Christmas Morning

Christmas morning was fun. The boys took about 2 hours to open all their presents even though there were not that many to open. They had so much fun. Building the pirate ship was the highlight, Mason had to take a break to eat some breakfast while Easton and Garet put the finishing touches on the ship. They were really cute and we had a great morning.

Idaho lodge Dec 22-24

The beginging of our adventure. Loading the snowcat.

Our first night with stockings full of presents from Grandma and Grandpa.

Brave Brikelle getting the decorations to the tip top of the tree.

Here we are happy as can be, what a great family.

My family went up to the Idaho lodge Dec. 22-24, 2008. It was quite the adventure. The morning we left there was a huge storm and it took us quite a bit longer to get to Idaho. Once we arrived we boarded the snow cat and headed to the lodge. It was pretty crazy but we made it. The lodge was FREEZING and so were the kids, once the water heater heated up a little we put them all in the tub to warm up. Grandma Jean gave them stockings full of fun pirate toys that night and we had fun playing with them. The next day we had a lot of fun cutting down a christmas tree, making decorations like stringing popcorn, making paper dolls and snowflakes, and many other fun ornaments and decorated the tree. Then we went sledding and had a ton of fun doing that. I didn' get any pictures of sledding so I will have to get some from my sister. We came inside to warm up, eat lunch, have naps, and play pool. That night we had a little nativity story, sang some songs and opened more presents. The day we left was my Dad's birthday. He was born on Christmas eve and it was fun to all be together that morning to celebrate. We packed up the snowcat and headed home.

We had our traditional Christmas eve party at my aunt Jills house that night, so we ended with one more party

We had a great time together and made some good memories. Thanks family, love you!!

My poor BABY

He did get a little bit of sleep in spite of the hourly checking and every 4 hour checking all vitals etc. He was so cute. I curled up in his crib too, but then the nurse was kind and brought a big bed for the 2 of us.

My Mom was leaving work and came to support me until Garet and Easton got there. It is a little bit emotional watching your little one go through all this. Plus I hadn't slept for about 3 night straight. Thanks Mom, you are always there for us to help in any way. I love you.

This lady was so sweet. She brought Mason lots of toys to play with and a stocking to decorate. Then she filled the stocking with fun toys for him.

Daddy and Easton came to save the day. He was so happy to see them.

This picture was when he finally got to take the IV tubing out and had a little bit of freedom to run around. We got released about 2 hours later.

Poor little Mason. He has been so sick. It started about 2 days after we arrived in Mexico. He started with a cough, then a fever and congestion. The humidity really helped him cope while we were gone. Then 2 days after we got home he started with vomiting and diarrhea. Garet Easton and I had a bit of it too, but it only lasted about 24 hours for us. I am thinking we got it all from the flights. It is a bad time of year for germs and when you are confined on an airplane with a couple hundred people and circulating air, it is not a good mix. Any how he couldn't keep ANYTHING down not even a sip of water. So because of that he got really dehydrated and that sent us to the hospital for a sleepover. Poor baby, he was so brave. He let them poke and prod him more than you can imagine. He was so sick. Since we had just been in Mexico, and I know he got some of the water there, Dr. B wanted to cover all our bases and tested for EVERYTHING under the sun. So the conclusion thus far, no Mexico bugs, just a bad virus that turned into some gastritis. So here we are a week later...still throwing up and pooping. He is doing better though and as long as the 2 symptoms don't last past Sunday we will not have to do any more testing. Please hope and pray for us to not have to go any further.

Merry Christmas Garet, we will be paying the hospital and Dr. bills instead of having Christmas this year. On the upside...I am so grateful to have Dr. B who is the BEST DOC. in the world.

Christmas Vacation 2008

Rulon & Kathy took us all on our annual Christmas vacation to Mexico. We had a great time. It was to nice to sit back and relax. The boys are at a great age and are so happy to just play in the sand and water. We did a lot of fun activities, bachi ball, kite flying, skin boarding, swimming, sand play, volleyball, pinata breaking, bon fire, board and card games, a lot of eating and most important RELAXING!!!

The last night we went to Puerta Vallarta and stayed at Los Tules. We had a great breakfast at the fiesta americana and did some christmas shopping. We had a fabulous time THANK YOU for another great year in Mexico. We love you!