School Project

Sara was feeling a little left out that I never posted anything about her class project.

Her class has been studying South America and all the students were assigned a country to give a report on. They had to create land formations using salt dough to create a map and then they had to give an oral report on what they had learned. Sara was assigned Venezuela and this was the finished project:

I think she did a pretty good job.

Spring Break

Spring break was pretty busy for us. It was full of doctor visits, soccer games, a birthday party, and family get-togethers.
It started out with us at the doctor's office with Sara. Tuesday afternoon she was diagnosed with bronchitis and by Wednesday afternoon she was getting worse so I took her back in to the doctor that night. Gotta love Dinosaurland's hours. So they had her do several breathing treatments trying to get her oxygen level back up. The doctor was concerned enough that he thought we would probably be admitted to the hospital but we would do a chest x-ray to see if she had pneumonia before we decided anything. So we went over to the hospital and had the x-ray done then went back to the doctor to get the results.  She did not have pneumonia. Yeah! But the doctor was still very concerned because her oxygen had still not come up where he felt comfortable sending her home. At this point Sara started to be her cute self and basically started begging the doctor to not put her in the hospital because she couldn't miss her brothers birthday the next day. Well it worked, but I had to promise to get up with her every 2 hours throughout the night to give her treatments and then to come back the next afternoon to have her oxygen checked again. What a long night!
So Thursday afternoon we went back and her oxygen level was back to normal. Phew! But we were given instructions to continue with treatments every 4 hours for the next 2 days then to gradually start taking her off the treatments. She is finally doing much better.

Happy Birthday Wyatt!

Today my baby turns 8. I can't believe how fast the years have flown by.

Happy Birthday buddy!

Science Fair

Out of 400 sixth grade students at VMS, 50 were chosen to attend the Colorado Northwestern Community College Annual Science Fair in Rangely, CO.  Stephanie was one of the fifty chosen to attend. So this last Friday, Brian and I went with Stephanie to the science fair. There were a lot of creative projects and even though Stephanie did not take place in any of the categories, I'm still so proud that she even did a science project and that it was selected to go. Way to go!

While we were there, the kids got to check out the biology lab and the physics lab. In the biology lab, the students got to hold a brain and lungs and heart from a cadaver. The whole experience was really interesting. I just hope that Stephanie will start to take an interest in school now because we have been trying so hard to impress upon her how important an education is. So hopefully being in the college setting will give her the incentive to start getting better grades.

The Concert

Last weekend Brian and I went to the city for our anniversary. We did some shopping for Easter and for Wyatt's birthday that is coming up. Then we went to the George Strait concert. He was really good but I have to say I absolutely loved Reba. She really interacted with the audience.

                                                         Reba

                                           Lee Ann Womack & Reba

                                          Melissa Peterman & Reba

                                          And of course, George Strait

This George Strait concert was so much better than the one we went to in Las Vegas about 5 years ago. 


And on a side note, I have such a wonderful husband! Look what I got while shopping!

Now all I have to do is figure out how to use it.

                                                      



The Leprechaun That Got Away!

Early this morning as I was getting ready for work I could hear Wyatt talking. It was still pretty early and I hadn't woke any of the kids up. I thought maybe he was just talking in his sleep. I whispered to him that it wasn't time to get up yet and to go back to sleep for a little bit.
Then he says something about a leprechaun. At this point I still think he is talking in his sleep so I tell him that St. Patrick's Day was yesterday. Then I hear this "Oh Man, I guess I didn't catch him" as he realizes that it is no longer St. Patrick's Day. He was so disappointed. So I turned on the light and this is what I found:

Wyatt's version of a Leprechaun Trap!  He'd got up last night after I had tucked him in bed and set the trap. Too bad he didn't catch one!

A Quick Getaway!

So on Friday my wonderful husband decided we needed a weekend away. Just the two of us! It all started while I was at work. He texted me and and asked if I could get off early and that we could be in Vegas by 9. I thought he was just joking. But as our texts went on I realized he was serious. Then my next text from him was "BTW I'm Serious"! At that point it was 1:00 PM and time for me to get off work anyway. So I rushed home to start getting ready to go. By the time we got ahold of Brian's sister Tiffany to see if she would stay with the kids, and we got packed, it was 4:00 P.M. We left town with no plans and no hotel reservations. 9 hours later (1 AM) we arrive in Las Vegas. We were pretty exhausted so we checked into our hotel and went to bed.

The next day we got up and just walked the strip and did a lot of window shopping. It was so nice to be in warm weather. I think it was in the high 60's. Then that evening we went to a show. We decided to see Phantom. It was an awesome production. They put on a very good show. Plus it was even better because we were only 8 rows from the front!

Sunday morning we got up early and made the long drive home. We were both pretty sad to leave. It went by so quickly. But it was so worth the drive to get away and have some alone time together.
Thank you so much Tiffany for watching the kids for us even though you will be watching them again in a few weekends.