special visitors

grandma gerratt and slater

grandpa playing with the boyz.

sleeping at willow creek grill good thing slater was awake!!

what a weekend. our surprise package arrived on friday evening larry and barbara. wendy also came from SLC. we all headed our to erics for a BBQ and visiting. the kids had lots of fun together. stayed way too late, but lots of fun. zack taught shaydon all about football. breakdown, wrap and pull. dad is proud!! thanks zack. all the boys went early on saturday to zack and nic football games. i worked and then meet them out to erics house. watched to reruns of kate and will wedding. took a little nap. scott helped his parents look for a car. we went to dinner at my favorite place willow creek grill. shaydon was so tired that he literally fell asleep at the dinner table and didn't move when he got in and out of the car 6 times before we got home for the night. CRAZY guy. Those cousins wore him out!!! how fun it was to see the boyz interact with them. it was like they never left!! how special.

goodwill

we have a JAR for times when mom is just to busy to pay tonz of attention to little shaydon!!

thanks to skip to my lou for such a great idea... we use it all the time

one of the tickets said to clean out your toys to donate....

shaydon was soooo excited about doing this.

i am very proud of you, this was done with no wining or moaning

& then kept on me about taking it to the goodwill until we did!

Thanks for keeping me accountable too!!

Love you MOM!

the BIG day

CAST day

no more splint

it sure itches...

get ready...

set......

go......

all done, thanks Dr. Shay

sharing the moment with brother...

flying kites

with papa.....or at least trying.....

happy as a clam.....

(kite flying is one of my favorite things we did growing up.

we had lots of fields and a few did get into the power lines....yikes!! )

our old string kept breaking.....need to get new

everyone trying to get it up

no such luck........only about 3 seconds before the string would break

NEXT TIME PAPA.......

easter sunday

what a good looken group, ugh....

(someday i will get everyone to smile at the same time, i look awful)

maybe subconsciously he is sad about his arm?

his 1st chocolate marshmellows egg, taking after his mom

all finished

look at that bucket! goodies

shaydons bucket, he loves his new glasses, how did the easter bunny know?

we were very lucky to spend easter with my dad. it was a low key weekend but fun.

kite flying, went to see a parade of homes, house in eagle, naps, and a traditional delicious dinner. ham, lime jello, garlic potatoes, sweet potato's, corn, rolls and strawberry shortcake. thanks to everyone for the easter stuff for the kids they are very spoiled by both set of grand parents & aunts!! there is so much candy around the house it's ridiculous. so much for the 10 lb's i need to loose. all of this is nice, but the real reason for easter is JESUS. we are very grateful for his sacrifice for us and everyone. we are grateful for our belief and do our best to teach that to our boys. we hope to be good examples to them. thanks to him for giving us the opportunity to be parents.

carl's jr.

got the best of us today.....

we were enjoying a fun play date with cara, milo and ollie when shaydon started to cry & was holding his arm....as soon as i saw it i knew it was broken, it made me nauseous! call scott and went and pick him up from work and headed to the St. Lukes ER. THANKS to cara for keeping slater while we went.

Hooking up the IV to start the sedation meds.

he cried more at that than the broken arm!! i think cause he could see it.

waiting for him to wake up......

sure love this little boy!!!

loves that he gets to eat a Popsicle at the "hosspittle"

It was a packed room. Respiratory therapist, Nurse, Dr., Scott, Me, Slater and the x-ray machine. he had wires hooked up to his heart and oxygen in his nose. i am glad he was out of it cause it made me squirm... just at the sounds it made. he squirmed a little. he kept saying i am brave right? yep you are i said!!!

He sure got spoiled!!! he got to watch spider man on TV, got spider man stickers, a new hippopotamus book and a toy "ZIP". i am sure i will pay for it when the bill comes right? glad he is doing so well. the pain meds make him a little loopy and so talkative and i thought he asked a lot of questions before the meds. the x-rays were pretty bad. i am going to get a copy of it for his baby book.

we stopped at costco for a berry smoothie for the brave little man. i think we will all sleep well tonight. What an eventful day!! Scott said to me after we had the kids to bed "don't you think we have more drama than anyone we know?" LOL i know right........ or is this just life?? this is after our sump pump went out last week and our basement smells like poop....ugh..... :0)

4 teeth coming in at the same time.......

what a trooper slater is!!

no wonder he had a double ear infection, snotty nose, fussy and drooling constantly!!!

oral gel has become our best friend!!

alli & maddi turn 5

we haven't been able to go to their birthday celebration in 3 years because we are always gone out of town, but not this year!! thanks for inviting us it was lots of fun!!

cute little hobo bags i made each of them, filled with lip gloss, flower clips & candy

the girls

the Gerratts ~ the Hackings ~ the Andersons

social

for the subdivision was at our house 4-6pm. everyone was to bring an appetizer and there baskets for our Easter egg hunt. we ended up having about 30 kids. they had lots of fun and even enjoyed the scavenger hunt after. we invited landon over for the fun and they both had lots of fun together. we ended up having to put the pirates swords away because they couldn't share, but that didn't stop them..... they were off the the sandbox!!! they are so good with each other. Thanks landon for coming & having some fun.

slater enjoyed the fun too

landon and shaydon

they always have to have a silly pix too.....

after everyone left scott became a horse and was giving rides & bucking them off. when i look at there smiles and realize how much fun they are having it makes me smile

LOL

i want to be a........

fire fighter when i grow up.

i went to BLM to sign up as an AD and my friend brad was there and took shaydon out to see the engines & for a ride while i did my paper work!!

his smile says it all.

i am already hearing that all he wants for his birthday is a white fire hat like brad, he only has a red one and it's broke!!

thanks brad........

snow?

we went to the 1.00 store and shaydon wanted this pirate with a boat and treasure chest. so i told him if that is still what he wanted at the end of our shopping trip he could have it if he used his own money. he said he would pay me back when i got home. sure i said!!! But he did. the 1st thing he said when we walked in the door was i am going to go get your money mom. he came up with 1.00 to pay for his toy!! I can't believe he remembered!! Thanks for being honest shaydon!!

later that day it snowed....

i think it will be the last time before spring hits!!