The Weekend

      We had a fun weekend with lots of family. Saturday we ended up going to Cedar to buy Brooke a cake and save me the stress of making one and not turning out the way I would like it to. We bought Brooke a birthday lunch at Ninja's, very yummy food even if you don't like sushi too much. Brooke enjoyed her lunch and using kid chopsticks (I need those, I get worse every time I use them). At the store we saw Mike's parents, grandma and nephew Tyler. Ty decided to come with us. Before heading home we got drinks and went out to Ladybug nursery where the kids had a lot of fun in their sand box. Ty decided to come to our house to play with Brooke for  few hours. After we dropped Ty off later Mike made some yummy patti melt sandwhiches for Brooke's bday dinner. She had a fun day but since we decided to wait for her present and cake until Sunday with the family she was a little upset. But after convincing her this just made for a two day birthday she was a little better other than she didn't want to go to bed because her Aunt Shi and Uncle Ryan were here with little Isabella.
       Saturday started off nice and slow. But time as always went by way faster than I realized and we didn't get up the mountain until just before we had planned on having 'lunch'. My dad and siblings had headed straight up there due to our mis-communication and they spent an hour and a half driving around looking for us. (We weren't up there for part of that time). When we finished unloading everything out of our truck into our trailer, Mike's family got up there. Mike and I took off to find my family (I was hoping they were hanging out at the lake, waiting for us....high hopes.)
        We had a few issues like wind, and cookware, and the hamburgers taking their pretty little time, but like every year, it was a typical Brooke birthday party. Everyone ate and sadly Jess and her charge Maria had to leave before cake and presents, but we were so glad they could make it. Brooke and Maria became fast friends last weekend when they met. We had issues with the wind blowing out the flame before the candle had a chance to shine. We got them all lit once and as Brooke sucked in her big breath to blow them out the wind did it for her. We took her into our trailer to light them and let her blow them out. Everyone ate cake and cupcakes (Brooke made) while she opened her presents. Sadly the fire was blowing the smoke in her direction most of the time.
          After a little bit Mike, Papa, and I took Kenna on a walk/hike in the area behind our trailer. The kids stayed and played (in the creek a lot). Isabella ended up staying in the trailer most of the time because of the wind, though gladly she slept better that night in the trailer than she did at our house the night before (must be the mountain air... lol). We enjoyed our walk other than papa realized what it took to keep up with Kenna. She had him going all over the place. We ended up in a ravine heading back down to camp. She also likes to do things the hard way. But we saw some nice pine trees and it was fun to explore more of the mountains.  Not long after we came back from our walk/hike Mike's family headed back home. They had decided not to stay at their trailer that night. Due to our late lunch (3:30) we ate a very late dinner (like 8:30 or 9:00). Which was just in time for the babies to go to bed. Bella wasn't too eager to go to sleep but for awhile she just laid and talked or looked at her surroundings. Kenna on the other hand, didn't want to stay up in our bed she made Mike lay there with her. Luckily for him and his starving belly, she was beyond tired and it didn't take her long to crash.
             Monday Kenna was awake before 7 after a night of tossing and making sure I was still next to her. I don't know what it was that night I tried to move her down beside our bed like everytime we are camping and she freaked out so she slept in our bed. She had to have my boppy pillow (her favorite pillow) and sleep  crooked with our covers not the blanket I had over her to make sure I didn't pull the covers off her. Silly girl. Anyway morning we had yummy breakfast of pancakes and bacon. We cleaned everything up as much as possible and loaded everything up that we could before heading off on a big family hike. Sadly Shilo and Ryan had to turn back because of Shilo's stomach, so they missed out. But they got a nap in. We got lots of pictures and found many beautiful pine trees I would love to transplant to my yard!! There was even the creek for Nolan, Skyler, and Brooke to play in.... still. When we came back we finished loading up and headed out. My dad and siblings headed back home. Shilo and Ryan had to come back to our house before heading back home themselves.
             We asked my dad to bring down his metal detector because we have found quite a few interesting things in our yard when we've dug flower beds etc. so Mike wanted to see what else he could find. So while I was busy, Mike and the girls were outside playing with that in the yard. Sena had fun with it too. All in all it was a fun weekend, Brooke had a great two day birthday. (Pictures still to come)

