Sunny St. George...

This past weekend my little family and Chris's sister Abbies little family packed up and went to St. George. It's starting to become an annual spring time event for us and we LOVE it! We stayed in a Condo rather than a hotel and that makes ALL the difference in the world when traveling with kids!
This is one of my greatest friends ever, Tami. I only met her about 6 years ago, but she has been there for me through a LOT! I love her tons and I only get to see her when go down to St. George.
We went to the new Washington Aquatic Center and it was awesome. It was half inside, half outside, and the boys had a blast! Here's Cord going down the slide.

Here's is Bridger crawling around the water with his Daddy. The boys just kept wanting to go with their daddy the whole time. Are moms just not fun or what? I guess that's what we get for being the responsible, disciplinary, nurturing mothers that we are, and daddy's are their just for fun. JK, I do have to admit they DO have one of the coolest, most funnest Daddies in the world.

Here's Milee and Bridger taking a bath together. Isn't that the cutest little bumm?

Here they are at the park next to our Condo, the kids had fun there too!

Cord showing off his climbing skills. This boy is getting DARING and WILD!

This is a new little place right in the middle of St. George by the new library. It's just a little place people gather for lunch and bring their kids to play in. It's small, but free and sooo much fun. I didn't realize you should bring swimsuits for your kids because it's only like 3 inches deep, but Bridger wanted to do more than just walk in the water.....

Bridger following his big brother down the little river.

Me and my AWESOME sister-in-law Abbie. I've posted about her before but it doesn't hurt to say once again that I couldn't ask for a better sister-in-law, I don't even consider her that, she is a true friend and she is soooooo helpful for lost little old me! I lOVE her!

Here is Cord and Avery smiling for the camera.

And Bridger before all his clothes came off!

I will have to post a few more pictures later when I get them from Abbie, my camera died and she got some good ones!

EASTER DAY

Sunday afternoon we went to my parents house and had a yummy dinner and then the kids got to have an Easter Egg hunt in their backyard afterwards. This is Baylee and she just absolutely adores Chris! I NEED to have a little girl!!!!

Here is Bridger and Baylee. Bridger loves rocks, here he is dumping rocks into his bucket. He didn't care about the Easter Eggs, mommy got to find his!

Here's all the boys getting ready to go find all their eggs!

Cord had to have a little help, unless they were staring him straight in the eyes, he couldn't find much, so I cheated a little and gave him hints left and right.

Easter morning.... Bridger loved the little $5 golf set the Easter Bunny brought him. When Chris golfs out in the front yard Bridger is always wanting to play too, so I got him his own set.

He also got a flashlight. This boy LOVES flashlights, so the Easter Bunny only thought it fitting....

Here's Cord with his new fishing pole! After fishing with it last night we had to forbid him from bringing it back in the living room to play with it because it now has fish guts and blood on it. He was devastated...

Easter Activites...

Yesterday Cord and Chris went fishing at the fish farm in Smithfield with Bob and Emerson. Cord got a new fishing pole from the Easter Bunny and just LOVES it and LOVES fishing! They had a blast!

Here Cord is helping me frost Easter sugar cookies. He's such a BIG helper!

Here Cord and Chris are decorating Easter eggs! He'd been dying to do that all week!

Cord and Avery went to Lee's grocery store to go on their little Easter activity. It looks like Cord is thinking "I like you Easter Bunny, but don't get too close"

bABy AnImaL dAys...

This past friday we went to baby animal days here in Wellsville. I've lived here for 3 and a half years and have never gone before, and loved it! So it might have to become a tradition. We went with the Fillpot family and had a blast. Here's Kole and Cord on the train.
Here's Amy, Macee and miss prego with a big bag of Kettle Corn in her hand. That's right folks, I LOVE kettle corn and I'm not afraid to show it even when I'm up 15 pounds!!! Oh and you might notice the new hair cut too! On April Fools Day I had a hair apt and I chopped my hair off. I text Chris to tell him and he didn't believe me, he thought I was fooling him!

