Our Family update

Brody had a birthday. He's no longer the young stallion he once was. He's busy at school working on patients. He is also playing soccer and softball. Brody is the team captain of his softball team, and therefore picked the name. He originally picked the name pen 15. (if you don't know why that name is odd then you may have to go back to 7th grade) He thought he was pretty hillarious, but others disagreed so he went in the absolute opposite direction and named them the stripling warriors.


I am running in my 1st race since highschool tomorrow. It is just a 5K. It's not a big deal, but it will help me train for the 1/2 marathon I am running in the fall.






My parents and siblings are doing well. My mom and dad came to visit last week.









I put my dad to work making picture frames for my craft night. It actually didn't take him that long, so we also had some fun around Columbus too.




My sister Cork-dork (aka Courtney) just started photography. She is doing a great job. If anyone needs a cute photographer she's usually in Austin but in Houston this summer.




My lovely sister Cathe recently told us she is having some test done due to having a seizure, constant headaches, and tiredness. She's having bloodwork, a MRI and an EEG. We love and are praying for her and hoping for the best results.




Both my boys are doing great. Baylor is going to be getting potty trained this week. Wish me luck. Chase just had his 6 month birthday. He went the doctor for his check up and is still happy and healthy.

Our Trip

We're back and had a nice trip. Getting from point A to point B was not so great, but we managed.





Here are all the neices and nephews in Brody's family. Aren't they a cute bunch of kiddos?







Brody is one of 6 boys. He had no sisters, which is probably good, because I'm sure a sister would not have survived with those rotten boys. With the addition of sister in laws and neices we are finally adding girls to this all boy family.





We also had a fun time visiting my brother and his fun kids.







We went bowling at BYU and for some reason Baylor thought it was necessary to lick the ball before each turn. It's pretty gross, but I sure love that silly kid!

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!