Sanity Trip

I am so greatful for friends that keep us sane. We have some good friends that invited us to the Children's Museum at Discovery Gateway. It was a lot of fun and got us out of the house in an otherwise uneventful week. I took a lot of pictures, so bare with me =)

You can't tell in these pictures, but I had to fight for the kids to be able to get in the cockpit. We were patiently waiting our turns, when some very rude kids just jumped in, I thought, "Heck, their kids, no biggie." Then they let the whole preschool class in. We decided to wait, eat some snacks and try again about a half hour later. We were waiting in line, and the same thing started happening and I turned into Mama Bear. What kind of parent lets their kids act like this, I don't care where you are and if the kids are just having fun. I told the holligans that it was my kids turn and they weren't allowed to thouch the helicopter. Sheesh, I am getting meaner in my old age.

Here are the kids waiting patiently for their turn in the back of the helicopter, no one else wanted the back and they would quickly abandon it.

Here are the kids in the control tower helping the helicopter land in some very windy and unsettling weather. They were having so much fun playing and pretending. Kiana plays really good with Josh, though we did have one biting instance to start the day off. I just don't know what to do with her, and sometimes she is even unprevoked. Any ideas? Off the subject, but I left for work the other day, Daddy and the girls laying on the couch, and within minutes she had bit Maile and left a mark all day long, no reason at all. Anyway...

Here they are pumping water out of this cool water attraction. They liked throwing the balls that looked like bubbkes the best.

We are safe with our neighborhood firefighters coming to the rescue. Emily tried to get everyone from fighting over the front seat and so she showed the kids that they could fill up the tank with gas. You guessed it, then everyone was fighting over who got to fill up the engine...nice try though, on Emily's part.

Maile had to get in on the action. She felt so BIG riding this little bike. Her and Noah had fun too, though they were definitely done when it was time to go.

We got to also participate in this bubble class. It was pretty neat. They showed how to make bubbles and other bubble experiments. They mixed baking soda, I think, with vinegar for a cool overflowing fun. Next they did the mentos thing with normal coke, and again with diet coke. The diet coke was way more explosive (maybe I shouldn't be drinking it !!!) And they showed them how they could catch bubbles in their hands and then just let them play. Sorry about the blurry one =)

Kiana liked the shopping too. She had to tell me all about the things she was buying, then she go to the checkout stand to buy it. She would only get the yummy foods. Here she is eyeing the pepporoni pizza!

Kiana is going through a "horse phase". Everything is about horses. She has to sleep with a horse and watch a horse movie, and much to G-ma and G-pa's surprise, she tells me how they are going to but her a horse, keep it there for her, and she will take care of it (that's what you get when you spoil her so much!) She did not want to get off this horse and was causing a backup. She liked feeding the horse carrots and talking to him. When her and Josh are sharing the horse, she had to be in the front, good thing he didn't care. In the last picture he is being a traffic cop, directing traffic!! We had so much fun. Thanks again Emily. On a side note, we didn't have enough money for parking, and a nice old man took all our change and let us go. There are still some good people out there.

My monkeys with new locks!

I put the girls hair in curlers the other night. Anything I do to Kiana, I have to do to Maile. It was fun and cute UNTIL bedtime. Kiana kept saying, "Mommy take them out, I can't sleep." She managed though. Aren't they the cutest monkeys?!? I hope they are always good sisters, they sure enjoy each other now. I wasn't always the greatest sister, but boy oh boy, I love my sisters. I love to talk to them and hang out with them, they are the greatest friends!!! Anyway...
Heres the new look:

Kiana loved looking at herself in the mirror and kept twirling around saying, "I'm a princess!" I am the luckiest mom! They keep me on my toes, but they are a joy and I laugh most of the time (when I'm not yelling!)

This is a cute picture, but Maile's eyes are mischievous. Lately, when Kiana takes pictures, her eyes are closed or she looks drunk. It took awhile to get anything good.

Maile in her cousin Devan's hat. She loved it!

Party at Joe's Crab Shack!

It was one of my really good friends' birthday this past week. We went out to lunch and had a lot of fun =)

She is so much fun, and she puts up with me. I am so glad we were in the primary presidency together and got to know each other!!Here is Crystal and Alex breaking the crab legs, those are nasty little buggers, very hard to open. I got to try one. Not my favorite, but not bad, and if you go to Joe's Crab Shack, you need to try a crab!!We discovered this awesome dessert. For .99 they give you a rice krispie crab and let you paint it with carmel and chocolate and sprinkles. The kids had a lot of fun. A craft and food, what could be better!!

The cute, after dessert face. She had it everywhere, but ohhhh she had fun! I just hope I can get it out of her clothes.The cutest kids ever!! And their masterpieces. These kids are so cute with Kiana and she loves to play with them. They sure look out for her and are such a big help.And we can't forget my Baby Bird Maile. She is loving to drink water now, and looks just like a baby bird tring to drink. She moves her head and follows the straw as she tries to get it. Soo cute.