Here's Bridger playing with the "cha, cha's" or what ever they are called. He loves those things though. They have them at story time at the library and I had to quit taking him because that's all he wanted to do, even when it wasn't time for them so he would throw one of his infamous tantrums until I was so embarresed I had to leave! Love you Bridge.....

Here's Kole and Cord Beating the Drums!

Cord Checking out the baby sheep!

Chris and Bridger. I love Bridger's face in this picture. Come to think of it, Chris and Bridger are pretty much pulling the same face! Like Father, like son!!Cord wanted to hold the baby bunnies so bad but every time I put it in his arms he would freak out, so I guess I got to hold the baby bunny, FUN!

Aaaaaand the Pony rides. Bridger and Chris were down by the river throwing rocks in it for an hour while Cord and I and the Fillpots waited in line for the pony ride. When it was our turn Chris had to pull Bridger away from his rock throwing and he didn't like that very much, so needless to say he wasn't very happy on the pony!

Okay, look at his Helmet!!! Isn't that the funniest picture in the world! He didn't mind, he just loved being on the pony!

Happy Birthday Brenda!

Happy Birthday on March 31st to my darling sister Brenda! Who's now a whopping 33! Anyways, a little sister-to-sister, I hope she knows how much I love her and appreciate her helping me when ever possible!! I wish we lived closer than an hour apart because it would be a lot more convenient for sister time, or helping watch her kids when needed! She means the world to me and the best sister ever. Love you sis!Here's the boys playing the WII! Cord is a pro at bowling now just from playing it at my sisters. Maybe next year Santa Clause will bring our family a wii!Here's Bridger in total awe watching the bowling game! He serious stops what ever he's doing so he can watch them play. Pretty fascinating huh Bridger????!?!?

Bridger...

So here’s a few thoughts and answers to some peoples questions about Bridger. We are supposed to journal about our good times and our hard times right? A few months ago my mother mentioned to me that Bridger was "different". Hmmmmm, Different. Nobody wants to hear that about their child, because every mommy's child is perfect. Besides the fact that my child didn't talk, didn't socialize, wouldn't let me talk directly to him, eye contact isn't regular with him, he didn't play with toys they were supposed to be played with, etc...... he was perfect, right? But a light bulb came on when she said that and we took him to a specialist up at the University and he somewhat diagnosed Bridger with a child with signs and characteristics of PDD (Pervasive Development Disorder) which is on the Autism Spectrum, but with a LESSER severity.. When he was one year old, he could say "Uh-Oh", and "Hi" and point and say "No". He would also point to my nose when I asked him where it was. He doesn't do that anymore. He is over 2 years old and doesn’t say any words, meaning he has degressed in the communication world. Anyways, to make a long story short, I'm grateful that my Mom dared say something to me to get this taken care of now, because I know that must have been very difficult for her to do. The earlier you catch it, the easier it us to pull them out of their “world”. He went through a series of evaluations with the 0-3 program and was easily accepted as he is obviously very behind on communication and behavior skills. We’ve started the classes and let me tell you, IT’S HARD. We are basically trying to re-train the way he wants to think and act and we (Bridger and I) are both going through a lot of tears and stress to get through it. Don’t take for granted how easy it is to play with your child because doing it this way takes a lot of time, effort and tantrums. The program says they see a lot of great results with their program so I am crossing my fingers. And I've said this before to people, but out of all the signs and characteristics of children with "autism", one is their inability to show love. And I am sooooooooooooooooooooo grateful that my sweet Bridger doesn't have that problem, he loves his mommy and daddy more than anyone on this earth. He cuddles and kisses us all the time. He is sooooo easy to Love although he is sooo hard to take out to public places. But I can deal with that as long as I get my loves from Bridger. We love you Bridger.

Activity Days...

