Veterinarian Jaycie

There has been talk at our house about what Jaycie and Nathan are going to be when they grow up. Jaycie has stuck with cowgirl for a while now. Nathan wasn't sure what to be, so I gave him some ideas. The final result was that he would be a veterinarian and Jaycie said that she would bring her horses to him when they are sick. She decided, however, to try her hand at veterinary surgery the other day in her bedroom. She got into the dress up chest for the clothes (my favorite is the 1 princess glove), and the scissors are from her playdough kit. She gave me a thorough description about how she would have to fix the whale's heart because it wasn't pumping enough blood. (She's heard too many cath lab stories I think!!)

Fun in the Tub

We were just being silly with the shampoo making crazy hair. The kids enjoyed it a lot, so I thought that I should capture the moment. We could only accomplish the mohawk with Nathan, but Jaycie likes the "who" look.

Preschool Zoo Trip.....Dinosaurs Unearthed

We are very in to dinosaurs since my dad brought us the Jurassic Park trilogy. I wasn't sure if the movies would scare them, but the kids assured me that they were ok with it and wouldn't let me hide them for a few years.

Jaycie found several tracks and matched them to the chart that showed which dinosaur track she found. She was all about this because they do this in the movies when finding bones. Nathan was mainly slinging sand with the brush. These were neat because you could move their tail, arms, etc. by pushing the buttons. They also roared very loudly.

We couldn't get out of the zoo without stopping for this kid planned photo opportunity. We never made it to see the lions, but the statues are nice!

Margie, Jackson, Nathan, Jaycie, and Joby

The kids found a mister that was on and took off to check it out. It was pretty hot and one of the only days without enough wind to cool us off. After this they were able to play at the play area for a bit before it was time to go. It was a fun afternoon at the zoo!

Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day

On Friday, my day reminded me of one of my favorite childhood books--Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day. I think that I have that right. It has been a long time since I have seen that book. I pulled into my parking spot at work and I heard something pop. I looked around my car and didn't see anything until smoke began billowing from my hood. I thought my car was on fire. I looked under the hood after I finally figured out the latch and there was fluid all over the place. I called Tommy and he figured out the problem quickly. Thankfully, I made it to work because the pop was a radiator hose. OK, no major problem...Tommy can fix it easily. Then as I am just beginning my first procedure of the day, the day care calls and says that Jaycie has pink eye. What in the world was I to do about that with a patient on the procedure table and a non functioning car in the parking lot. I was able to hold the day care off for a bit. I really didn't (and still do not believe that she had pink eye) She got something in her eye playing outside on Thursday and we rinsed it out and I think that it was irritated. Tommy came up to work on his lunch break to fix the car in case I could get away to go get Jaycie, but I was scrubbed in and was unable to bring him my keys. Not that it was going to happen for me anyway on a crazy busy day at the Heart Hospital. Tommy's job is still a bit tender because he is so new and I hate to do anything to compromise his job by having him leave for the day. It has been wonderful to us!!! And then, we were rescued by Tammy who I work with. She offered to help and was our angel for the day. She picked Jaycie up from school and made it to the pediatrician's office (without much notice). Totally took care of everything at the office and even paid my copayment. She then proceeded to take Jaycie for ice cream and lots of shopping. What a day she had...and continues to talk about. She came home with a bag of dresses, 2 pairs of flip flops, a pair of sunglasses, and a few McDonalds toys that she had stashed and entertained Jaycie with. When they came back to see me, one of the surgeons took this picture in the hall of the hospital with his phone and sent it to me. I am glad that Jaycie had a wonderful day because mine was quite stressful being at work and unable to take care of anything...especailly not getting the keys to Tommy because I was in the middle of a procedure. My procedures for the day were long and frustrating too, which added to my anxiety. A "special" doctor flipped out on us all and was careless and sprayed blood on me and the scrub tech while screaming etc. etc. That's what I felt like doing too throughout the day. Many many thanks to Tammy for saving the day. Jaycie and I love her and are so grateful for a wonderful friend!!!

