Beach

Really quick update about our trip we had in California the first week of June. Yes  still really behind because we just haven't been home it seems like. Everyday that we were in Cali we went to a theme park or the beach. We were really glad to be home after getting up early everyday and going to bed late. So Kyle had the mud run the first day we were there so the kids and I went to Downtown Disney and walked around. Then we headed to the beach later. I have to say I don't like the beaches inCalifornia it just not what we are use to. It's just cold wendy and the girls usually won't even play. Here are the limited number of pictures we took at the beach.

Happy late Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to a Terrific  father . We spent our weekend at Zion National Park hiking and camping. Thanks goodness that is what he preferred to do on Dads day. Here is a picture of what he was doing on Sunday. Sitting on a rock with the kids while taking a break from our hike to the upper emerald pools.

 Kymbell fell in the water and completely got everything she had on drenched. So Kyle being the wonderful daddy that he is Kyle took off his shirt right after she fell in a gave it to her. It was shady and kinda cool so he gave it up so she could be warm. 

Here we all are at the beginning of our hike up to Emerald pools. We love this hike. Thank you for being a Great dad to all of our kids. We love you.

Boys

 My boys had end of the year programs. Greyson signed The Pledge and Star Spangled Banner and Konner did motions to lots of little songs and rhymes. Grey also received a great American award for being able to recite the Pledge and Star Spangled then being able to write them correct punctuation, spelling, and capitalization. They are getting so big I just can't believe it. Next year I will have a 3rd grader and a K. Oh boy are we getting old...

And....... Yes our outfits were either red, white or blue. Greyson has a very patriotic school so they asked them to wear blue so I just went with the theme for everybody.. 

Denver

I have been super busy lately and have been a awful blogger. So this post is going to be pretty much pictures of our time in Denver. We went to the Denver zoo while there. It is one of my favorite zoos. We brought Konner and Greyson here in 2004.  We also went to a wedding while we were there, but Kyle and I didn't think to take pictures while there. When I say we I mean us plus the kids. We had a great time and it was a beautiful wedding. Hopefully we can get some pictures from the photographer.

 Pictures from one of our many stops...

The beautiful mountains. I'm not sure which ones these are, but they are 2 of the major ski areas in Denver. 

   All the kids runny to see the ,little BIG Gorillas.

He looks kinda cranky.

Kadence and Konner in front of a cardboard Lion.

                                             The kids in front of the Elephants.

Easter and Fort Worth Zoo

This post is a bit late considering it is from when we were in Texas with Aunt Kelly, but we went to the zoo and had Easter at her house. We had and nice time while we were there and glad we finally got to see her house.                                                                                                                                      

Family....

Again titled Hi Betty

Well here is the post of all the pictures I took while in Arkansas. I forgot my camera when we visited my Aunt Betty and cousin Carmen and her daughter Kaylee, but I think I might just hop over to her blog and steal a picture from her. 

This is Kaylee, Kymbell, and Kadence laying in bed just being silly. They had so much fun running up and down the hallway and sneaking in the kitchen getting cookies.( Kadence is really the only one that got cookies I don't feed her so she has to get food at other peoples house. Ha This is to Grandma Aunt Betty we can't wait to see you this summer sometime and Konner says Hi.

We went to there house the first day we were in town and then headed to my sisters house to see the kids and my niece that I hadn't met yet. The kids all played hard. Kadence really having girls around to play with that were close to her age. All Kadence has talked about since we left is Tinsley and I want to hold and see Landry. She also loves her aunt Sunny b/c she lets her have all the candy she wants. I think Sunny and Travis had us over for a lunch or a dinner everyday we were in Arkansas. We also went to the Elkins community center for a Easter egg hunt since we had plans to travel Easter Sunday. The girls and I had a wonderful extra long vacation from the men in our lives. After the boys arrived in Arkansas we had a adult girls days out. My mom, sister, my aunt, and cousin went to the casino to have some fun. I also got to visit with my brother and his 2 boys one night. We had a good time with them eating pizza and chatting. Over all we had a great long trip and I can't wait to see the kids very soon.                                                                                        Above picture is Tinsley, Kymbell, and Kadence. Next picture is Landry in the sink and Tinsley and Kadence playing in the sink.                                                                                                                                       The top left is Kadence holding her Landry  and the next picture is the boys. Konner, Greyson, and Braeden. Then the bottom is Kadence being the little mother to the little girls.

Ok, enough posting for the day maybe I'll try to finish the rest of our trip after I get back from Colorado in a couple of days. I have a lot more pictures of the kids and then we headed to Dallas to visit Kelly and we went to the DFW zoo. We also did a colored eggs there and had a hunt. 