A month or 2 ago I was called to Activity Days Leader to the 8 year old girls in our ward. At first I thought, OH NO, I don't have patience for wild little emotional girls for a whole hour, 2 times a month, and my first day, proved it! But we made some rules, the girls are doing soooo great, and we are having soooooo much fun! This is one of our activity's we did: PEDICURES!!!! The lesson was about Jesus washing the apostles feet, so we had our little lesson and then hopped right into our pedicures. Here is Cord joining us. He seriously loves to be right in the middle of the girls, doing what they are doing. He seriously is soooo cute and such an entertainer! He even painted his toenails with the girls after!

The massaging.......

And the painting!!!! I have 8 darling girls that are sooo much fun!

ConGRaTs...

Congrats to the bride and groom: My cousin Jared Buckley and his now wife Whitney. Isn't she just beautiful? They got married in the Salt Lake Temple on March 6 on a COLD winter day, but it was worth seeing the happy couple come out for pictures. But most of all it was worth being inside to listen to the sealing that took place that reminded me of all the convenants I made inside the Logan temple and how it made me feel.


Bug eyes and all, she's beautiful! (She's not always bug eyes so I can say that!! I just got a great shot!!)
Chris and I outside the Salt Lake Temple And My mom and dad. Isn't this a sight? Doesn't my dad look handsome in a suit? At the Temple?!?!?!?

Give Away...

I just added a button to the Right and down below called "Give away". It's pretty neat. Its a blog that has companies give free stuff away every day. Check it out!

NO DENYING....

Okay, here is the scan I promised of the "boy part". I didn't tell you, but my first ultra sound they gave me at 12 weeks she told me she was 99% sure it was a boy, but I tell you what I was in complete DENIAL, and I held onto that 1% for a girl until my next appointment where she actually put a curser on the "kickstand" and wrote in the notes "It's a boy!!" So here it is people, this is what a little boy looks like in an ultrasound picture if your ever trying to look! The angle is as if he was going to sit on the camera, we are looking at his bum, 2 legs and yes, the middle part.

Island Park for the Boys...

Every Year over Valentines, our sweet husbands (the coats family) leave us for a 5 day weekend of fun! At first I was a little irked by this but Chris time and again has remined me how nice it is to go out for Valentines a few days early and not have to wait for 2 hours to get into dinner. So I've gotten over it and he goes and has a good time.
Here is Chris looking as adventurous as ever.


This is a picture of most of the guys hanging out at the Cabin. OOOOPS! Chris was climbing a little to steep and couldn't quite cut where he needed to go so he tipped over onto a tree!

Chris and the guys...

IT'S A.................

BOY!!! Yes, it is our 3 little boy on the way and let me tell you, I am sooooooooo....................thrilled. Can you tell how excited I am? No really, I had to set myself up that I was having another boy so I wouldn't be so disappointed, even though I was absolutley SURE that I was having a GIRL!!! Regardless of my secret little hope that it would be a girl, all I can say is I hope for a happy, healthy little boy! I am greatful just for the chance to love another little bundle of joy! I tried to scan in the ultrasound picture of the boy part, but now that my computer is working my scanner decided it's time for him to give me a hard time! So maybe next time!!!

CrAsH

Ok, I'm really not lost in space right now, my computer is having MAJOR problems right now. This is the first time I've actually been able to pull up the window to leave a post since my last one, so I'm very behind. And sorry I haven't been able to check out YOUR blog lately either. But I think I'm on track now, and hope to post some good pictures SOON!

The Threesome

This is Hunter and Parker, 2 of Cords very best friends. Their mother Christine used to tend Cord and Bridger while I worked and during this time they developed such a fun friendship. I am truly greatful for this family and EVERY thing they do for me and my boys! Although they don't watch my boys anymore, the friendships are still their all around. Here they are watching Walle and eating a snack in my really clean and fancy decorated basement!!!!