First Camping Trip!

We finally took our girls on their first camping trip and we had so much fun!  However, I can't believe how much work it is to take three kids camping.  We drove up on Monday and took two cars to fit everything in!  We were planning on staying until Wednesday morning but ended up leaving on Tuesday night due to Jacob and Makenna getting sick.  Jacob would have toughed it out if I let him but I didn't want Makenna to go through another night there sick.  Even with the crazy sick stuff, we still had a really good time.  The girls absolutely loved playing in the dirt.  We took up sand toys and they just kept digging and digging.  I have never seen them so dirty....they looked like little raccoons because we could only see their eyes through the dirt!  We also took them on some different little hikes around the campsite and they even got to ride their bikes around.  By the time we got back, Jacob and I were exhausted.  Gone are the days of just being able to enjoy the outdoors.  Now, our kids get to enjoy the outdoors while we work to set up everything and then take it down the next day!  Needless to say, it will take some time to recover but we will taken them again!

Mother's Day 2012

This was the first year that Jacob has been off of work for Mother's Day and I was pretty excited.....until he got sick on Saturday night!  If you know me really well, you could say my birthday curse rubbed off onto Mother's Day.  Jacob brought me breakfast in bed with the girls and then crashed in bed with a fever for the rest of the day.  Luckily, he was able to sleep it off and join my family and I for dinner so it started well and ended well!  Plus, I got some beautiful cards from all of them. (And a few gifts too!)

Girls Weekend!

While Jacob was away at Woodbadge this past weekend, us girls decided to do some fun "girl stuff".  We painted toenails, played games, watched movies, went on walks, went shopping and made pizza! Of course, all I got pictures of were the pizza making.  But we had a lot of fun!

Easter 2012!

We had a wonderful Easter this year! We woke up Sunday morning and waited for Daddy to get home before we went downstairs to see what the Easter bunny brought us. The girls all got very cute Easter baskets and they went on an exciting Easter egg hunt. They had so much fun!! Since Jacob was sleeping, I ventured to try and get pictures with all three of them but did not do very well. Those pictures were the best I got! Then, we went to church (I FINALLY found matching dresses for all 3 girls) and then had dinner with both Grandmas, Aunt Doo, Uncle Mike and cousin Sammy. We are thankful for the Easter season where we get to learn more about the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We love the gospel!!Digging through the Easter basketsI found them some pretty cool books that they love!Getting ready to find some eggsLooking through the loot!Gotta love Makenna trying to eat everything in siteAll of my sweet girls in their matching dresses!

Swinging!

There is no doubt that one of Emma and Maddie's favorite pastimes is swinging. So Jacob and I got out the infant swing and put it back on so that Makenna could start swinging with them. They LOVE it!! It is a lot of fun to watch all 3 of them having fun together.

Sick, Sick, Sick!!

This month we had the worst sickness that our little family has ever had so I just need to document it!! I can't even count how many doctor visits we had or prescriptions that we filled so I will just list exactly what went wrong with each of us. Also, this was all in a matter of 2-3 weeks and the stomach flu that came was while we were STILL sick with the colds, etc. It was pretty horrible!
Jacob - cold/flu (which was a nasty one), stomach flu
Katie - cold/flu, bronchitis, double ear infection, stomach flu, sinus infection (in that order!)
Emma - cold/flu, 10 days of fever, turned into pneumonia, had to take steroids to help with the asthmatic cough
Maddie - cold/flu, double ear infection, stomach flu (She was such a trooper and made it to the toilet to throw up almost every time. She only had 3 "accidents"!)
Makenna - cold/flu, double ear infection (She is such a good baby, I had no idea she had a double ear infection. Never whined at all and they were bulging by the time we checked it out!)

It was ALMOST laughable because the sickness seemed to be never ending. The amount of medicine that I was "handing" out everyday was insane. I am thankful that we are all better now!

St. Patty's Day

My girls are getting old enough now that I am TRYING to do some fun things with them, especially on the holidays. We all know that I work from home so its hard to squeeze everything in that I want but we manage to get some things in. For St. Patty's Day this year, a little Leprechaun sent us on a fun treasure hunt. The girls quickly got the hang of it and we definitely enjoyed running around the house finding all of the clues. We also enjoyed green food all day which the girls especially loved!