Utah here we come

We are leaving to go to Utah/Idaho tomorrow morning. Brody has spring break so we are going to take off for a week and visit Brody's family and a couple of my siblings. Doing things like this reminds me how nuts my parents were. I mean, I'm stressed packing and getting ready to traveling with 3 kids (Brody counts as 1 of the kids). Our flight will end up being about 5 hours and we have DVD's, cartoons, and books to help us make it through, and I'm still not sure we are going to make it.
Like many of you know. I have a huge family, but that didn't stop my parents from putting on their crazy hats and still taking us on trips. We would load up in our awesome 15-passenger orange van (yes it was orange) and drive. We usually went on trips that were at least 20 hours long. Many trips included illness, which meant things like throw up in shoes, because you couldn't make it out the door on time.
Honestly, my parents aren't crazy. They are awesome and realized how important it was to make memories, and be together. I didn't think much of it growing up, but now I realize how much work goes into taking trips, and I truly appreciate all my parents' efforts.

March Happenings

We had 2 whole days of nice weather. Brody came home early one day, so he and the boys played in the grass for a while. The other day we took walks and played trucks with the neighbor kids. We have to take full advantage of nice weather days this time of year, because it doesn't last. Today it is cold, windy and about 30...burrr!

Look what I can do! That's right. That's my little Chase sitting up and playing all by himself. He's 5 months and is so much fun. He plays well on his back and belly although he makes no effort to roll from his back to belly. In fact, he is very stubborn about it. If I try to help him roll he plants his arms and back firmly to the ground, so you can't roll him over...little stinker. He is also eating well, has been taking a bottle, and my favorite, he is sleeping through the night, Finally!