Vacation

Of course, as I am going through my pictures I wish that I had taken more, but here are some highlights from our trip to AZ...

Damon and Rachel decided to invite everyone to Makuto's Island for a birthday treat for McKinna and Bodin. It was a super fun afternoon.







The kids also spent much of the trip on Landon's water slide. I think that Brie got her money's worth on this one.




We also had the irrigation come through while we were there. This is a favorite of the country life (we still like to pretend that Queen Creek can have some country life to it:)).

Just a few pics of Journey to show she was there.

Another new nephew

Here is Roman Thomas Sanfilippo. I love the name and the hair. We can't wait to see him. We missed seeing him by a few hours. We wanted to wait and see him so bad, but he had other plans. He just wouldn't cooperate and get here. Now we need to convince Whitney to come and see us.

New Nephew

We are so excited that our newest nephew Gunner Grey Merkley is here. He was born at a whopping 7lbs. 10 oz. What a cutie! Congrats to the Merkley family.

For a Job Well Done

Since the kids had such a great school year, and did very well academically I wanted to treat them to a fun day. I pulled them out of school early on Thursday. The Space Center opened up a new Star Wars the Clone Wars exhibit that I knew they would love, and I wanted to hit it up before the full force of summer crowds were upon it.


The kids got to shoot at characters with their lasers. I must say that I won the most points.



They had a rock wall.

They also had an obstacle course. I could not go into this one with McKade and Journey, but the kids said that it was really hard and kind of scary. I am sure it was since they had to wear the full on harnesses.


McKade's favorite thing to do at the space center though is the ball pit. He could stay in there all day.

School Winding Down

We have had a lot to do with this school year coming to an end. On Wednesday, McKinna had her end of year class party. McKinna earned the Friend award this year. Good Job McKinna! Her teacher and class will be staying together as they loop up to third grade. (She is always in the class that loops).


Then, on Thursday, Bodin had the Kinder graduation. Bodin earned the easy going award, now that is a good quality to have! His theme was luau, he had a fun party after the graduation. The kids are looking forward to summer!

Memorial Weekend 2010

A small re-cap of Memorial Weekend, besides Ben being out of town and McKade being sick...
The kids played in the backyard pool. They loved every minute of it. They were out there for hours and with it only being a couple of feet deep, I don't worry about them:)


In the evening when I made them exit the pool, they pulled out a mat and got out Lego's and Superhero's. What fun!

We then went in on a waterslide with some members of our ward and had a pot luck. The kids loved every minute of it, except Journey who cried the entire time. I think it was too much for her.

When Ben finally made it home Monday night, he brought home a lot of fish to eat. I can't wait...even though it is not Mahi.

I Need Some CHOCOLATE!!

It has been one of those days, few days, weeks... It all started on Monday, Ben called and said that he would be getting a half day on Friday to kick off the 3-day weekend. WooHoo! I started making plans. We would pick the kids up early on Friday and be off. I should have know that once I got plans done for the entire weekend something would come up.
Tuesday Ben finds out that he is going out on a boat Thursday and coming home sometime Sunday. Okay, let's look at the bright side, you are not deployed, you have a good job, and you would be working if you were still a cop. We can deal with this. After school Bodin gets off the bus sobbing. His temp. is 103 degrees. Great, this is cause for worry. I was up all night checking on him and giving him meds to keep that temp. down. He stays home from school on Wednesday, but seems better besides a low grade temp.
Thursday comes around and Ben leaves. McKade starts acting up horribly, I'm thinking that it is probably due to the fact that I am baby-sitting a couple little girls and he is not getting enough attention. He dumps the Lucky Charms on the floor because he wanted more marshmallows. Then he runs and dumps the Cheetos. I put my little Superhero in his room for a time-out. (He enjoys it, so I guess it is actually a time-out for me).



By Thursday night McKade is running a temp. Another night of no sleep. He seems to be getting better by Friday morning. As I watch him during the day, he is not eating or drinking. I thought he had a sore throat. By evening I wrestle him to the floor and while holding a flashlight I peer into his mouth. It is covered in little blister looking things. Okay, off to urgent care we go. Remember Ben is gone so here we ALL go.
We spend a couple of hours down at urgent care to discover he has hand, foot, and mouth disease. It is viral and painful in his mouth and throat. We got drops to numb his mouth. It is very contagious so now we wait for the rest of them to get it. Hopefully before we travel.

And to top if off Ben just texted me to let me know the boat will be later than expected coming back in. Great! And there is no chocolate in this house. I guess I will have to settle for Mtn. Dew.