Look who is 7

 

Happy Birthday Colby! I can't believe that you are already 7 years old. It sure has been fun sharing my birthday with you these last 7 years. (we won't mention how old mom turned today!) You sure have learned a lot and grown a lot, sometimes I wonder if you are 6 going on 27! I hope that this is a great day for you and that you know how much dad and I love you.

What's cool at our house!

As I was going around my house picking up I got to thinking about how the toys I am picking up now are different from the toys I picked up last year or even a few months ago. It's fun to see how my kids interests change. Some of them are old favorites like Scooby Doo, Pokemon and Legos, but everything else seems to have it's season. Here is what's hot at our house right now. What's hot at yours????

i don't want to get old

So last Saturday, we had an interesting visitor at our house. It was about 5:30pm and I was in the kitchen doing my sis-in-law's hair, Mark was in the lazy-boy playing with the baby, and Colb and Cam were watching a movie when the door bell rings. Mark sends Colby to get it, Colby opens the door and just stands there. Mark tells me to go to the door and see who it is. When I get to the door, there was a little old lady trying to get in the door. I let her in and shut the door, and she asked if she was where she was supposed to be. She went on about how she was supposed to be at our neighbor's house to clean for them but they were not home, so she came to our house to see if she could use the phone to call her son to pick her up because she didn't have her car. She went on and on and wasn't making any sense at all. After about a minute, it occurred to me that she had probably walked away from the old folks home about 1/2 mile from our house. She was not wearing a jacket or warm shoes, and she had half a sandwich wrapped in a napkin in her hand. I invited her to come in and sit down while we called her son to come get her. She kept telling us that her son owns the Cummings Diesel place here in Casper and that he was going to pick her up after she was done cleaning. Oh man it was so sad. She thought that she was in Casper, Wyoming, and her poor little hands were so cold. It was about 18degrees outside and who knows how long she had been walking. It was a miracle that she even made it to our house, but we were so glad she had the sense of mind to knock on our door. Mark left the room and called our friend Jason who is an EMT and was on call that night. Hilary and I talked to her and tried to get her to wrap up in a blanket, but she wouldn't, she just kept talking about how she had stopped at my house the last time she needed to use the phone. Finally Jason got there and convinced her to let him take her home. When they pulled up to the care center, she said "I don't live here, and I will not live here. Is this your house?" The people at the center didn't even know she was missing. We feel that she was definitely being watched over that night, if she hadn't knocked on our door she would have died out there in the cold, we were blessed to have been able to help her. I really really really don't want to get old.

New Years Eve

So I know I am a little late putting these pictures on here but oh-well. Brant and Kacy came up to visit over New Years weekend, I was so excited for them to come. When you live so far from family, it is so so so much fun when they come to visit. Mark was gone to AZ for work and a little hunting in SJ which made their visit even better for me since I wasn't alone the whole time Mark was gone. We were not able to do too much with the baby and all, but I really enjoyed having them, I hope you had fun too Brant and Kacy! Mark and Brant went snowmobiling for a day and had a good time until they decided to leave the trail and got stuck and spent a long cold hour trying to get unstuck! Anyone else up for a little snowmobiling, come on up, can't promise not to get stuck though! So for our New Years party, we played games of the kids choice, then watched Myth Busters and everyone but Hayden and I fell asleep about 11:00pm, only he and I were up to ring in 2008!

It's been a long long winter

Just like last winter in Colorado, I have the spring fever already! I have never been more ready to move back to Phoenix than I am now. Even after all of the moving we have done lately, I would trade the snow for sunshine, and 15degrees for 115degrees. I know that in July I might be singing a different tune, but for now, I hate winter!! Having a new baby makes winter harder too. The poor little guy hasn't been outside except for to get into and out of the car. Anyway... to make my day a little brighter, I look at these cute pictures of my boys, at least they can have fun in the snow!

One Month Old!

Yesterday, the 4th, Hayden was one month old. And to celebrate, he gave mom his first real smile!! It was so fun to see his little face light up and see him smile. After all of the long sleepless nights, it is so rewarding to have him smile, it gives me the boost I need to make it through another night! I love having this sweet little boy in my home.