LOTS OF DR. BILLS COMING

Our two little sweeties each had an early morning dr. appointment. I took Ellee to the Specialty hospital to get tubes in and her adnoids out. The doc said her adnoids looked terrible, full of mucus and pus and very infected (sorry that is kind of yucky!). But yay, her surgery was successful. She had had a bad fever for the past two days, and started coughing last night. The doc said if she was coughing they probly couldn't do the surgery. D gave her a blessing and I prayed all night long, since yes we were up all night long that she wouldn't cough so that she could be taken care of. And she must have got her coughs out last night, because she did super at the hospital. What a blessing. She is a little fussy and sore when she coughs or sneezes. (And yes she is coughing a little now) But other than that she is doing good. And I can already tell that she can hear better, it is amazing. She just looks at me while I talk to her, like she hasn't quite heard my voice that clear before. So I am so excited!!! :)

Daryl was incharge of taking Lexi Lu to the dentist at 7 am. She had to have a special med that would make her sleep. Yay, it worked and they did two baby root canals and filled 3 other cavitites. My kids have awful teeth. We tried this with Lex about 2 months ago and she would not ever fall asleep, which the doctor said only happens to about 5% of his patients. He was a little hesitant to try it againg, but our only other option was to go to the hospital and have her put out, which D and I did not want to do. So We bribed her with two packs of her own sugar free gum. And Daryl sat with her and rocked her and yay, got her to sleep.
So now I have 2 sleepy girls, but so happy to have all this work done so they can get better. Dar was so awesome. I had been up forever with Ellee so he stayed with me and held Ellee while I took a nap, so now I feel much better!!! I love my honey!!!

We had to put lex on the floor so she didn't fall off of the bed.

And lucky Ellee is snuggled in my bed.

Breanna's soccer moves

Breanna tried out for her school talent show. What a cutie...It was totally her idea and I was so proud of her for trying out. She decided to show her school her soccer moves style!! Brandon bless his little heart also tried out, he played the piano. He was so cute!!! It was the first time I have ever seen him be quite and nervous. I think he did a fabulous job. It is hard when one child makes something and another one doesn't. I think they had a lot of people play the piano...anyway Brez made it and Brandon didn't. But I was so happy that he tried!!! I have Breannas on video.

Easter Time

Of course we have some Easter pictures!!! I do love Easter time. We choose to celebrate the Easter bunny and fun times on Saturday, then we try to remember the real reason for Easter on Sunday. Our kids woke up early Saturday morning to find themselves covered in Easter bunny kisses, then lots of candy eggs scattered about, some hidden colored eggs that somehow were very cold still????, and fun little baskets. After a yummy breakfast of lots of bacon, Easter eggs, pancakes, and juice we headed to Old Main Hill to "roll" our eggs. We met Rick and Amanda and Brynlee. The kids each had an 18 pack. This is such a fun tradition that the kids just love. It really is so much fun to just sit at the top of the hill and throw our eggs. They love to throw them and then chase them. We also attracted a lot of birds that were happy with all of our eggs. I am glad they like to clean up the mess so we don't have to :)

Don't you love their colored hands.

Old Main...it was fun to watch Ellee and Brynlee "throw" their eggs :)

The Easter bunny was there...we were actually surprised

about this...Lexi absolutely loved the bunny...Breanna wasn't

so sure...and Brandon was just happy to be there!!!

Lexi's dance recital!!

This is lexi's dance recital. So cute!! She was so funny and did such a good job!! It was so fun to watch her. I told her to make sure she smiled really big, and she said, "Mommy, will you laugh at me if I smile really big?", and I said, "No, I won't laugh at you, I will just smile back at you and wave!!", Then she said, "Mommy, I want you to laugh at me.", She is silly!!! And I love her silliness!!
She would get so excited about seeing us in the audience that sometimes she would just stand and wave or smile really big. She is so cute. On some of the video sorry I didn't hold the camera to still...it is hard to watch and record at the same time.
Daryls mom and dad came and Amanda...Mom and dad this is for you, since you couldn't be there!!