Happy Birthday Crys! I hope, in the end, it turned out fabulous and that you have a great year!

I feel like I'm a Juggler with too many balls still in the air....

I feel like one of those crazy jugglers. All of my balls are flying high in the air, and I'm just wanted for them to start falling and hitting me in the face. It has been a crazy couple of weeks. I enjoyed a night in the ER (it was so stupid), and a couple of days in bed(thanks to my husband). I had the chills on Feb. 22, no big deal. I went visiting teaching and was just freezing. I came home, everyone was still asleep from their naps, so I layed on the couch and threw a blanket on me to get warm. Within 20 mins., I had called Steve to come down and give me a blessing. I am so grateful for the power of the priesthood and that my sweet husband was here to give me a blessing. He called my step-father to come and help. With my mom, they quickly drove over here, but by the time they got here, I was full on hypervenilating and paralyzed from head to toe. I honestly had no control over my body. Steve took my temperature which was nearing 103 degrees. I just wanted to go to an after hours, but they wouldn't have it. My mom got the girls ready and took them to her house. They drove before us so that the ER would be ready with a wheelchair, and I went to the ER. I haven't done that since I was 8 years old.

It wasn't really a big deal. Because I was cold (due to the fever), I had the chills and couldn't stop shaking which lead to my hands and feet being in a lot of pain. To breathe through the pain, I started to hypervenilate which lead to the paralysis because I was getting too much oxygen. When all was said and done, I had mastitis (an infection from nursing), and it gave me the fever and made me pretty sick. After being on oxygen for awhile, getting an IV, some zofran to stop throwing up, and a whole lot of antibiotics, they sent me home. My husband took off for a few days and took good care of me and the girls. The house was a reck, but what can you expect? It was nice to be taken care of and I guess I have to get sick just to have him around for a few days.

Sorry, I wouldn't let him take pictures of me in the hospital, but trust me, I was cute. Thanks to my parents for always being so willing to step in and take care of everything =).

We have also been refinancing the house, and WOOHOO, we finally got that taken care of!! We are now in the process of trying to finish our basement which will be a long process. We had a few contractors come in to give us estimates. They were pretty high, so we will be trying it ourselves. Wish us luck!! Our house is falling apart anyway. Our faucet broke under our kitchen sick and has been leaking for awhile, it was pretty gross underneath, and we had a good friendwho fell off the toilet when our toliet seat broke, oops. Steve is learning to be the handdy man though. He just looks in his handy dandy home depot fix-it book, and goes to town. I am pretty impressed and thankful he can do it, it just has to wait around for him to be home too. What else can go wrong. No were good, it just all happens at once.

Maile also turned 8 months!! I can't believe it. She is getting so BIG. She is getting to such a fun age. Today when I was feeding her yogurt, she would take a bite, shake her head back and forth, and laugh and laugh at us. It was pretty cute. She got her first baby tooth on Feb. 27, just before the 8th month mark. Thanks goodness no big bites yet, knock on wood. She still hasn't taken off, cruisin around the house, it's probably better that way. She loves when you hold her tiny hands and walk with her though. She learns so much every day.

Kiana is just enjoying being the BIG sister. I ran out of the room the other day to grab something, and Kiana had pulled Maile on her back from the bathroom into her room so they could play. Once again, running to get the phone, I come back downstairs, and Kiana is hitting Maile in the head with a flyswatter. It is amazing the babies survive the older siblings!! Kiana loves sleeping at her grandma and grandpa's house and has made it a weekly ritual. She begs all week long to go over there. They humor her and get to spend quality time with her, they just don't get quality sleep. Kiana got a toy horse she named Brownie, and she just loves it to death. She takes it everywhere, sleeps with it, and has a good imagination with it. The other day I was showing her the mane and tail, and she told me not to touch him because he doesn't like mom and bites you. It was pretty funny. She also wakes up every morning, hears Maile, and has to go tell her good morning and jump in the crib with her. The other day she said, "Mom, Maile loves me." I said, "Maile loves momma too." Her reply, "No she doesn't love you, she bites you!!" Can you tell we have a problem with biting? I can't wait until we are out of the phase.

With all that has been going on, we are truly blessed. We are healthy and happy!! Steve took some Christmas money and some money from our taxes and bought the family a Wii. We are having fun together playing that. Come challenge Steve in a game and rock out with him, it would make his day!!

Here are some more fun pics!

This is Kiana and Maile having fun with Grandpa!

Her is Kiana and Steve trying out their new Wii (they are boxing). Kiana is amazingly pretty good and she just loves to play with daddy.

Maile and Kiana are playing, and Kiana is trying to scare us since she gets pretty scared when other people put this on. She is really into monsters lately. They are everywhere and she won't go anywhere by herself, including if I leave the room. Kind of funny, but at the same time annoying.