It's all about the treats

 Bryce is playing t-ball this year. He is excited to be playing but he is even more excited about the treats he gets at the end of the game. HAHA! Classic. After the first game he was so excited to show us what he got. Landon doesn't get to go to many of the games because a lot of times Bryce and Chloe play on the same night and since Landon is Chloe's coach he is kind of obligated to attend her games, so he will always ask Bryce how his game went. Bryce never tells him if he hit, or ran fast, he always tells him about the treat he got-LOL. One day he got gatorade instead of the common capri sun and he said "I've always wanted one of these". He is a riot. We love our little snack loving t-ball player. #BryceEE

Strep Throat

A few weeks ago on Friday night Bryce started complaining of his head hurting, he had been pretty fussy that whole day, so I wondered if he was not feeling well. Later that night he woke up burning up with fever. Recognizing the symptoms from Chloe dealing with strep for so long, I took him into the InstaCare the next morning. Of course the quick strep test came back negative-hers always used to too-but they put him on an antibiotic anyways since he had 90% of the symptoms including really swollen glands. They told me they would call and tell me to stop them the following day if the 24 hour test came back negative as well, but if I didn't hear from them to keep him on them cause that meant it was positive. Just like I thought we never heard from them. He was pretty sick for a few more days before the meds kicked in. I took one day off work and Tanner took one day off school. Tanner was very helpful and even made a special trip to the store to get Bryce some popsicles at his request.

Finally by Wednesday he was feeling better and he went to school and the babysitter. When I picked him up I could tell he still wasn't back to 100% cause he just wanted me to hold him and even though Chloe had games we needed to get ready for I took a few extra minutes and granted his request. It was worth it for both of us.

He was good as new in a few days-just in time to go to Grandpa and Grandma's house for Easter.

Throw Up

For Basketball this season every one of Chloe's games was an away game. That meant a lot of traveling and sometimes meant we took other kids along with us. Luckily I was able to make it to all of her games.

One of her games was in Beaver. We ended up taking two other girls with us-her good friend Brydee and Isabelle. The girls talked and laughed the whole way their.

Chloe's Grandma and uncle Trevor were able to drive down from Fillmore to watch. I wish I would have gotten a picture. The game was tough. The Beaver team was huge-I mean literally some of the girls were bigger than my husband. Dixie ended up losing by quite a bit. The loss didn't dampen the girls spirits too much. After the game we stopped for some ice cream at McDonalds and then got back on the road.

The girls were back to talking and giggling and this is where things took a turn for the worst. Chloe was saying something very animatedly and started choking on something. The other girls, once they knew it wasn't serious, started laughing, and then Brydee laughed so hard that she choked on something and started throwing up. OH MY GOSH!

At that point I figured I had better just laugh with them or I was going to be seriously pissed of. I quickly pulled over on an exit in the middle of no where and we cleaned things up the best we could. Luckily she had her school clothes in her bag and was able to change into those. It is one road trip they will probably never forget! dang kids!!!

T-Ball

Bryce started T-Ball this year. He is on the Padres Cooperstown Team and he is the youngest one.

Landon took him to his first practice and they handed out jerseys and hats so of course Bryce wanted to put his on.

He is so cute!!! He's so excited to play. It should be lots of fun.

#BryceEE

Spring is Here

Spring is here and you know what that means... 

our lives just got busy.

This time every year it happens. Just with the normal baseball/softball season and games plus practices and coaching take enough time, but you add into that the fact the Chloe plays spring soccer and her basketball season also goes into spring and we are even busier. You would think that with Tanner not playing baseball this year we wouldn't be quiet as busy, but we actually seem to be even busier than normal. Plus Bryce is playing t-ball, so we have to add that into the schedule. Most weeks there is at least one practice or game every night but Sunday and a lot of days two.

Here is an example of our weekly schedule...

Of course this busy schedule means we have to make adjustments in other areas of our lives. We spend a little more on eating out, since at least two nights a week we eat on the go, and a little less on groceries. This year we even went as far as hiring a once a week house keeper to come in and help us just keep on top of things since we are literally never home. To make that adjustment we cut back our weekly gas money and petty cash, but let me tell you it has made a huge difference. Just the few hours she is here a week helps us stay on top of things.

Some people might think we are crazy, but we love our lives and wouldn't have it any other way. And although we aren't home much we are getting in a lot of quality family time.

Bring it on Spring!

Anniversary Weekend

A few weeks ago Landon and I celebrated our 17th anniversary. We usually just go out to dinner and sometimes we go skiing or bowling or something, but we haven't ever gone anywhere for the weekend. This year we decided it was time and we planned a getaway for the whole weekend. Luckily my Mom was able to come and stay with the kids.

We went back and forth on what we wanted to do, I have really been wanting to visit Universal Studios to see Harry Potter World, but we eventually decided on Brian Head ski resort as we both really like to ski. My one requirement as we looked for a condo to rent was a fireplace-what isn't more cozy and romantic than being able to cuddle up in front of a fire place, also I was hoping to get a little reading by candlelight in.

We ended up finding the perfect place. Cozy, comfortable, and affordable. Plus it was literally right across the street from the ski slopes.

It snowed most of the time we were up there. Saturday we woke up and it started snowing, but we headed to the slopes anyways. We still got a lot of skiing it despite the snow. The snow isn't the bad part, its when the wind blows and blows the snow in your face. It can make it kind of cold at times. We still got a lot of skiing in, but we did end our day a little earlier than we normally would have. Landon is a lot braver and more talented at skiing than I am, so although we hit some of the harder runs earlier on, we ended up sticking to easier stuff most of the day. I'm glad he still loves me and puts up with me even though he probably would have rather been skiing the harder runs. He's more of a black diamond guy and me more of a green circle type of girl, but it works for us, and has done for the past 17 years and hopefully many more to come.

After skiing we went out for some pizza and than retired to our nice warm condo.

Sunday we just hung out and played some board games before heading back home.

The kids had lots of fun with their Grandma while we were away and we were surprised with the new addition of some fish to the family-Bryce had really been wanting some and Grandma granted that wish. I think Bryce wished we would have stayed away a little bit longer.

Besties

These two have always had a special bond. I'm glad they have each other.

Bryce and Great Grandma Marshall. #besties #BryceEE