a lot of fun to watch each of them.  At the Jerome track meet Chase got 3rd overall for the 8th grade boys in the 100m (12:58 seconds).  For shot put he threw 39'5" which put him 1st for the boys and then for discus he threw 113' 11", beating 109", to get first place.  He was so excited!  Trey did great in his events as well.  He ended up getting third in the hurdles which was awesome because it was 6th and 7th grade boys combined.

Hanging out at the meet

Toward the end of the month the weather was warming up so after picking Zander up from Kindergarten we (Z, M, D, and K) would meet dad at a local park for lunch.  It was fun to see him during the day and the kids loved being able to play.  Keely and Declan both loved swinging.

Zander also lost his first tooth on April 28th.  He was so excited to get his tooth cake--we waited until dad got home from his business trip on May 1st to have the cake

And then of course a few random shots....

October 2012 (part 2)

Matt and Chase spent a couple weekends up in Copper Basin hunting for elk and deer.  Chase and Matt both got a deer.  Chase was so excited to shoot his first deer.  They saw a lot of elk and even shot at some, but didn't get anything.  They had a scary moment when they were shot at.  They are thinking it was intentional because they were wearing their hunter orange and no where near another animal.  Scary! 

Chase's hand next to a wolf print

 

The last week of October is always crazy with Halloween fun and McKay's birthday.  We started off the week with our annual pumpkin night.  We had "Dinner in a pumpkin" and then carved pumpkins and had a pumpkin dessert.  It was fun to see everyone's pumpkin designs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We celebrated McKay's birthday the next night (October 30th) due to our ward Halloween dinner and trunk-or-treat on Halloween night.  It is hard to believe that McKay is already 4...where does the time go?  McKay chose to have ranch cheese pizza, jello, pineapple, and carrots for his birthday dinner.

  

 McKay got several trucks and other fun stuff for his birthday. 

 

For his birthday cake McKay chose cupcakes...with filling in the middle and flavored frosting.  Yum!

 

 

And Halloween....EVERYONE had fun dressing up this year.  Dad was a redneck, mom a baker, Chase a cowboy, Trey a phantom, Layton a penguin, Zander a raccoon, McKay a cow, Declan a dragon, and Keely a ghost.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A couple random pics....such handsome kids!