When are we really going to get spring?

Our little boy has come down with some cold. He has had a nasty fever. We hope it is short lived. It must be the season. Sounds like everyone has sick kids or has had sick kids. We just need some warm weather. We had a taste of that on our trip to Boise. Thanks Andreasen family for a great time. We all had so much fun, but Sydnee really had a blast. She talks about Cameron and all the fun they had. They play together like best buds. They even like wrestling! They must get that from their dad's.
We really wish we could have had some great weather this week. Since it hasn't happened we have been enjoying Courtney's company and have watch a few more movies than normal. Isn't that how spring break goes. Always cold!!
When we did get a nice day of warm weather the kids didn't want to play inside. They love running around with Knuckles and playing in their car coup. As you can see in the pic they have lots of fun together.
I take every free min to sew. I love it. I have finally finished these blue dresses that I started in December. I thought they turned out really cute. I even tried sewing a diaper clutch. I thought it turned out pretty nice. What can I say I am always up for some new challenge!! We hope everyone is doing well!!

My First Try at making a diaper clutch!!

My sewing frenzy. Three dresses and a nursing blanket. I really like sewing!!

Sydnee modeling her dress!! What do you think?

Chase loved Bronco. He is the Andreason's puppy.

Sydnee has so much fun on our trip to Boise. The weather was awesome!!

Chase thought he could ride a trike. He can't even walk =)

Bronco, Sydnee loved chasing this pup.

To get a good pic. I had to have them pull a funny face.

These faces are natural. So sweet, aren't they?

Sydnee's best Friend. They still know how to ruff things up!

Painting. Loves to paint!!

So cute!!

Handsome!! With the bunk beds up they love looking out the back window.

They love this car coup.


Chase loves it even more when Sydnee pushes him.

Chase wanting to walk but to much of a chicken.

Our FHE. Wrote letters to Matt!! Great times!!

Chase's 1st Birthday!!

Our little boy is now one. He has grown up on us! As we look back we can not believe the change in him and our family. He has brought so much joy in our home. We celebrated his birthday with the Ivie family. Then on Sunday the Smith family came down and we celebrated it again. Chase loved it. He was so cautious with the dipping into the cake. In fact all the Ivie grand kids had to show him what to do. Once he figured it out he didn't want to stop. He pounded two pieces of cake. He loved the icing. We caught some funny expression of his an hope you enjoy them as much as we did. I think he knew he had all of the attention so he was living it up. He is such a crowd pleaser. We thank all of you who called and came and celebrate Chase's birthday!!

Later that day we went to MaKee's. All the kids had so much fun seeing the baby animals. Chase thought it was fun to tease the Goose and of course Dad was tending. Chase would put his hand through the fence and the Goose would bite his glove. Chase would grunt and pull his hand away then do it all over again. Sydnee and all the other girls ran around everywhere. They all had so much fun.

This past week we went and spent the day with Maria and Grandpa Ivie. We went to pizza Hut (thank you Grandpa), then we went and feed the Geese and Ducks around the Green Belt in Idaho Falls. The kids thought that was awesome. Chase laughed the whole time. Later that day we went to Blast off and the girls ran around playing with all sorts of cool tubes, balls, and toys. Cool Place for kids!! It was a great day full of fun. In fact Sydnee had so much fun she had three accidents. I guess she was way to excited to stop and go potty. We love life and our so grateful for all our many blessings.

Good Times!!

I thought you all might like to see my talented team and varsity!! We had a lot of fun together. They were great girls who worked hard. That makes it easier as a coach. They all had there moments of discouragement but they were great team players that helped each other out.

We are back home!!

The past few months have been quite the experience for our family. I coached basketball in Grace and Courtney was busy with school. Sydnee and Chase were my little assistant coaches. They did great!! Chase has now figured out how to blow a whistle and Sydnee has each one of the girls wrapped around her finger. She was the highlight of their day. She did well at making us all laugh. She loved to get into the medicine bag and prewrap everything. She also got a kick out of playing in the ball cage. Wish I had pictures of that. She also loved riding the big red bus. She calls it her school bus. We have had so much fun with that and are happy... sad.. it has all come to an end. We are glad to be back home but we are going to miss the fun times with the girls. I had a great time and an awesome experience. I had neat girls to work with and a great coach (my father in law) to work with. We had a lot of fun together and I will cherish those times. We had a great season. J.V. ended fifty percent of the season and varsity took second in districts and lost in the play off for state against W.J. this last Saturday. It was hard to be a part of that but sometimes that is how life goes.

On another note we are back to the grind of things. We have been early spring cleaning and trying to catch up with everything that had been neglected the past three months. Sydnee is into coloring and being a mom to all her babies. She is also into singing songs. We have a lot of fun with that. Chase is walking along everything. I am sure it won't be long before he is off on his own. He has developed the cutest grin that cracks us all up. He is however, a horrible sleeper. We have tried so many thing. We just don't know what his deal is. He just broke his two top teeth so we are hoping things will change here now that they have broken through.



Sydnee is now potty trained!!

Sydnee was so proud of her potato heads she wanted a picture!

Supper Bowl Sunday with mom!!

Chase had so much fun!!

Sydnee slept through it all!

I know my stuff! HA HA!!

Chase cheering on the Steelers!!

Chase making a mess!

Sydnee working out with Mom!

This is how Mom works out... She locks them in the crib!



Grandpa's Glasses

So Precious!

This was the best way to travel!!