Happy Easter! He is Risen!

My Beautiful Easter Angel

Snowboarding, Riding, Park, Conference

Start out this post with more sick pictures that Clint had on his phone!

We were trying to get her to eat an orange to help get some Vitamin C in her belly! 

They were really sweet... I promise!! 

After a couple tries, she really got munching down on them! 

Poor thing, lost all of her chubb. You can really tell in this picture, her legs are so skinny! 

This was us for almost a week straight. So sad to see them like this! 

There is the little girl we know and love! Headed to one of Katherine's softball games! 

Those two little teeth are my favorite! Soon they won't be alone, a third is one its way up! 

She has some of the greatest faces! She definitely gets those from her Daddy : )

Introducing the newest addition to the family! Yes, Pup has come for good, and we are so happy to have her! The other morning McKell woke up looking for her, saying, "Up, Up!!" Really cute! 

She is trying so hard to be good! haha

Cutest little person ever! 

This spring weather has been beyond remarkable... until it snowed this last week! haha I hope Mother Nature doesn't forget Spring this year! 

Awww : ) so sleepy! 

Checking out Grandma Doreen's new chair! 

My little reader : )

That belly! my goodness.... : )

Helping Pup with her toy! 

Had the miraculous opportunity to go snowboarding with the family! It has been 2 1/2 years since I have been on a board, and it felt sooooo nice! Thank you babe for letting me go, and thank you Mom for watching McKell. You are all so wonderful! 

Going up Jupiter lift, the snow was so perfect! The powder was wonderful, it must have known I was coming! Thank you mountain! 

Love this picture and these peeps! Thank you all for a fantabulous day! 

With the gorgeous Katie! 

The crew!

We stayed at the Homestead in Midway, has we have many times, but this time our stay came with some passes to swim in the crater! It was super cool! Like swimming at the hot pots, but with a crater above you. 

There we tons of scuba divers practicing, it was really neat.. and creepy. Hope they didn't look up to many times! : ) perfect activity to relax the muscles after boarding! : )

Took McKell to the park again, and this time we tried out the bridge! She loved it! 

So grown up!

Can't get over this girl! 

I was down in Delta one day and when I came home no one was here. As I was putting groceries away, I heard the motorcycle pull up and then I opened the back door to see this! I about died! Cutest thing ever!! 

That nose! 

profile....

Cutest team ever! 

Grapes, Pup, Tramp, Sunshine... what more could you ask for??

Coming back for more grapes, with her black shirt and jeans! 

Found out what her new favorite flowers are! The purple weeds! : )

Conference Sunday

Bumps, Brusies, Sick McKell, Ben and Josephine, Prom = Happiness!

These last couple weeks have been busy, emotional, but extremely wonderful! I love my little family and everything they are to me. I can't believe how blessed we are! 

More bike time! 

Love her faces! 

So on Sunday the 9th, after an extremely exhausting, trying, emotional day at work on Saturday, I thought for sure I would be able to relax on Sunday. Wrongo!! After church we were down at Mom and Dad's when McKell was running through the house and tripped, gauging her head into the bottom of the door frame. When it first happened, it looked so so deep! So I called Clint to meet me at the ER and off we went! Mom's comforting words were, "Get used it to!" Thanks Mother! : ) : )

Poor little one was oh so so sad! They decided it just needed to be glued, so they cleaned it up, glued it shut, gave her a tetanus shot and off we went!  

Breaks my heart.... : ( I hate to see her in pain! 

Love my little one! 

More fun on the bike! Love these two! 

We have been having such wonderful spring days! I love it! The forecast predicts snow this weekend though.... 

So on Thursday the 13th, McKell had a 15 month appointment with Dr. Dayton. She had been pulling on her eyes quite a bit, but I didn't worry because we had a doctor's appointment scheduled. The Tuesday before we went to Katherine's softball game and it was terribly cold, but McKell seemed to be fairing quite well. The morning of the appointment, McKell woke up at 5 with a temperature of 102! It was so terrible. So, up we headed to the doctor. While there, she checked her for an ear infection... nothing. Strep? nodda. She did have a red, sore throat, but nothing else. So they gave her immunizations and we were on our way, thinking it would just pass. 

That evening while watching the supercross at Caleb's her temp got to 103.4, I took her home to give her a bath and such to help. That was a long night! Her temp ended up reaching 104 a couple times that night! I have never been so scared, because I know how much even a few tenths can make the difference! 

The next day you could tell that her throat was so so sore, every time she swallowed, she just grimaced and cried! It was so sad, she would always look at me and her eyes would say, "Why are you not helping me??"! It was so terrible. 

This went on for a couple days and her fever finally went down, ended up taking a week to get over. She didn't eat anything for about 4 days, and got oh so skinny. There was no more chubb on those legs : (

 She got quite the cough, and then congestion, then snotty nose, so she experienced it all! I am just glad that our bodies are so amazing and can fight!! That was the longest week of my life!

Then it perked up quite a bit!!!  : ) : ) 

These two marvelous people came to visit during their spring break! I love them oh so so much! It was so fun to have them here for a week! (I wish I would've took more pictures, darn it!) Words cannot even express how much I love Ben, and I can even being to describe how hard it is to have a sibling live so far away, but I know he is doing the right thing and that he is where he needs to be in Lubbock, TX. Who knows maybe someday we will join him! : ) 

Enjoying the games! Love to watch this girl play! It is all I can do to not run out there on the field with them! 

Then, to top off a great week Katherine got to go to Prom! I cannot believe that she is so old! Man, thinking of her this old, I get so emotional! Not a surprise though, eh? 

She is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen! 

She was so excited about her sparkly vans!! There were super cute! 

Mom was all distressed about her unfinished house, but it surely didn't matter! : ) Getting past the awkward moments..... that darn corsage! Josephine finally was the one who are able to get it on! 

She had a marvelous date, McKay Sanders, and they had a grand time! 

Katherine trying to be as far away as possible  ; ) haha 

Awww : ) love this! 

A great looking group! 

A great moment! It was always my favorite! I love it, Dad is always twirling us around on the dance floor! 

McKell enjoying herself! She loved all the sparkles and decorations! 

So fun to have them here! 

McKell's favorite song came on! : )

Best buds... and the photo bomber!

Couldn't make it another day without these wonderful people! : )

Helping his daughter reach for the stars! So fun!