A Rough Week And . . . A Lovely Weekend!

Yes. Lucy started throwing up on my birthday and did so for about 5 days. No fun. The poor girl had some nasty flu bug or something. None of the rest of us got it thank goodness. It was all we could do to get her to come outside with us one day and play bocce.

Lucy was doing better so we went to Utah with a team of horses for a horse pull on the 16th. Lauren, my old roommate, and Skyler and their little girl Cali, met us there. It had been a long time since we had seen them and so it was way fun to catch up! Becky and Brad also came! Lauren & Becky & I had a great time reminiscing about the good ole days and had lots of good laughs. The girls loved the parade before the pull and got lots of candy. Nick did great in the pull and we all had a fun time. He even got the "Horsemanship Award"! Go Nick. He has big plans for several more horse pulls this summer. Hmmmm. We'll see. I didn't get any great ones of the horse pull. Sorry Nick. I was busily trying to manage two crazy girls. But here's Jet & Andy.

The girls when they finally 'crashed' at the very end of the horse pull, of course. Needless to say, I didn't catch a whole lot of it.

Just when we thought Lucy was getting better, she started throwing up again. So sad, she was so completely worn out and weak that she just layed on the couch all day for a few days and slept. She definitely wasn't her usual self. I think I got to hold her last week more than I got to hold her since she was a newborn! She's definitely not a cuddler. So that part was kind of nice for a change. She finally started feeling better the middle of last week, gratefully, because we had a trip to Yellowstone planned with Becky & Brad! It was such a blast! And Nick had never been there, so that was exciting! Can you believe that? I sure can't. Crazy. To live less than 2 hours from something so amazing and never go!? We camped and spent two nights and saw a lot of the cool sites. Nathan and Alisa came up on Saturday and it was fun to have them there. We saw "Old Faithful" of course, and several other geysers, waterfalls, and hot pots. We also saw Yellowstone Lake, which was still quite frozen and "The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone". So amazing. It was probably my favorite part. I thought it was better than the Grand Canyon. Not as deep, but the sides were straight down and beautiful. Wow. Okay this is getting really long. But we had tons of fun! Thanks for coming with us Harrison's! You guys are great. Now we're looking for where to go on our next camping adventure. Any ideas?

Here's Nathan & Alisa with Lucy while we were waiting for Old Faithful to spout. Thanks for being such great entertainers for the girls all the time!

Lucy roasting some marshmallows at the campfire!

Becky & I

Lucy & Nick at Tower Falls

That there is a black bear.

Lucy loved camping and was so sad to leave!

Happy Mother's Day Kim!!!

Just wanted to say Happy Mother's Day, from Nick, Lucy, and Kate. We all love you so much and appreciate everything that you do for us. You are such a good example to me and the girls and I love you so much for the great mother and wife that you are. Thanks for everything.
Now we have to get ready for Kim's big birthday on Thursday. She is going to be the big 25!! Man that is old!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Nick turned the big 28 today! We had a fun little family birthday party. Tomorrow night we'll have a party with all Nick's family at Brock & Abbie's house. Abbie is Nick's twin sister. The girls loved helping with the cake and presents. We had a late party because Nick was out I.V.ing one of the new colts til late. We've had 4 new colts in the last couple weeks! I need to post pics of them. They're so cute. Anyway one of the colts has been real dehydrated so Nick has been taking good care of it giving it lots of fluid through I.V. Just takes lots of time. Anyway, Happy Birthday Baby! We love you!

Sorry for the very blurry picture!
Kate thoroughly enjoyed this . . .
And so did I because it kept her busy for 30 seconds!

CANADA!!

We are in Canada. And it is lovely. We are up for some horse business. Haha. I'm always up for a trip to Barnwell! I'm sure the rest of the fam is very jealous. The only thing that could make it better was if Grandma were here. Hope she gets home soon. We came up to Edmonton today after the horse sale. We even made it to the West Edmonton Mall-- the LARGEST MALL IN NORTH AMERICA! Yeah, anyone jealous? They have every store you could ever imagine. And an indoor amusement park, ice rink, waterpark . . . it is enormous. This was actually my second time at the mall, crazy . . . the last time was probably about 15 years ago. And wouldn't ya know we had to leave Idaho to get some nice weather . . . in CANADA! Seriously. It's been beautiful.

Washington Trip

Last week we were in Washington . . . where Nick did some horse business. (If you can believe that). Haha. Nick worked hard, while the girls and I played and enjoyed the sites of Northwest WA. Nick shod lots of horses (for those of you who don't know what this means, I wouldn't of, he put shoes on them). It was a fun trip to get away! On the way home we even got to stay at the Osborne Resort in Moses Lake . . . it was FABULOUS!

These turkeys were hilarious! This was at Hovander Park.

A huge, neat barn at the park.

Checking out the ocean
Birch Bay . . . Kate loved the rocky beach. She stuck everything in her mouth.

Yep . . . that's a chicken walking on the beach! Funny. Lucy was as confused as the rest of us!

