LEGOLAND!!!

The Monday after Easter the kids, my parents, Brandon and I got a great opportunity to go to Legoland! Friends of the family had bought a two day pass to Legoland and only used 1 day so they gave us the 2nd day for free! We are sooo greatful for the Harkers! We had a great day! My parents and have gone before but for Brandon, Stella and especially Gid were so excited to go for the first time. We had told Gid a few weeks earlier that we were going to go to Legoland which was a bad idea because every morning without fail he asked if that was the day we were going!! HAha! So the day had finally come and He could not be more excited! We had a lot of fun and I am so glad both my parents and especially Gid got to go with us and experiance it with Gid! Stella LOVED the water park/splash area.. My mom ended up buying her and Gid a swim suit so that they could play! However Gid wanted to ride all the rides so we split up so both kids were happy! I am amazed at how well some of the lines are there for the kids. The lines are all shaded and there were even spots the kids could go play in and build legos while the parents waited in line! However the lines were soooo SLOW!! All in all we had a great day spending it with each other and watching the kids experience new things! Thanks again Harkers!! We love you!

ohhh how I thought my life would be EASIER with tubes...

I thought by getting tubes put in my kids ears ALLL trails would go away... Ohh how I thought WRONG!! Seriously why do I hear the opposite of everything. All my friends that had tubes put in their kids ears have all told me how much life is sooo much happier and easier with them. I have had nothing but trials and trials that are never SOLVED. First started off with a few after the surgery Gid kept screaming that his right ear hurt and literally woke up n the middle of the night SCREAMING in pain because of the right ear. So with the THREE count them three times I tok him in for it they never found anything but always told me how well it looks... Really??? So after many weeks of me basically training my son to get used to whatever was happening I took them both in for a recheck about two months later and of course they found fluid in their ears but the funny thing was it was Gids right ear and Stellas left ear that had the fluid. So yes together they would have a complete set of good ears and a set of bad!! So with that appointment they had me come back 2 weeks later to do a pressure test to see if they need to go back into surgery to replace and re-situate.. so we went back to the appointment and can you guess what happened?? Yep thats right they found NOTHING.... SERIOUSLLLLLY? AHHHHH.. so now this last sunday (easter sunday) I look over at Stella at church and her ear is oozing with blood and puss... I can not believe it.. So in the middle of sacrament I went out and called her DR. and to my surprise The Actual Dr. answered the phone! She proceeded to tell me because she has tubes this is a good thing.. because if she didn't have tubes all that puss and blood would be building up and causing an infection.. Not sure how I felt about blood and puss oozing from her ear was a good thing. SO she put her on ear drops and wanted to see her in two days. so we went and saw her on tuesday and of course it had pussed soo much that the drops couldn't even reach her ear canal, so they had to clean it and she is still on ear drops for two weeks and then another recheck. Man I am sooo tired of al these trials, especially with something that was supposed to HELP. my poor babies... I wish I knew where to go from here!

A marine and his wife make two pretty cute recruits!

Yesterday Brandon and I did a lot of cleaning around the house, there came a point where we were out cleaning out Brandons car and packing for his week at drill and the kids got a hold of his covers! SO this is the result of the two recruits!

Easter 2011!

Easter this year once again FLEW by.. as well as all the holidays this year! This year was fun because both of the kids enjoyed it! It first started off with the saturday before we planned to go to Temeculas easter egg hunt.. well we arrived at 10:05 and apparently they reallly meant 10AM SHARP... we were five minutes late and EVERYTHINGGGGGG was gone... I mean GONE. I was sooo sad and I think I was more sad then the kids. I had planned it out, both my parents and my Aunt Melanie and cousin Laney were there as well and when we got their the kids there had taken everything.. I felt soo bad my heart hurt sooo bad seeing my kids standing there with empty baskets with a look of confusion. Secretly I was crying inside and really wanted to cry out loud. So as my parents auntie and cousins hearts were hurting too we decided to tell the kids that we were just "HERE" to see the Easter Bunny and that the 'Egg hunt' was at Grandma and Papas house..! SO we got in line to see the bunny and headed back to the house to fill eggs and Hunt!!! The kids were so cute with the Bunny they smiled sooo cute and were soo happy!! My parents took pics of the Egg hunt so I will have to update on that later.. but as for Sunday morning they were shocked and soo happy with their easter baskets! Easter Bunny did soo good! And their Easter outfits were even cuter! I got their Easter attire at Gymboree and was actually very surprised with the colors I choose for them. I have had waited many years to smother my daughter in pink but this year I went with matching outfits in NAVY BLUE!!! yep you read right navy blue!! I loved them and couldn't get enough! I am getting professional pics done this week but I got a quick snap of them at church to fill your curiosity!! Anyways to sum it up I am Very thankful for our heavenly father and Jesus Christ for the example and the love they have shown...I would not be here with my adorable sweet blessings with out the resurrection and suffering. I am truly truly thankful! Happy Easter Everyone!

It is time!

So I finally have a computer that I love and can do sooo much on! As I test out my new computer I came across my blogs that I have started and realized how neglected they have been for over a year... but more so then realizing that they have been neglected I have realized how fun it is to look back at everything I have blogged about and how much I LOVE that I did that! SOOOO since I want my kids to remember everything that we have gone through and the thoughts emotions and sayings that were shared I am making a new goal to catch up on my blogging and start finishing projects around the house and scrapbook so my kids have something other then a computer to tell/show them that they grew up!! So here it goes! I am going to try and do as much as I can in order but it may be hard so bare with me!

Valentines 2010!

Valentines was a busy day for this little Family!! We woke up sunday and the kids had their Valentines surprise on the table!! Gid was so excited because he got an "awella" (umbrella), and some new trucks and candy! Stella was excited because she got some new treats to munch on for the first time!! After we opened up our surprises we got ready for church and the after church we headed down to my parents where Melanie and the girls were and we had a Big Valentines dinner!! Then we sat around the fire pit and had a talent show with everyone!! It was so fun to be with family on our love day!! We wouldn't have traded it for anything!! Gid was so excited because he spent the day with his cousins and believe it or not they came up with their own little Talent show!! Their too funny!

Little trip to the Wild Animal Park!

We are so lucky to live so close to the Wild Animal Park and have passes to it too! We go there almost every other week or so!! Its awesome because the kids get to explore and mommy gets a very hard workout with all the Hills that it has there!! This time we went we got to meet up with our cousin Kara!! I love spending time with her and I am so glad that she lives even closer to the WAP so we can just pick her up on the way there!!! Anyways heres a few pics of us there!

Papa takes us to Disneyland!

So we all have been promising Gid that Papa is going to take him to Disneyland. Well he finally had a few days off work and we packed up the crew and went to D-land. We had a blast! The day was awesome there was no one there and we were able to do everything. We went on the train and cars and pretty much everything, we saw all the characters and just kind of putsed! It was nice to go while everyone else was at school. Although it was a school day my Aunt melanie pulled her little girls out and met us there. Gid was so excited to play with his cousins and run around with them. It was so funny to watch him try and copy what they were doing. We also got to meet up with Aubrey for a bit before she went to work. Stella liked it to! She was having fun having everyone hold her and pay attention to her! She is such a princess! Nothing better then watching my kids faces light up with their cousins and seeing the characters! We were hoping that Brandon could meet us there but work is taking up A LOT of his time lately so he wasnt able to meet us there. We miss seeing him but it's going to get better!