Easter Sunday

The LOOT!!!

It was a very wet and a little chilly Easter Sunday today. There was no egg hunting for us today, but we still had lots of fun! The kids were excited to wake up to this!! My mom and I went shopping with our coupons yesterday and we just added the clothes to the baskets. Tommy said that it looked more like Christmas than Easter.

We colored eggs before church after we peeled the candy out of the kids hands. We also had our own little fashion show. Jaycie loves to try on clothes, and Nathan was thrilled with his 2 sets of Lightning McQueen jammies!

One of the things that I was most excited with today was Jaycie giving her scripture in Primary. I shouldn't mention the bribery that went in to it......but she did a great job. The last 3 times that she was supposed to give a talk or something she never did. It was getting frustrating for me. We have been making slow progress though. Her last talk she at least stood at the podium when Daddy gave her talk about families. But today, she spoke audibly into the microphone and did the whole scripture

John 14:6

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Sister Hickey reminded us that the Easter egg represents life and we color it to make it new. I liked that because I often forget what eggs have to do with it. Primary was spiritual today. The kids all did wonderfully with their talks and prayers. I am especially grateful today for my Savior. Jaycie's scripture reminds me of that. I am grateful for my family and for my Mom today. We had a nice weekend with her and I even got an Easter dress (or 2) and some jammies. We had a ham dinner with Grandpa and G.G. (and celebrated her birthday too) and then enjoyed decorating our colored eggs afterwards with glitter, pains, and stickers.

Happy Easter!!!

Easter Pics 2009

Grandma loves to do pics...and I let her! We went to Portrait Innovations on Easter Eve and had pics of all of the grandkids (Jaycie, Nathan, Huddson, and Hollister) Here are my favorites. Huddson and Hollister weren't very excited about picture taking, but the grandparents got one good group pic of the 4. It is hard to get 4 toddlers all looking at the camera at the same time...especially while people are jumping around trying to get them to smile. Anyway, I was happy with the pics even though Nathan kept biting his lip. Thanks Grandma Brown for the cute Easter clothes!!!

Grandma Rita's B-Day at Arcadia

We made the most out of a cold weekend for Grandma Rita's Birthday. They came up for the day and we met at Arcadia Lake in Edmond. We found a nice campsite protected from the wind by the trees and made a fire in the fire ring and a fire in the grill. Dad was the chef and made buffalo burgers and dogs. We had a nice picnic. The kids wore out grandma at the playground and down by the water throwing in rocks. We fed some ducks one of our hot dog buns down by the water too! After lunch, we took a hike close by and saw some large deer tracks! We wrapped up the day by going to Pops down the street and loaded up a 24 pack crate of different sodas. Lots of root beers for me and cream sodas for Tommy. It was a fun stop and a great afternoon.

Note: This was our last outing with the 4Runner! :( Farewell picture...Maybe someday again!!!

Red Rock Camping

Tommy went to help on a boy scout campout to Red Rock and we got to come too!! The Poyner's were going, so we decided to join them. We had a wonderful time!! The weather was great! Jaycie, my little monkey, loved to climb the canyon rocks!
Of course we had smores!! (My favorite, but my fam just likes to make them) Here we are with Jackson Poyner

The 4 kids had a great time and explored all kinds of things! This is Jaycie and her friend Lincoln Poyner.

One of my favorite things that we did was our nature hike. While the big boys went on their hike...we did a kid (and mom) friendly one. It was awesome. It is beautiful out there and there were cool things to see. Thankfully, we brought Jeff Poyner because we got into a steep drop and had to be helped a bit. We made an assembly line in getting the kids down safely and well, Christine and I made it too. That's all that I can say for us! It may not have been pretty. Nothing broken though!!! At the end, Jaycie found a rail to climb on like a balance beam. She loved these, but it slowed down progress a lot because all of the kids had to try it out. We had a great time though!