blessing

One year ago today we blessed our little C. I can't believe one year has already passed since that wonderful day. I remember it all so well, I had prayed and prayed for three days that my kidney stone would pass so I would be able to go to the blessing, well the Lord really did hear and answer my prayers because for three days straight I was sick, throwing up, bed ridden, in pain, and couldn't eat a thing, but miraculously Sunday MORNING my stones passed, Church was at 9:30 and I was able to go to my little boys blessing! I felt so bad because my mom flew into New Jersey on Thursday and we had all these plans to do fun things but those three days were spent helping me get better and her and Keith's mom taking care of Carson during the day and at night because Keith was sick too. It was a very wonderful blessing given by his father- Keith. I'll remember that day forever, he didn't even cry. I was so glad that my stones passed so that I was able to enjoy the blessing and the rest of the trip, the next day we were able to go to Philadelphia and show my mom all the historical sites including the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. I just soak all the history stuff up- I love it! I'm so glad my Mom said she had a fun trip even though I was sick a lot of the time she was there, her and Keith's mom became good friends :) It was such a fun three week vacation, it's crazy it's already been a year since we've been out to New Jersey, I'm hoping to take Carson there in the summer, so we'll see how things go.

oh...and HAPPY EASTER!!! We had such a fun Easter (except for Keith not being here), Saturday we got all the cousins together and had lunch, dying Easter Eggs, & hiding the eggs. Carson found the eggs but didn't want to put them in his basket, he just wanted to play with them haha. Sunday was absolutely gorgeous and we had a turkey dinner over at my uncle's house down the street with my family, all in all, besides missing Keith, it was a good weekend.

A Day Downtown

Keith had Friday off work so we spent the day downtown with some of my family. We went out to an Italian Restaurant with my brother, sister (and her daughter), and my mom. Afterwards we took a little walk along the greenbelt that goes right through Boise (it's definitely one of my favorite things about Boise and one of my favorite things to do when the weather is nice) Carson didn't like being in his stroller for long, he wanted out and wanted to walk! He loved exploring and was laughing and giddy the whole time he was walking, it was soo cute! Keith said, "you know who he looks like when he walks, Paul Walker," so we nicknamed him PW. haha It was such and ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS day. Later that night we went over to my mom's for some homemade Chinese, my bro-in-law really knows how to cook some good chinese food!

Saturday was absolutely gorgeous too! We headed over to my sisters house to hang out for the day. We went on a walk to the nearby elementary school and just let the kids play. Afterwards the boys grilled up some mean hamburgers for us while Nikki and I made some very addicting Turtle Cheesecake Bars...probably our favorite thing to do when we get together is to try new recipes from pinterest! Oh they are still sitting in my fridge and I can't resist them!

Here's the link if you wanna give them a whirl....http://www.louanneskitchen.com/2011/09/turtle-cheesecake-bars.html

Simple Joys

It's funny how simple little things can sometimes bring the most joy to your day. I made a new drink that I absolutely love- it's so simple but so yummy that I've already made it twice today! haha Once for breakfast and once for dessert. I can't wait to make it again tomorrow. It has all my favorite things! PB/Choc/Bananas.

1 Banana

1 TBS of Cocoa

1 spoonful of peanut butter

1/2-1 C Milk

(Mix all ingredients in blender, add more or less of whatever ingredient depending on how you like it- thick or thin) Ooo man it's my new favorite!

Today was also such a nice day that I decided little man and I should go on a walk. I walked to hamburger/ice cream shop just down the street and asked my sis to come meet us. It was fun to get out and enjoy the nice the weather! We had fun hanging out, eating and chatting, once our husbands got home we went to the nature park for FHE for another leisurely stroll and let lil' Carson and Brielle play at the park. It was so fun to see Carson really play for the first time since last time it was warm enough to go to the park Carson wasn't walking yet. Afterwards we went to the SUB on the BSU campus and got some Chic-Fil-A for dinner. yummm I love their sauce. All in all it was one of those simple, but really enjoyable days that also makes you want summer to be here quicker so you can be outside more. Can't wait for all the summer activities especially swimming since Carson is a fish!

Sisters Night

Two of my sisters and I got together for a night of pizza, candy/cookies, and crafts. It was so fun to go out to dinner then relax and catch up while doing crafts and eating munchies. That's one of the things that I love about living in Boise again, I have 6 (soon to be 7) sisters all within 30 minutes or less to hang out with. They've become my best friends and I'm so grateful for sisters....seriously I couldn't live without them. I'm already going through Misti withdrawls...4 more months by the way. Anyway...we decided to do similar crafts, a temple picture on canvas and wedding picture on canvas, my sister did her family pics on canvas instead of a wedding one and they turned out so cute!

Here are some pics...

some of the pics were still drying from the mod podge that's why they look milky

Little Birthday Boy!

Our little Carson man turned ONE on Sunday the 29th! I can't believe I am a mom to a one year old already! We celebrated his birthday with my family on the 28th, with a big dinner, cake, ice cream and presents, along with celebrating my Dad's birthday which is acutally today. He got so many great gifts from all my family and we had such a fun time celebrating with them. Yesterday, (the 30th) we celebrated his birthday again with Keith's siblings and our good friends in Rexburg since we came here this week for Keith's work. We had a pool party, pizza, and cupcakes. It was fun to see old friends and family again. It's still so crazy to me that one year ago our little bear came into our family. We are so blessed to be his parents and are excited for many more birthdays with this little man.

My dad w/his banana creme pie.

eating his cake w/daddy

birhtday boy

some of carson's cousins

sippy cups from aunt shae

mommy and carson on his birthday

Carson, Sam, Khalib-at the pool party

getting ready to go swimming

Khalib--isn't he gorgeous?

Some of the boys

Getting ready to sing to lil' bear

loving his cake

saying hi to his friend jake

yum

sharing with the boys

mckay, brandon &kathleen, sam &helio

sam!

swimminn

football boy

catherine and kolton

rj love the water!

Thanks to all who came to both parties! We had a blast celebrating with you!

WeeKenD GeTaWaY

Last Thursday-Saturday we spent our time in McCall, Idaho for a little winter getaway. We had a blast going to Gold Fork Hotsprings, sledding, going to the McCall Winter Festival & looking at all the ice sculptures, hot tubbing, eating yummy food, watching movies and just hanging out with family at the cabin. It was so nice to get away for the weekend and just chill. McCall had so much snow which I was so excited about because Boise has zero right now, so there was plenty to sled in, most of my family went snowboarding or skiing at Tamarack, but Keith and I opted for Gold Fork instead...and boy am I glad we went! It's basically heaven on earth. They have 6 different pools ranging in temperatures from 98-108 degrees. Oh I'm going to make sure we go back there. Here are some pics from our trip!

The most amazing hot springs I've ever been to!

Keith wanted to be in the cooler pool and I wanted the warmer one...haha go figure

 

Usually there are a ton of people here and this little waterfall is always being snagged but there was hardly anyone there that day...probably cuz all the snow, so we got to enjoy it!

Some 3 of the 6 pools (they have one huge one and then five other ones)

little oasis

I want this cabin and this kitchen! I loved all the log type furniture

the cabin

can you spot carson?

mmmm fireplace

Kirk pulling Brielle in the sled

Krista and Barry getting ready to sled

Smackus!

Joan, Mark and Brielle, Keith, Me Krista, Barry, Kirk, (Shae was taking the pic)

This hill was a blast!

My favorite sculpture

cupcake!

Keith put his suit on the balcony to dry and it froze it like this...guess you just had to see it but it was pretty hilarious.