Lucy did a lot of this.

And she loved watching these little guys . . . they were pretty funny. We were supposed to come home with an empty trailer . . . but no. That would be too easy. Instead we brought home two more horses, a pig, and a goat. Yes, crazy I know.

My Old Dress

On Sunday Lucy wore one of my dresses that I wore as a little girl. My Mom saved it in the attic all those years! Lucy has about outgrown it but she always gets lots of comments on it when she wears it to church. As you can tell, she didn't want to cooperate too well . . .

Happy Easter!

I got fabric a couple of months ago to make Easter dresses for the girls and finally got up the courage to start them on Friday. Crazy I know. So here they are, after a couple really late nights. I had to call my Mom several times for directions over the phone. Thanks Mom! Anyway, I think I better go get started on next years . . . Hope everyone had a great Easter! [This last pic is of Lucy with her new puppy, Sadie. They are such cute buddies.]

DISNEYLAND!!!

We had an awesome trip to Southern California, where we met up with Grandma & Grandpa Bailey and Uncle Brian. We went to Disneyland and California Adventure, and then went south to San Diego! Lucy loved Disneyland. Her favorite rides were Dumbo and the Tea Cups. Surprisingly, Lucy was just tall enough for all the "big" rides. The height requirement is 40 inches and she is about 39.75, but with shoes she is 40 easy. So we took her on Splash Mountain and Thunder Mountain Railroad and the Matterhorn, but for some reason she always wanted to go back to Dumbo! She had so much fun and hasn't stopped talking about it since. Too bad she probably won't remember the trip . . . I guess that just means we'll have to go again!! Thanks Mom & Dad & Brian for the GREAT time! Here are tons of pictures . . . scroll quickly.

The famous pic you must take before going into Disneyland!

Lucy loved the carousel- she could've just rode it over and over.

Lucy loves Toy Story and was so excited to see Woody . . . that is, until we got up close!

Lucy with Uncle Brian (her glasses broke, this is what they keep her from doing, poor girl!)

Even Kate had fun!

On Dumbo!

And the Princesses . . .

This was probably the longest line we waited in to see the princesses. Lucy loved it! It wasn't quite as scary as Woody and Jesse.

On the Riverboat, Mark Twain

At the petting zoo. I had no idea Disneyland had this, but Lucy had fun!

Standing on the "L" outside California Adventure.

The teacups with Grandma & Grandpa.

The girls takin' a break.

Saying goodbye to Grandma & Grandpa before they left for their CRUISE! We still had another day at Disneyland with Brian!

Having a FUN time!

SWEET shades Lucy!

On Huck Finn's? island. Lucy had a great time running around. We about lost her on several occasions. Not on purpose.

We spent awhile at this treehouse. Lucy would run up and down and around and wave at us on the bench everytime she past. She made it up and down surprisingly fast by the end!

After Disneyland we went down to San Diego and dropped Brian off with the Guest's. Then we headed to Ahlstrom's before going home. On the way home we got to stop in Las Vegas to meet up with Char (my old roommate) and her boyfriend for lunch! It was great to see her and meet her man. Then we stopped for a break in St. George and walked around the temple grounds and saw the home Nick's mom lived in growing up.

We enjoyed the weather and can't wait for it to make it here! It was a great trip- thanks Mom, Dad, & Brian!!!

So Stinkin' Cute!

I made this diaper & wipes case yesterday (when I should have been working on Easter dresses), and I thought that they turned out great. You want to make some? Go here- Make It and Love It. She gives a great tutorial and has lots of other great ideas. And she just put up another GIVEAWAY today . . . go enter!

Kate Update

Just thought I'd write a few things about our little Kate real quick. I really want to post pictures of our California trip, but Brian has them on his camera. But I'll get them and post them soon. We had so much fun!! It was really hard to come home to snow. Anyway Kate is such a fun baby, even if she is a bit of a momma's girl, and extremely clingy. I never realized how opposite two kids could be. She's finally starting to get a little more brave and be social. It's been rather nice. She is nine months and has been crawling and climbing for a couple months now. She loves to get into anything she can, especially the toilet. I thought we still had a few months . . . but anytime the bathroom door is open you can bet she'll be in there. Kate is still having a rough time with the tear ducts. The probing we had done didn't do much good and both eyes are still closed off. We have decided to go ahead with the surgery to put tubes in to open the ducts. The tubes will be left in for 10-12 weeks and then will be pulled out, in hopes to keep them open! The poor girl has to deal with me constantly wiping and cleaning her eyes. No fun. We have the surgery scheduled for the middle of May. Kate is still pretty small and petite, but oh so cute! She has four teeth now and still not much hair. She's started to stand by herself, and I'm sure it won't be long before she starts walking. Darn it! Then I'll really be in trouble trying to chase two. Lucy and Kate have lots of fun together. I often hear them giggling from the other room. It's so cute. I know this is really random, so I'll stop, but I wanted to write a few things so I don't forget!