Bye-bye Tonsils

Carter had his tonsils taken out Monday, and of course I had to document the event!

Here he is pre-op waiting for the sleepy meds to kick in while he watched a batman movie on the iPad.


Post-op rocking with Daddy


Once we got back to the hotel this is all he did. Rested and watched movies. He tried to play video games but was a bit too shaky.


He slept a lot! He rested really well Monday night!


Tuesday morning he felt better so he and Cory played a few video games!


Thank you all who prayed for his surgery and his recovery! We appreciate them all!

Getaway

Cory insisted I tag along to his meetings this week in Vegas, and I am so glad I did.  Just today, I have rested so much I feel revived!  Every Momma needs a little time away...I am so thankfulf for the people that helped make this happen!  I am one blessed gal!~

This glittery horse is there to greet you when you enter the Bellagio

Again the GREAT view from our room!

The hotel is so elaborately decorated!

The conservatory garden area, full of Japanese flowers and blooms...looked awesome last night all lit up.

Cory in front of the gardens

During the day, it was equally impressive.

We missed the little children last night...they were entirely covered in blooms, reminded me of the Rose Bowl parade.

Around the corner from the spa was a great dessert place that boasts the world's largest chocolate fountain.

It is pretty cool!

So far it has been a great trip...now don't mind me, I am off to nap :)

Another fun week in January

This week seemed to start off crazy, as usual!  We had our annual reassessment with DHS and even though it went fine, it was stressful for me to get all that together that we needed, but the Lord again took care of it all and we have some really great respite people lined up! 

I also started a CRAZY journey this week in the area of fitness.  Not only am I starting to train for a half marathon, I am also doing Insanity videos with a group of friends 4 mornings a week. The first couple of days, I won't lie...thought I was going to DIE!  It is so mental for me and I am so lazy, just wanted to give up.  But I didn't and actually did the videos all 4 mornings and ran a total of 12 miles for the week!  WOW!

Here are the pictures from the week...

While at Walmart getting a few things, Cole demanded we get Becca flowers!  I love that he loves her and he thinks of her so often.  But I wanted some pretty flowers too!  So I convinced him we both deserved them!  Here is the flowers he picked.

After doing Insanity and running, by Friday my knee was hurting, so I had to go get a knee brace!  It worked great on my outside run Saturday.  I am not as young as I used to be!

My wonderful Daddy celebrated the big 6-0 this weekend!  I am so proud to call him Daddy!  We missed out on the party, but I heard he had a great time!

Then on Sunday, we flew to Las Vegas!  Cory surprised me with this trip!  He is here on business and I am just resting and getting a massage at the Spa!  I am so excited to be here.  He arranged Grammie to come stay with the boys and I am so thankful for her and for Cory doing this!  I have taken a few pics with my phone of the hotel, so I might do another post later.  But this is by far the best pic...the view from our room at the Bellagio!

Another great week!  If the year keeps going like this, it will be full of blessings:)

Warm in January

We have had several days in the second week of January that were really warm, so we of course headed outside!  What else do you do with 4 boys right!?!?! 

I tried to snap pics of my little men doing what they do best out there, but they were all moving too fast for this crazy Momma to keep up!  So I only got two that turned out!

They are so full of energy!  I always say I should bottle and sell it, but that is crazy I know!  God made them this way and I marvel at it daily!  I am so thankful for their boundless energy!

First Week of 2012

For this first week of 2012 we have had a few crazy moments! Papa had a small heart attack and was flown to Amarillo for treatment so Cory decided last minute to head there on New Year's Eve to see him. So we spent the evening driving (kids sleeping) and by the time we checked in the kids were ready to party the night away! My 5 guys ringing in the new year!


Cole got a new 'do for this new year:). He was a little proud don't you think?!


And Caden FINALLY lost the big one! This tooth has been loose for months literally:). He was really excited too!


This was a busy week! I am glad tomorrow is Friday!

Christmas - Take 3

By now I am sure you are sick of looking at my kids and their gifts.  But I had to put these on here too!  My parents and sister came up to spend a few days with us and we had a great time.  Dad helped Cory a bit with some tree cutting, Jana played games and read books with the boys, and Mom helped me get several things organized!  All in all a great time!

I love Cole's reaction at each gift.  It was AWESOME each time!

I can;t remember exactly what this was, but Carter was pretty excited! 

 Caden got his own duffel and he thought he was pretty hot stuff!  When we used it to go to Amarillo the next week, he wouldn't share his bag with anyone even put his toothbrush and shampoo in the kit that came in the bag...funny!

So once again we were all spoiled and given more than we asked for.  But I am excited that everyone loved what we got them.  That makes me feel the best!  I love giving gifts...it so fun!

But the chaos is over and we are back to our normal routine, which I also love!

Christmas - Take 2

For Christmas Day we got to be with Cory's family this year and we had a great time!  It is always good to see the extended family and catch up with all of them.  Grammie spoiled us all with gifts which of course is fun too :)

This is my favorite shot of the season...I got this on Christmas Eve before Crosby hit the sack and the other boys carried on with the holiday tradition.  They read our usual "Crippled Lamb" by Max Lucado and then set out cookies for Santa.  I was putting Crosby to bed, so there are no picture of these events :(

 Christmas morning, Crosby was up bright and early at 5:30am so by the time it was 7am I was worn out and decided to go wake up my crew.  They were all mostly excited but once they found their way upstairs they were pretty pumped!

 Caden loves his legos so Grammie found this really cool Lego alarm clock :)

 Cole is rocking out with his new Mickey guitar!

 Crosby took it all in with Papa.  He stayed up in Papa lap about 90% of the morning!  So cute!

The adults started a tradition about 4 yrs ago at the Reid's to open Christmas gifts on Christmas Eve so we had a blast doing that and were able to just focus on the kids on Christmas morning. 

After gifts we cleaned up and headed to church for a wonderful service and an even better message.  Both Cole and Crosby fell asleep once we got there so I was actually able to focus and hear from God!  I had a wonderful time!  We stayed in Guymon for another day before heading back home for our last Christmas with my family.

Christmas - Take 1

The boys begged us to open presents early, as they do every year, but this year we actually took them up on their offer.  We decided since we are never in the same place each year, and we are always with Grandparents...we wanted them to have presents in small doses :)  We tried to do something special here just with our family of 6! 

We had a great dinner and I am sure in the future when they are a little older and can stay up later, we will do lights, or other stuff, but this year we just stuck to baths and presents. 

Crosby was overwhelmed by it all and really just took it all in!

 Cole was THRILLED with everything and said "this is AWESOME!" each time he opened a gift.

 Carter loved the Batman figure Caden picked out for him.  We had the boys draw names and pick one brother to buy for.  The older ones really get into and spend a lot of time picking out the perfect gift for their brother.  This year we split them up two and two, Cory took two and I took two and we tried to keep them apart in Walmart while purchasing the gifts.  It looked crazy :)  But we had tons of fun!

 Caden was pretty excited to get a Laser Tag set!

 Cory has ALWAYS loved the 49ers...he had a poster of Joe Montana in his apartment the summer before we got married, that is now somewhere in our garage.  But the team is actually, dare I say, on the rise this year, so Caden and I found this shirt for him and he was pleased :)

 Proof I was there :)

We had fun, just the six of us!  The kids got an entire evening to play with their two gifts from us and we got to enjoy watching them!  It was fun and I hope we can continue this tradition!