Another year

Well it's the end of another school year and my girl I'd another year older. It seems natural until I really think about it. Which I do not like to do. It's still too crazy for me, but alas I do have a seven year old now. A lot of life is different than I how pictured it as a teenager, but then life has a way of changing everyday. I love my girls and the laughter they bring into my life. Life had been crazy for us the past while but we've still had some good times and grown a little closer in our little family. Now for the birthday girl...... Well she is still so full of drama and attitude but we are chalking that up to the red in her hair!! Part red head gives her the excuse I guess. Lol. She is one smart cookie! She is an awesome speller took 3rd in her class and 9th in her grade. Which she wasn't happy about. Sorry it comes from your parents...put on the spot and lots of people.. She is one of the top readers of her class. She is a math wiz too I think. She can have a homework page full of math problems done in 5 min or less. Her teacher and helpers rave about her. So I'm happy I'm doing something right. Lol though I doubt I can take the credit for her brain. She is finally starting to grow in length again (she stopped for quite awhile) she got a bunch of pants for Christmas and two months later they are too short. Lol crazy. She still loves anything Girly. I cringe at some of the clothes she shows me. She is still our little diva. Loves loves to sing, especially in the front of the mirror when she is supposed to be brushing her teeth. She still has a personality so much like her dads, though you can't really tell either of them that. They both deny it. He's got a little diva in him as well... Just kidding!! Lol Pictures from her birthday to come

Drama

As much as I have a bunch of different things to be doing, I have to get this off my chest to someone/thing other than  my husband.
 I HATE drama and yet I am surrounded by it. I get enough of it with two little girls then to add both our families on top of it. My family and Mike's make so much drama out of nothing and everything and I am so entirely sick of it!!! Why on earth do people really need to make things worse, get in the middle of other people's business, and stir up crap. Honestly as much as I hate liars I really loathe people butting into things they shouldn't. If it doesn't concern you leave it alone. Don't justify by saying well it concerns this person who is this to me. Just stay out!! If there is truly need for concern then there should be an intervention with more than just you and it should be with that person of concern. Otherwise worry about yourself, because we all have enough going on in our own life. UGH!!
Sorry it is nothing but a rant but I am really really tired of drama and things being made of nothing resulting in a big group of lies tied around one misunderstanding or opinion. That is something else that really bothers me, when people can say anything about someone else but they ignore the same thing or worse in themselves. We are all here for change and growth not to judge, be rude to and make fun of, blame and/or belittle others. People waste too much energy on this, including myself, but I tr-y am continually trying to better myself. Why is it so hard for others to do the same? How nice would the world be if we all seen each other for what we truly are and the full potential we have inside.....

After Easter McKenna got an eye infection. So we took her to the dr., not our normal one due to it being a Friday. He thinks she had pink eye. It was very different from any case I have seen. So we got antibiotic eye drops and gave them to her all weekend. Monday afternoon she woke up from her nap covered in hives. I kept going over so many different scenarios of what it could possibly be. I showed it to mike who called me wondering why she had hives.(He would definitely know). She was allergic to that type of antibiotic. So back to the dr. we went Tuesday morning. Luckily her eyes were better, but she had fluid built up in her ears. So we came out with another antibiotic for her ears if they got worse. Which they did. But the poor girl doesn't let much get her down. She is one EXTREMELY active child.

Easter

I wrote this once after Easter, but didn't have pictures so I thought it was all saved but it wasn't. It made me frustrated so I prolonged rewriting about it. But here it is now although in not as much detail.

Camping was pretty fun. The kids all loved it. We played a little in Mike's toyota, which Nate absolutely loved. Not as much as we would have liked due to the amount of people that were actually out there this year. Tyler and McKenna liked the rides and playing as well. Brooke, well it was alright to play in as long as it was parked. Lol. She's not a fan of climbing things in anything (even a 4-wheeler). She will flip out if she is even the slightest bit slanted.
We had an Easter egg hunt which involved a LOT of candy and a prize for the grandkids. We rode 4-wheelers and the grandkids even got to drive them (not alone of course, well Nate did, very well too). Painted and rolled Easter eggs. The girls were spoiled again. But they had a lot of fun.