Trip North

Brooklyn  finally warming up to Bryce. 

                                              Grandpa Jim took us on a tour of the Firehall. 

                                                    They are checking out the ambulance.

                                                    Riley and Carter eating some icecream.

                                                Grandma and Grandpa.....we LOVE YOU!!!


                                                         Brooklyn and Bree eating breakfast.

                                                       Visiting grandmas and grandpas

                                                      Carter and Braxton eating breakfast.

So it has been way too long!!! Carter was sick with croup and then Brooklyn got it, of course it came with an ear infection for her. So my days were filled with doing nothing but laundry and holding sick fussy kids. We packed up on the Thursday before Valentines Day and drove to Twin for the night. Then on Friday we made our trek up North. The roads were great until it started getting dark and we hit Great Falls. Then it was blowing and snowing, but nothing extreme!!! Thank goodness! We were able to stay up there for a week and we all had lots of fun even though it was FREEZING!!! Brent and I kept looking at our car thermometer and couldn't believe how cold it would get. No we don't live in California or Vegas but Meridian/Boise doesn't get too cold considering when we got back it was 60F/15C. We all enjoyed our time up in Canada. We went swimming indoors at such a fun place. They had the best kiddie pool, slides, lifejackets, and then all these floatable boats and things that the kids could play on. It was great to get them out and do something. We had fun visiting with lots of family! We stayed at Brent's brother's house and the kids all had tons of fun playing with eachother. Thanks Bryce and Lyndsi for letting us stay with you....You guys are great! We missed Brent's cousin's wedding and were bummed that we missed seeing all the family that was coming up!!! Brent had to get back because of a business trip. So he stayed way busy. We drove home and then he was off to Vegas for a business trip. It was way harder on the kids than I imagined. A week off with their dad to him being gone completely was heartbreaking to both of them. The first night Carter cried big huge alligator tears and wanted me to get out his framed picture of his Daddy. So I did and boy was that the wrong thing. Brooklyn and him both just sobbed  at the photo. Carter put the picture on his dresser and climbed in his bed sobbing such a sad cry. So I asked him if he wanted to sleep with me.....he grabbed the picture and brought it into my room and brook and him both had to look at the picture and finally they were out cold. 

We enjoyed the warm weather and were able to play outside. We are all feeling spring FEVER!!! This week it has gone down to the 50's and is rainy, and I love the rain. It smells so fresh and yummy and I can just feel spring!