1414.6 miles later

Lessons learned after 1414.6 miles

(Bronson, Kendall, and my Dad)

*This was my first solo spring break/trip with 5 kids*

-I must really love my family to drive so stinkin far

-Always check your breaks a week before you want to leave (my breaks were GONE and I found that out the day before we left)

-Listening to barbie and strawberry shortcake movies gets really old after an hour!

-There is a reason why I don't feed my kids dairy

-Always pack EXTRA undies...in case your child has some issues (see above) and you have to leave the soiled ones in a rest stop in the middle of no where (:  

-You have every right to laugh at the child walking in soiled undies to the bathroom...after all you have to clean it all up!!

-Educate your children on what a urinal is used for.  In case you have to divide up and send a few kids into the men's bathroom.  Only to find out later that Kendall and Bronson washed their hands in the weirdest sink with water trickling down the back of it!! 

(YIKES) Ok so I did scrub their hands and arms but, only after we laughed so hard we were all crying!!

-Long car trips makes for close families

-I learned how even more AMAZING  our kids are!!

Thanks for the memories!!

Birthday party!!

 Some very special people came to town

 We got to hang with the  best cousins our kids could ask for.

 Then the BIG moment arrived!!

 FIRST BITE!

 YUMMMMMMM

 The CREW....or most of them any way.

THE CLEAN UP CREW>>>>>>>

Can it be?

 Hudson is ONE!!!

An ordinary Spring day

 We never get tired of walking to the "farm".  Bronson feeding the Chickens grass.

 Hudson.....being adorable

 Savannah climbing a tree.  OK this is pretty high for her.  She is terrified of heights!

 Kendall racing ......and beating Alan

 Why do I always feel like I have a monkey on my back????  Oh...I do!

 REESE....Pouting and crying about not winning the race.

 We LAUGH everytime she dose this cuz its sooo sad and so cute when she is mad....ok better stop she is getting madder!!

Bronson trying to climb the tree.  Well its more like Alan put him in the tree so I could take a picture...looks like he is scared of heights too!

THREE year old!!!

 Bronson last year as a 2 year old...........man has he grown!!!

 luv this pic!!  Yes that maybe a "bribe"  that is in his mouth.....He has a hard time staying still!!

March is such a busy month!! Bronson has grown up so much this past year!  He is so handsome and is such an individual...we love him!

Five...

Reese last year as a 4 year old

 I cannot believe she is FIVE!  She is so darn adorable and so easy to take pictures of!

Moving mountains

 Of LAUNDRY!  My amazing SIL posted about her families methods of doing laundry for 7.  They are so darn organized and I hope to be there one day.  Till then...this is our families method of laundry.
1.  Wash and dry many loads of laundry until a mountain forms in your laundry room
2.  Move mountain into your family room
3.  Let the crazy happy kids jump off chairs and see how high they can get before safely landing in large pile!!

Poor Hud

Hudson is not even one yet....and he has been put though the ringer!

We always say we have 5 kids...one of every kind.  With Hudson we knew from birth something was completely different about him.  That was confirmed this fall/winter.  After many many many trips to the pediatrician to try and figure out why....we were finally referred to Primary Childrens Hospital.  We met with the only pediatric pulmonoligist in Utah.  We spent most of the day there and did many different tests.  Well the good news.....we think we have an answer (:

Hudson has bronchomalacia.  It seems to make since.  However he has been put on 3 different medications with 5-8 treatments per day!!  We hope to see improvement in about a month.  He also has low IgE- which could mean an immunodeficiency disorder

 but, he will have to retest for that this summer. He is such a happy kid and not much keeps him down.  We love him soooooo much and are so thankful for amazing doctors to help our chunck out!