This is at the end!!

It was so sun to have Abby and Maddi dance with Lex. They were in a different class, but did the same big dance together!!

Lexi Lu and her best friend Brynlie!! They are so dang cute and funny together!! Good job girls!

Lexi

Here is my cute little Lexi in her dance costume. Isn't she a cutie!!! She loves to dance...and is a crazy girl (right Jen)!! We love her cute little personality!!

Our trip to HAWAII

So we had so much fun in Hawaii. We went with a couple of families that we know really well. One family (the Sturgils) have kids the same ages and personalities as ours so that made it so fun!! Its a good things our little sweeties went with us or we wouldn't have as many pictures. It is more fun to take pics of kids than me....However there are quite a few pics I just couldn't decide which ones to put in and which ones to leave out.

And so the journey begins...

First we went to Oahu. We stayed in Laie which is where the Temple, PCC, and BYU are. This is actually a picture overlooking the road to Laie. So pretty...


The first morning our kids woke up at 4:00 am, (four hours different) so we got up ate breakfast and headed to the beach by 7:00 am. The kids were so excited. For those of you who got the pic of D in his jeans, we weren't really planning on staying at the beach long so the adults were not really prepared.. We did the beach, temple, and PCC all in one very long day, we were so tired, but it was fun!!!



These are all of the kids at the Temple. The Temple is being redone on the outside and is a darker gray color. It was still so pretty though. And we had fun at the visitors center.
(I actually had a lady at the airport ask me if they were all my kids. Do I look like I could seriously have 8 kids????)

Then we headed to the Polynesian Culture Center (PCC). It was fun to see all of the different cultures. Our fav parts were the HAKA dance and the fire twirlers, and the popsicles bought by Rob...thanks Rob!!

This was at our luau dinner. I can't believe that I actually ate a pig that was cooked in the dirt with its skin still on. Actually it was pretty good though!!! The smoothies in the carved out pineapples were so yummy, Dar and I only got a few sips though after our kids devoured it!!!

That is the PIG!!!

The next day we went to Pearl Harbor. It was a very somber place. Very neat to see. My grandpa Hunt actually was on his mission there at the time the Japanese bombed Hawaii. He actually had to patrol the beaches for a few days because everyone was so afraid that the Japanese would come back and attack them again. Luckily they didn't or I might not be here.
This is the actual ship (it is upside down under the water) .

We then headed to Maui. That was the best flight I have ever been on, only 30 minutes and pretty the whole way.
Here are some pics from our hotel. (You are right Jamie it was fun, did you try the waterslide??)

Does she look tired???

These pancakes were so yummy!! Can you guess why???

This was a "blowhole"... The ocean waves would come in and blow up this big hole in the rocks.

Brandon and Sterling

Can you tell the wind was blowing HARD!!

This was a places where the waves would sometimes come up and make big pools of water in the rocks. The waves in the background were HUGE. I was a little nervous being here but it was beautiful.

This lady who sells shaved ice in the middle of no where showed us how to open a coconut. It was cool since I have never seen that before.

I can't believe my kids loved it. It was ok to me.

How would you like to go to church with THIS view right out the front door. It was so pretty. And yes that is the ocean that you can see.

We took a drive to Hana town, which is on the other side of the island from all of the resorts. It was a crazy slow road with over 600 turns and 30 one lane bridges. It was so pretty though, and looked like a jungle. There was a black sand beach that seriously looked like crushed oreos, and the waves were the biggest I have ever seen. ASK DAR ABOUT THE BLACK SAND BEACH SOMETIME..:):)

Daryl teases me because I say awesome so much...but it seriously was!!!



We took a boat out to go snorkeling. SO FUN. Bre and Brandon did a great job snorkeling.. I took Lex out for a bit and she was kind of nervous to be in the water, she will have to try next time... We saw whales, turtles, and tons of pretty fish.

Here is the whale.. It kept flipping its fins around in the water.. so cool.

THE END.
We had fun, but we are so glad to be home and especially be back with our little ELLEE!!!