We have been busy.... Yes it's really long.....

Also titled Here you go Betty

So basically we have had a crazy past three weeks. First Kadence had a slight cough during the day nothing big, but that night we put her to bed and it had increased a little bit. We put the cool mist humidifier in her room thinking it would help, but it did absolutely nothing for her. The next thing I know Kyle is yelling at me to get the nebulizer and she really wasn't breathing b/c her airway was so swollen. Kyle called 911 and we gave her 2 updrafts and took a ride in the ambulance with some of Kyle's coworkers. Yes you read right mister rub dirt on it called 911 b/c Kadence was REALLY BAD. They gave her a epinephrine up draft and decadron. The ambulance got to the house at 11:00 pm and Kyle came and picked us up at the hospital at 3:30 am it was a pretty quick trip, but I really needed to get her checked by her peds doctor b/c the er doctor wasn't really sure of himself or something. (he was like very early 20's I think) I took her to the Dr the next day and she had a double ear infection and he said she should have stayed in the hospital that night since she was so bad. Anyway he gave her another shot of decadron and gave her 10 days of antibiotics. She is all better now.The Wed. before we left Konner went to school and the teachers called me and said he didn't feel good. Needless to say I figured he was just faking it and didn't rush to pick him up and he puked in the car less than a mile from my house. I pulled over as fast as I could and he refused to get out b/c he didn't want to puke in the side of the rode. So I just pushed him out as he was starting to puke. Thank goodness he was not contagious and I think it was just food poisoning. He also had a ear infection somewhere in the past 3 weeks and was on 10 days of antibiotics, but it wasn't that bad and he is 100% now.So that gets me to the night before we get on the plane and I hadn't packed a darn thing. OOPS!!! I really wasn't in the mood that whole week before plus we have soccer practice for Konner and Greyson on Tuesdays/Thursdays and games on Saturdays. I just didn't feel like I had time. So our flight left at 8:45 am on Friday and I packed the girls and my stuff at 1 am that morning and we had to leave the house at 6 am for me to check in 2 hours before our flight left. Well we got off without any trouble and the girls always fly awesome and never know they are on the plane. As a matter of fact when everybody got off the plane they all said that they didn't even know there were children on the plane. I think the girls, the pilot, and I were the only young people on that flight. Anyways we left the day that the Denver airport canceled all the flights for the blizzard that was going on and it reached down into Kansas and Oklahoma area so our flight was a little rough at the end, but the girls were asleep so they didn't have a clue. The landing was rough b/c the runway was covered with a complete sheet of ice and the the thing that conects us the the airport to let us off was frozen. Soooo the pilot came up with a idea that she had to get approved. We landed in Wichita at 1:05 and didn't get off the plane until 2:20 or so. She helped every person out the back of the plane and helped them in the door. She carried the girls and my car seat in and then helped me inside. After that whole mess I went and met my dads cousin(Roger) to help me with the girls/2 bags/my 2 carry on/stroller/2 car seats. Thank god he was there I don't think I would have been able to do it. Got my car rented  loaded the car seats and decided to eat lunch before heading on my 4 hour drive. Long story short it was sleeting and snowing/raining and my windshield wipers motor broke about a hour outside of where Roger left us. I WAS STRANDED in the snow with the girls. Thankfully I pulled off the side of the road by a policeman and he called the mechanic/preacher and he refused to let me sit on the side of the road waiting for Roger to come and get us. So I unloaded the car seats out of the rental and into his car and we went to a small cafe in Leon. Yes you read right I got into a car with a complete stranger with my girls and went somewhere with him. CRAZY, Yes I know. So, we did not get to Arkansas that night and we stayed in Kansas with Roger for the night and headed out in the morning. It was basically a blizzard when we left that next morning, but I didn't care I just wanted to get to Elkins to see my family. So I was supposed to be in Elkins around 6 or 7 Friday and didn't get there until 8 pm Saturday.  Let me just say Avis car rental STINKS they told me just to sit and wait until the could come/then told me to drive the car with no windsheild wipers 3 miles down the road. After I told them I was leaving the keys in Leon he called to tell me I had to stay in that town until he could get a tow truck to me which wasn't going to be until the next night b/c he could let his drivers out in the severe roads conditions. Well that catches me up for a few days.

     Kadence in her Green.

 Greyson,Konner, and Kymbell dressed in there green for st patties day.

This is what we were leaving behind in Kansas. 

                                                          Kymbell in the car the second day of travel. Trying to get out of Wichita,Ks.