Yep, we are Trekkers!

No, we are not star trekkers, we are pioneer trekkers. We got asked to be a Ma and Pa for our Stakes trek in June. It is kinda short notice, but it has influenced Phil and I to get out an walk to be ready for the 12-14 mile hike each day. I'm really excited to go. I've really wanted to go, Phil not so much, but I think he will like it. Also, I recently got a calling as Ward Activities Chair. I have some ideas for activities, but if anyone has ideas, let me know. With this new calling I've officially decided that I only receive "fun" callings, not spiritual ones. Maybe that is something I need to work on.......

Update on Gavin

Gavin had surgery on Wednesday at Primary Childrens. All went well and the Dr. said it was pretty large. He cleared Gavin to play football in two weeks, if he felt up to it. I must say he didn't bounce back as fast as the first one, but slowly he is doing better. He is mad that he can't run and play. He reminds us frequently that he is ok, yet he can't get out a vehicle on his own or climb into bed without wincing. Stinker!

She's 4 years Old!!!!

I can't believe my little girl turned 4 over Easter weekend! It seems like just yesterday I was sitting at the hospital holding her and thinking, "Great! a girl." She is a little moody at times and the PMS has already started, but all in all, she is a great daughter. She makes me laugh with her grown up attitude and her hilarious speech problem. I love her to death and even though she is a girl, I wouldn't trade her for anything! I love you Jace! She had a great birthday with her cousins. She got lots of Littlest Pet Shops(LPS). (she calls them Polly Chop, Chops) She got her Princess Aurora horse and a Mariposa barbie. The Hinton's got her bra and panties (thanks Jenn) and new jammies. The Yei's got her a new doll blanket, a sparkly baton, and rolly bath soap. The Tate's got her 2 webkinz. Grandma and Grandpa Bottema got her a new bouncy ball and a LPS bedspread. Grandma B got her school work book, hair accessories and lip gloss.

She wanted a LPS cake, so rather than have one made I bought her some LPS to stick on top. Not too creative, but she loved it.
Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail...

Amongst all our chaos of Easter weekend, the Easter bunny found our house and delivered some goods. The kids each got a movie, Ky-Pinocchio, Gavin-Narnia, Prince Caspian (who is hot) and Jaycee-Tinkerbell. They got an article of clothing, a bath toy, under-roos and some candy. Because I had a meet, the Easter bunny didn't hide the eggs and left a note telling us to hide them when mom got home so she could witness the finding of them. (Thanks Easter Bunny!) We didn't get to the egg hunt until after church on Sunday, which was sunnier anyway. The kids had fun finding them and helping Ky find his. Ky even got good at picking them up and dropping them into his basket.



The kids also got Easter outfits, of course. Jaycee picked out hers and calls it her Tinkerbell dress. Gavin picked out his and Ky's.

Too Dye For....

I know it's late, but tis the season. We colored Easter Eggs with the cousins here at my house the Wed. before Easter. We tried to time it while Mason was asleep. He did wake up during the middle, but he wasn't even the least bit interested. Of course the kids got dye everywhere, but had a lot of fun coming up with their crazy creations. Jaycee, however, would not part with the pink dye for the life of her and every egg (all 18) were pink. We had to make another pink up just so others could have a chance. Kyson was funny. We gave him a hard boiled egg unpeeled. He played with that stupid egg for 30 minutes. Then we peeled it and gave it to him. He wasn't sure about it at first, but once he figured out it was food, he shoved it in as fast as possible. Like I said, it was fun and a tradition that my kids look forward to every year.

Karma? I believe so....

If any of you know my hubby, you know that even though he works in the medical field, he and vomit DO NOT mix. They never have, and I highly doubt they ever will. I must say he has gotten better with our children and their spewing episodes, but it takes all he has to help them and if he doesn't HAVE to he disappears quickly. So call it Karma or whatever you like, but it never fails, once track season starts, Jaycee gets the stomach flu and it is ALWAYS on the night before and EARLY meet. I HATE IT. With this in mind, let me give you the low down on our spring break. Thursday before Easter, Phil is home from work holding Mason as I sneak out the door to practice, when all of a sudden, BLAAAAAP! Yep, Mason pukes ALL over Phil the rug and the floor. Phil is looking queasy as I quickly clean up the floor and Mason. He races to the room to get out of his clothes and requests a quick shower. I agree, even though I am officially late to practice. All seems well and I leave for practice. I return home to Phil flustered as Mason woke up from a nap a puked on him AGAIN. I chuckle, because it's Karma. Mason goes the rest of the day fine, but at 2:00 a.m. Jaycee wakes up and forgets to tell me she is going to throw up. As she vomits in my bed, I chuckle once again, God is a prankster. Once the sheets have been removed, new pjs, and a large towel placed in the bed, I drift off to sleep, only to have her continue to throw up through out the night every 20 minutes until 6 a.m. when my alarm goes off. Mind you this whole time, she has YET to make it to the toilet. I have changed the sheets three times, and soiled every towel in my house. Phil politely removed himself from our room and slept in Gavins room and Gavin was sleeping in Jaycee's bed. I go wake him up so he can get to work. He calls his work and tells them he won't be coming in so he can stay home with me and help with the kids. At 9 a.m. after we still can't hold anything down, we call the Dr. who advises us to come in and see him to check for dehydration. We get in to SLC without her vomiting once. She is bouncing off the wall at the Dr's office and I think to myself, a $35 co-pay wasted. Sure enough, she is fine and has a mild virus. On the way home, after 2 hours of no problems, she begins to vomit again. I have to bag going to my meet and begin the never ending LOADS of laundry. As the night progresses things look better. Then Gavin starts with some diarrhea, nothing major, but still.... On Saturday, I leave for the second day of the meet with Kyson. All is well with everyone, until that evening when Phil is holding Kyson and he proceeds to throw up all over Phil. This time, I laugh out loud and curse the heavens. Easter Sunday Phil wakes up with the stomach flu. His sister comes home from a weekend at Lori's sick, and we find out that our little bug has traveled to 4 other families!!! It was not good!!!!! So yes, if anyone asks Karma is real and God gives us Karma to remind us all that he has a sense of humor!!!!!

GO VIKINGS!!!!!

Gavin wanted to play a spring sport and was positive that he didn't want to play baseball. He decided on flag football. He hasn't done to bad, but we have decided our son is a "fair weather" player. He hates it when it is cold. He is on the Vikings and is having fun. He plays every Saturday at 11:00. I have missed a few due to track, but we have worked it out that either Phil or myself is there for the games. Due to another hernia, he has to stop playing and won't be able to play for at least 6 weeks. The season will be over by then, so I feel bad, but we are getting the hernia taken care of on Wednesday.
Gavin likes playing QB, but I'm shooting for RB. He has got some speed, but he has to stay focused on where he is running. He tends to drift....... I also need to teach him how to run exactly, but he really is having fun and learning which is just fine by me!