Whats up!?

Almost all of these pictures/events deserve their own posts, but since I will never catch up and I want them documented they're all being rolled into this one! 

 For Sunday pictures this week Riley told me he had an idea, he said "me and Sid are gonna dance"! So they did, right on the front lawn. It was sweetest thing ever!

Playing with Cousin Londyn and drawing with Aunt Lindsey

I Turned 31 and Paul turned 46....

After months of months of looking for Riley's "lost" Nintendo DS, we bought broke down and bought him a new one, only for Sidney to find it the VERY next day in a box of blocks! Hmmm, I wonder if she had that planned all along :)

I love when I catch the moments (short as they be) of the love and care that Sidney and Riley truly have for one another. As I was typing this Riley came into our room with tears in his eyes and said "Mom, if I grow up who will be Sidney's big brother?" I am so grateful that I was blessed with such a sweet and loving boy!

Duynamite dragons season is over. I loved watching this little crew play and Paul coach!

Angels games...

 Lots and Lots of days at the beach with friends and family

Grammy and Sid

Mothers day brunch at Ms Dianne's, Riley served me breakfast and drew a picture of me, apparently he think I look like a clown :)

For the 1st time since Riley was born I spent 2 nights away from home!  I went to San Fransisco for the weekend with Cara and Nicole and loved every second of the weekend getaway! When I got back Riley gave me this picture he drew, I sure love that boy!

And last but not least, the SPUDWOOD DERBY for Scouts. It was also Paul's birthday and to his surprise everyone sang to him and we had cake and ice cream.

 

I LOVE my sisters, they LOVE Sidney and Sidney LOVES them

Salt Lake City

View from our hotel Room and the 1st thing Sid wanted to do when we checked into our hotel... YUP! Play in the HUGE tub! Can you blame her?

Trips to the ice machine.. At least 3 day! 

The indoor Pool at the Grand America was AWESOME~!

Sidney's outfit choices make for some of my favorite pictures!

Temple Square - Kiddos trying to catch a glimpse of the "princess" aka The bride"

My cousin Chelsea was so nice and Watched Riley for us when we went to Provo for the day :) Riley was SOOO excited to play with his cousins Blake and Mason

We loved going to City Creek, the new outdoor shopping Mall. I love that these pictures also show how strong willed Sid is, trust me I did my best to keep her clothes on but she wouldn't have it!

Airport on the way home

Tonsils and Adenoids....

After months, ok probably years of Riley getting every possible cold, WAY to many rounds of antibiotics and being woken up in the middle of the night due to his sleep apnea we decided to say good by to the culprits! For months we talked to him about "giving his tonsils and adenoids away" and every time we went to the Dr. he was filled with fear about having them removed. 

When we finally decided to do it we didn't tell him until the night before surgery (I just couldn't imagine the fear he would have had for the 3 weeks leading up to it). Uncle Jared came over and gave him a blessing and everything after that point on went great! He took along the froggy that Grammy sent him and told me "Mom, i am not going to be scared, I am going to be silly", I love that he choose humor to get him through a scary situation. 

The surgery was FAST and I was in the recovery room with him in no time! When he woke up he asked me if his tonsils were gone, I said yes and he said "but mom I want them back"! We had to stay overnight so he could be monitored and he managed to eat 9 popsicles and 6 vanilla ice creams, needless to say he was doing great... I have to mention that there was a couple hours where he was a grumpy monster. Part of me wanted to laugh because its so unlike him and I had never seen him act this way and the other 99% of me just wanted to hold him and calm him down but he wouldn't let ANYONE get near him! He was trying to rip every monitor off his body and even tried multiple times to rip out his IV! I just kept trying to distract him with hi Nintendo, ipad games and tv. He finally got to a point where he was somewhat manageable and to my relief Paul came back to give me a break. 

Sid knows Riley has an "owie" and has is so sweet to check on him and try to be the nurse, and she sure  doesn't mind joining her brother with a bowl of ice cream for breakfast! The hardest part for Riley is the food, he wants to eat but he knows he cant, so we're keeping a list of the things he wants to eat when he's better. Buggy has already lost a few pounds and even we he does eat its not much. I try to load him up with calories in his smoothies and adding LOTS of butter and melted cheese in his mashed potatoes. But mostly he wants ice cream, because its cold and easy to eat. I'm loving all the extra "cuddle me mom" time but my heart hurts knowing how much pain he's in

At church Sid kept patting and rubbing Riley's shoulder to make sure he was ok. It mostly annoyed him but someday he will read this and know that his little sometimes pesky little sis has always loved 

him!

Today we ventured to Costco and then did some painting at Fired Up in San Clemente. Aside from his squeeky & raspy voice, you'd never know he just had surgery :) 

Amanda's Baby Shower

This weekend we got to celebrate the anticipated arrival of my dear friend Amanda's 1st baby baby boy. I am so excited to meet Easton and the lucky chap has 3 older sisters who already adore him! Here's a video of the special day and thanks to Debbie, Amanda's mom who took the pictures and put this video together.
And the baby shower was featured on
 Hostess with the Mostess PARTY OF FIVE section! Check it out here!