Easter

We were in Raft River for Easter and had a great time. We went to church with my folks and Grandma and Grandpa Garner joined us for an Easter dinner. YUMMY! We also celebrated Grandpa Garner's 70th birthday with a pecan pie. Happy Birthday Grandpa!!

 Here is Abby with her Easter basket. I was a bit disappointed because she really could care less about the whole thing. When she found it she just walked right by it. So I went and got some fruit snacks and put in the basket, that definitely made here attitude change!

didn't like me hiding the fruit snacks in the basket......

Abby's First Rodeo!

This last week/weekend Pocatello hosted the big DNCFR -Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo. We went on Saturday and Abby definitely enjoyed her first rodeo. She was so good and "in the zone" with what was happening. She would point down at the horses, moo at the little calf's being roped or wrestled, and of course she was always dancing to the music. It was fun to sit with Aaron's boss, Tony and his wife Dawn, and we even got to see and talk to Uncle Matt and Aunt Jen who were also there. We were a little disappointed with the clown but we all got to enjoy nachos and a Dr. Pepper!

on our way to the rodeo!

 Sitting on Dad's lap while we are watching some buckin' broncos!

 Loved sitting in stairway. I'm sure she was a fire hazard...!

 View of the rodeo in the Holt Arena.

After the rodeo....bright sun!

(this was later on in the day after we already arrived in Raft River to celebrate Easter with my family - just thought it was a cute picture)

What a week we have had........

This past weekend and this week everyone in the family has had a chance of being a little "under the weather." Abby started the whole thing and is still getting over it. She has some type of stomach virus, I won't go into any details or anything. I was lucky enough to get food poisoning (I'm pretty sure that is what it was...I won't be eating at Perkins for awhile) and was sick for a night and day. Then last night and today Aaron caught a little something but is fine now. These pictures show what are life has been like lately:

 Seems that we haven't been out of the house to much - Television has been a pretty darn good source of entertainment for everyone, as Abby is getting ready to change the channel...

 Lots and LOTS of laundry!!!!! (whenever throw up and diarrhea is involved it never stops!)

 Just chillin' with bad hair!

 Lots of bad smells....

And the adults of the family have been drinking lots of Coke, and apparently Abby finds this very unfair wondering why she can't drink some too!!

I really hope that we are all on the mend, especially Abby. So in the meantime I'm gong to continue disinfecting everything in sight!!

March Madness!!

Our family is very excited that MARCH MADNESS has started. Aaron stayed home from work today because he was sick (which he really was) but I keep teasing him that it is pretty ironic that he was sick the same day March Madness began....he just wanted to watch basketball all day...... We absolutely love sports in our home and March Madness is just another highlight. It has been fun watching Abby because she is realizing how much her mom and dad love sports and she gets excited as well.

Aaron "forcing" Abby to say that BYU is #1!! They ended up losing to Texas A&M in the first round! But Aaron is just happy to be at home watching basketball.

This picture shows that Aaron really is sick.......actually the fact that BYU lost makes him even sicker.

Abby adjusting the radio while we are trying to listen to the ISU women's game.

What a cool bucket!

I posted a picture of Aaron wearing this bucket awhile back. Lately Abby is always finding it and wearing it around. I guess she wants to be just like dad!

Abby's new baby blanket

My mom recently made the grandgirls the cutest baby blanket for their babies. Abby is such a little mommy so she loves it.

My mom is amazing and always making the cutest stuff. Thanks mom!

Quick update and cute photos......

I have been meaning to post some pictures, but on late Tuesday Abby came down with a little flu bug so we have been a little preoccupied. Aaron and I got our first experience as parents with all night throw up. Actually it was only from 11:00 pm to 3:00 am but it felt longer than that. And Abby got her first experience of taking a bath after midnight! Even though she was a little under the weather she had a good time and didn't want to get out. I must say I'm very proud of Aaron and with the way he handled the throw up and is handling the messy diapers. Anyone that knows him knows that he has a very weak stomach, but he has risen to the challenge and is a pro! So, she is all done with the throw up part, but she is still not 100% and has diarrhea. So we are trying to keep her hydrated and hopefully we are about done with all of this. Abby started going to nursery the beginning of February, and now I understand why people say that as soon as they go to nursery they are never the same, meaning they are always getting sick. She'll just have to build up a better immunity system. But this flu bug junk has been going around like crazy!!! It was just our turn! We also went to Abby's 18 month checkup this past week and are happy to see that she is in the 90% for her weight and 100% for her height. That is even after a night of throwing up and not having anything in her system. Anyways here our a few pictures before the flu bug hit:

Abby always has to sit up on the washing machine or dryer when I'm changing the laundry. And don't worry we are going to paint that! (the square marking on the wall, blame Aaron and Uncle Caleb for that!!! jk)

Playing with Dad before bed time. Gotta love Abby's gap and chipped tooth!! Good thing she is so dang cute! I guess it is also a good thing those aren't her permanent teeth, but if her real teeth do come in like that I guess we'll be investing is some braces!

Playing monkey with dad.

Aaron is probably going to kill me for putting this picture on but oh well! It was to funny. Who is the monkey now???